| 1.
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There
is one true God, eternally existing in three persons – Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit – each of whom possesses equally all the
attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality. |
2. |
Jesus
Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His
miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth.
Hence, He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person
forever. |
3. |
He
lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of
men by dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying
divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust
in Him alone. |
4. |
He
rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which
He lived and died. |
5. |
He
ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of
God the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and
man, continually makes intercession for His own. |
6. |
Man
was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying
God; thus, he was alienated from his Creator. That historic
fall brought all mankind under divine condemnation. |
7. |
Man’s
nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please
God. Every man is in need of regeneration and renewal by the
Holy Spirit. |
8. |
The
salvation of man is wholly a work of God’s free grace and is
not the work, in whole or in part, of human works or goodness
or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those
who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and
thereby justified them in His sight. |
9. |
It
is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to
be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which
they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based
upon any kind of human merit, but is produced by the witness
of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony
of God in His written word. |
10. |
The
Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ
and to apply the saving work of Christ to men. He convicts and
draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually
indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth and seals them
until the day of redemption. His fullness, power and control
are appropriated in the believer’s life by faith. |
11. |
Every
believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling
Spirit that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will
bear fruit to the glory of God. |
12. |
Jesus
Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed
of all men, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through
saving faith. |
13. |
God
admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship,
for participation in ordinances, for edification through the
Scriptures and for mutual encouragement. |
| 14. |
At
physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal,
conscious fellowship with the Lord and awaits the resurrection
of his body to everlasting glory and blessing. |
| 15. |
At
physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal,
conscious separation from the Lord and awaits the resurrection
of his body to everlasting judgment and condemnation. |
| 16. |
Jesus
Christ will come again to the earth – personally, visibly
and bodily – to consummate history and the eternal plan
of God.
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| 17. |
The
Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel
throughout the world and to disciple men of every nation. The
fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly
and personal ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment
to “Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.” |
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