The Scriptures
The Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, is alone the only infallible, inspired Word of God, and its authority is ultimate, final, and eternal. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. It has God for its Author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
The Bible is the source of all doctrine, instruction, correction, and reproof. It contains all that is needed for guidance in godliness and practical Christian conduct. Scripture is inerrant and the authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
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(2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)
GOD
God
There is One and Only One living and true God. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — three distinct Persons — with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
(Matthew 3:13-17; Matthew 28:18-20; John 1:1; John 14:26; John 17:3; Romans3:30; James 2:19)
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God The Father
God the Father reigns with care over His created universe and over all His creatures, including man, who is created in His image. God orchestrates human history according to the purposes of His image. God orchestrates human history according to the purposes of his grace. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
(Ephesians 1:3-10; 1 John 3:1)
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God The Son
Christ is the eternal Son of God. Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was physically raised from the dead on the third day and ascended into Heaven, where He is seated at the Father's right hand as the head of the church.
(John 1:1; Hebrews 1:2; Matthew 1:18; Hebrews 5:8; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; Acts 1:9; Hebrews 10:12; Ephesians 1:20,21)
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God The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God and is fully divine. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to Christ and effects regeneration. He supernaturally produces Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows spiritual gifts by which believers serve God through His church. The Holy Spirit seals believers unto the day of final redemption, and He empowers believers in worship, evangelism, and service.
(2 Corinthians 3:17,18; John 16:8-14; Titus 3:5; Galatians 5:22,23; John 14:16-21; 1 Corinthians 12:7-11; 2 Corinthians 1:21,22; Ephesians 1:13,14; Acts 1:8)
Holy Spirit
The Baptism In The Holy Spirit
The baptism in the Holy Spirit is a promise offered to all believers that is distinct from the new birth. With it comes power for life, power for service, and the bestowment of gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is evidenced by the physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance.
(Matthew 3:11; John 14:16; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:4; Acts 2:38,39; Acts 19:1-6)
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The Gifts of The Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are supernatural endowments that equip believers, contribute to the edifying and building up of the church, and demonstrate Christ's power and character to the world. These gifts are operational in the Church today and will continue to operate until the end of the Church Age.
(Romans 12:5-8; 1 Corinthians 1:5-9; 1 Corinthians 12-14)
The Church
The Church is the habitation of God through the Spirit on the earth. It is visibly experienced in a local congregation of water-baptized believers who are related by faith and fellowship of the Gospel, whose lives and conduct are governed by the Word of God, who exercise the spiritual gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by grace, and who seek to extend the Gospel to the ends of the earth.
The local church is commissioned by Christ to evangelize the lost in the power of the Holy Spirit. It is where believers worship and where saints are perfected and matured.
(1 Corinthians 1:2; Hebrews 10:25; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; James 5:14)
The Word: Resurrection
Last Things
In His own time and in His own way, God will bring this age to its appropriate conclusion. At the end of this age, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly. The dead will be raised, and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to hell, and the righteous will receive their reward and will dwell forever with the Lord.
(Matthew 16:27; 2 Corinthians 5:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 22:12)
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Resurrection
Jesus Christ was physically resurrected from the dead in a glorified body three days after His death on the cross. We believe in the return of the resurrected Christ for His saints, both those alive on the earth and those preceding them in death. Both the saved and the lost will ultimately be resurrected — those who are saved to the resurrection of life and those who are lost to eternal damnation and death. (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17; Revelation 20:6)
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Hell And Eternal Retribution
The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is eternally lost in the lake of fire and therefore has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or of repenting. The lake of fire is literal. The terms "eternal" and "everlasting," used in describing the duration of the punishment of the damned in the lake of fire, carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in denoting the duration of joy and ecstasy of saints in the presence of God.
(Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 19:20)
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The Final Judgment
The Bible teaches that there will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels and the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
(Revelation 20:6-15)
The Word: Redemption
Man, His Fall, And His Redemption
Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God. But through Adam's transgression and fall, sin came into the world. Man thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death and all of its ramifications. Man's willful transgression brought about separation from God and put the entire human race in need of redemption.
Jesus Christ, the son of God, was manifested to undo the works of the devil. He gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God.
Because man is created in God's image, every person of every race possesses dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.
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(Genesis 1:26-28; Romans 5:12-15; 1 Corinthians 15:20-22; James 3:9; Romans 3:10,23; Romans 5:14; 1 John 3:8)
