Articles of Faith
A.
We believe that the whole Bible, consisting of sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is verbally inspired of God and inerrant in the original writings, and is the supreme and final authority in faith and life.
B.
We believe in one God, Creator of heaven and earth, who is Spirit, Light, Love, and Truth; eternal, almighty, infallible, and unchangeable, infinitely wise, just, and holy, and that God Eternal exists and minifests Himself to us in three persons, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.
C.
We believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten of God, the Eternal Word manifest in the flesh. We believe that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary, and that He is true God and true man. We believe in His vicarious, substitutionary and redeeming death, Christ receiving in Himself the penalty of man's sin. We believe in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension and in His personal, imminent and premillennial return for His redeemed ones, followed by His coming in glory to judge the rebellious and to establish His millennial reign.
D.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, in His personality, that He is God, We believe that His work is to convict men of sin, to regenerate, indwell and set the believer apart to a holy life, to keep and empower the believer day by day. We believe that He is the teacher of God's Word and the guide for the daily life.
E.
We believe that man, having been created pure and in the image of God, is by his own sin fallen from grace, and We believe that in consequence, all have sinned, are lost, and absolutely incapable of saving themselves by their own works, being dead in their trespasses and sins.
F.
We believe that we are saved solely by grace, through faith in the blood, sacrifice, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
G.
We believe in the eternal security and everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the eternal judgment and punishment of all who reject our Lord Jesus Christ. "This is the second death." "And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:14,15)
H.
We believe that Satan is a person--author of the fall, and that he shall be eternally punished.
I.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the lost to judgment and everlasting punishment.
J.
We believe that Jesus Christ instituted the Lord's Supper to commemorate His death till He come. We believe that water baptism is a symbol of the believer's union with Christ in His death and in His resurrection.
K.
We believe that the Church of Jesus Christ is composed solely of those who have been redeemed and washed in His blood, and regenerated and sealed by the Holy Spirit, and that they are saved to serve, and that it is the responsibility and privilege of all who are saved to seek to win others to Christ, to the "uttermost part of the earth"; that they must seek to live a holy life, to separate themselves from and forsake all that might dishonor God or cast discredit on His cause, or weaken their testimony.
Relation of Articles of Faith to the Bible
In subscribing to these Articles of Faith, we by no means set aside, or undervalue, any of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, all of which we believe to be God's own written Word, given to us by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit--but the knowledge and belief of the truth as stated in our Articles of Faith we deem necessary to sound doctrine, and therefore requisite for Christian fellowship.
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