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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 justified 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, 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."
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Christians are
to live holy lives,
and have concern for the hurts and social needs of our
fellowman.
