We believe that:
- The sixty-six canonical books of the Bible as originally written were inspired of God,
hence free from error. They constitute the only infallible guide in faith and practice.
- There is one God, the Creator and Preserver of all things, infinite in being and
perfection. He exists eternally in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
who are of one substance and equal in power and glory.
- Man, created in the image of God, through disobedience fell from his sinless state at
the suggestion of Satan. This fall plunged man into a state of sin and spiritual death, and
brought upon the entire race the sentence of eternal death. From this condition man can be
saved only by the grace of God, through faith, on the basis of the work of Christ, and
by the agency of the Holy Spirit.
- The eternally pre-existent Son became incarnate without human father, by being born of
the Virgin Mary. Thus in the Lord Jesus Christ divine and human natures were united in
one Person, both natures being whole, perfect and distinct. To effect salvation He lived
a sinless life and died on the cross as the sinner's substitute, shedding His blood for
the remission of sins. On the third day He rose from the dead in the body which had been
laid in the tomb. He ascended to the right hand of the Father, where He performs the ministry
of intercession. He will come again, personally and visibly, to complete His saving work
and to consummate the eternal plan of God.
- The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the triune God. He applies to man the work of
Christ. By justification and adoption man is given a right standing before God;
by regeneration, sanctification and glorification man's nature is renewed.
- The believer, having turned to God in penitent faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, is
accountable to God for living a life separated from sin and characterized by the fruit
of the Spirit. It is his responsibility to contribute by word and deed to the universal
spread of the Gospel.
- At the end of the age, the bodies of the dead will be raised. The righteous
shall enter into full possession of eternal bliss in the presence of God, and the
wicked shall be condemned to eternal death.
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