1. 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, thereby justifying
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.
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."
18. Jesus Christ is King of Kings and Lord
of Lords! |