Post by Sister Michelle on Dec 7, 2005 14:40:22 GMT -5
We accept the scriptures as our only authority in matters of faith and
practice and our interpretation of Bible doctrine leads us inexorably
to believe:
1. The scriptures of the Old & New Testament as being verbally inspired
by God and inerrant and infallible in the KJV for the English speaking people, and that
they are of supreme and final authority.
2. In one God eternally existing in one essence, yet co-equal persons,
the Trinity: Father, Son & Holy Spirit.
3. That Jesus Christ was begotten by God, conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born to the Virgin Mary.
4. In the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, who convicts
the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. He is the life of the
believer and He empowers the preaching and teaching of the Gospel.
5. That mankind was created in the image of God, sinned, and thereby
incurred not only physical death, but spiritual death, which is
separation from God, and that human beings are born with a sinful nature.
6. That the Lord Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world according to the
Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all
who believe and repent of sin are justified on the basis of His shed blood.
7. In the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension
into heaven and His present life there as High Priest and Advocate for
us.
8. In the blessed hope, which is the personal, visible and imminent
return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
9. That all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again
by the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God and heirs of a holy and eternal life.
10. In the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the
everlasting conscious suffering of the lost in the lake of fire and the fellowship of the
saved in heaven.
11. In the existence of a personal devil, who is still working in the
world to destroy the souls of men and that he and all his angels and all
who do not receive Christ as their personal Savior will eternally
perish in the lake of fire.
12. In the Church, whose mission it is to preach the Scriptures to all
the world, all of its endeavors being guided by multiple leadership and
supported by the wise stewardship of God’s people.
13. That the ordinances of the Church, given by the Lord, are Baptism
and the Lord’s Table (Communion).
practice and our interpretation of Bible doctrine leads us inexorably
to believe:
1. The scriptures of the Old & New Testament as being verbally inspired
by God and inerrant and infallible in the KJV for the English speaking people, and that
they are of supreme and final authority.
2. In one God eternally existing in one essence, yet co-equal persons,
the Trinity: Father, Son & Holy Spirit.
3. That Jesus Christ was begotten by God, conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born to the Virgin Mary.
4. In the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, who convicts
the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. He is the life of the
believer and He empowers the preaching and teaching of the Gospel.
5. That mankind was created in the image of God, sinned, and thereby
incurred not only physical death, but spiritual death, which is
separation from God, and that human beings are born with a sinful nature.
6. That the Lord Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world according to the
Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all
who believe and repent of sin are justified on the basis of His shed blood.
7. In the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension
into heaven and His present life there as High Priest and Advocate for
us.
8. In the blessed hope, which is the personal, visible and imminent
return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
9. That all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again
by the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God and heirs of a holy and eternal life.
10. In the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the
everlasting conscious suffering of the lost in the lake of fire and the fellowship of the
saved in heaven.
11. In the existence of a personal devil, who is still working in the
world to destroy the souls of men and that he and all his angels and all
who do not receive Christ as their personal Savior will eternally
perish in the lake of fire.
12. In the Church, whose mission it is to preach the Scriptures to all
the world, all of its endeavors being guided by multiple leadership and
supported by the wise stewardship of God’s people.
13. That the ordinances of the Church, given by the Lord, are Baptism
and the Lord’s Table (Communion).