We believe in:
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THE
GODHEAD |
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The
Godhead eternally exists in
three persons - the Father,
the Son, and the Holy
Spirit. These three
are one God of precisely
identical nature, attributes
and perfection. |
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God,
the Father. |
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God, the
Father Almighty, creator,
preserver, and ruler of the
universe, in His essential
nature is Spirit, and in His
essential attribute is
absolutely holy, and in His
essential character is love. |
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God,
the Son, Jesus Christ. |
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Jesus
Christ, the eternal Son, was
conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary,
thereby having a truly
divine nature and a truly
human nature in one person,
and is the only mediator
between God and man.
To
accomplish salvation, He
lived a sinless life,
completely fulfilling
righteousness and offered
Himself a substitutionary
sacrifice for the sin of the
world, satisfying divine
justice.
He was
crucified under Pontius
Pilate, died, and was
buried. On the third day, He
arose bodily from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
where in His glorified state
He intercedes for believers.
He shall come again
personally and visibly to
judge the world in
righteousness and to
establish His kingdom. |
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God,
the Holy Spirit. |
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The Holy
Spirit is the third person
of the Godhead. His ministry
is to reveal Christ through
the Word of God, to fulfill
salvation in the
regeneration and
sanctification of the
believers, to direct and
empower the church in the
fulfillment of the Great
Commission, and to convict
the world of sin of
righteousness and of
judgment. |
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THE
BIBLE. |
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The
Bible, both the Old and the
New Testaments, the Word of
God, is a divinely inspired
revelation. It is the
supreme and final authority
in matters pertaining to
faith and practice. |
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MAN. |
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Man was
created in the image of God;
he disobeyed God, thereby
incurring spiritual death
which is separation from
God.
Man is
saved from the condition of
spiritual death only by the
grace of God through faith
in Christ and His redemptive
act and the ministry of the
Holy Spirit. His spiritual
growth and maturity is
initiated by God's Spirit
and by a conscious act of
dedication on the part of
the believer and is effected
by the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit. |
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THE
CHURCH. |
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The
Church consists of all who
have been regenerated
through faith in Christ and
have been united into one
body under Christ, the Head
thereof. It is called to
worship God, to preach the
Gospel, to administer
baptism and holy communion
by its duly appointed
ministers, and to care and
nurture the believers. |
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