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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.
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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.
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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.
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He rose from the dead in
the same body, though glorified, in which He
lived and died.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, and thereby justifies them in His
sight.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jesus Christ is the Head
of the Church, His Body, which is composed
of all men and women, living and dead, who
have been joined to Him through saving
faith.
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God admonishes His people
to assemble together regularly for worship,
for participation in ordinances, for
edification through the Scriptures and for
mutual encouragement.
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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.
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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.
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Jesus Christ will come
again to the earth--personally, visibly and
bodily--to consummate history and the
eternal plan of God.
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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.
