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The Scriptures - The Holy Bible was
written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of
Himself to man. it is a perfect treasure of divine instruction.
It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth,
without any mixture of error, for its matter.
God
- There is one and only one living and true God.
...The eternal God reveals Himself to us a Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division
of nature, essence, or being.
God the Father
- God as Father reigns with providential care
over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of
human history according to the purposes of His grace. ...God is
Father in truth to those who become children of God through
faith in Jesus Christ.
God the Son - Christ is the eternal
Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived
of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. ...He honored
the divine law by his personal obedience, and in His death on
the cross, He made provision of the redemption of men from sin.
God the Holy Spirit
- The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. ...He
exalts Christ. He convicts of sin, of righteousness and of
judgment. ...He enlightens and empowers the believer and the
church in worship, evangelism, and service.
Man
- Man was created by the special act of God, in
his own image, and is the crowning work of His creation. ...By
his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the
human race. ...The sacredness of human personality is evident in
that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died
for man' therefore, every man possesses dignity and is worthy of
respect and Christian love.
Salvation
- Salvation involves the redemption of the whole
man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as
Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal
redemption for the believer. in its broadest sense salvation
includes regeneration, sanctification, and glorification.
God's Purpose of Grace
- Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He
regenerates, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. ...All true
believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in
Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit will never fall away from
the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end.
The Church
- The New Testament church of the Lord Jesus
Christ is a local body of baptized believers who are associated
by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel...and
seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth... This
church is an autonomous body. ...The New Testament speaks also
of the church as the body of Christ, which includes all of the
redeemed of all he ages.
Baptism & the Lord's Supper
- Christian baptism is the immersion of a
believer in water. ...It is an act of obedience symbolizing the
believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the
believer's death to sin, the burial of the life, and the
resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. - The
Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members...
memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second
coming.
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