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We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as inspired of God and inerrant in the original writing, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. (II Timothy 3:15-17; II Peter 1:21)
We believe in one God existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, co-equal and eternal. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew. 28:19-20 John. 1:1-4; 2 Corinthians 13:14 Hebrews 1:1-3; Revelation 1:4-6)
We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with sinful natures, and in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word and deed. (Genesis 1:26; 2:17; Psalms 14:1-3; Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:10-19; Ephesians 2:1-3; I John 3:8)
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Father by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; Romans 3:24-25; 4:25; I Peter 1:3-5)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. (Leviticus 17:11; 1 John 4:10; Romans 3:24-25; 4:25; 5:6-9; II Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:4-9; I Peter 1:3-5, 18, 19, 23.)
We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord and in His ascension into the heavens and in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate. (Romans 8:34; I Corinthians 15:1-8; Hebrews 7:24-25; 9:24; I John 2:1, 2)
We believe in that blessed hope, the personal, visible, premillenial return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (Zechariah 14:4-11; John 14:1-3; I Corinthians 15:51; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14)
We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God. (John 5:24; 17:23; Acts 13:39; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; II Timothy 1:12)
We believe in the eternal preservation and everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the eternal conscious punishment of the lost. (Mark 9:43-48; John 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; I Corinthians 1:4-8; Revelations 20:15; 22:3-5, 11)
We believe that the grace of God that saves, teaches believers to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, that we are to live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world, and to be careful to maintain good works. (Romans 6:11-13; 8:2, 12, 13; Galatians 5:16-23; Ephesians 4:22-24; Titus 2:11-14; I Peter)
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