God - I believe that God is the Creator, Sustainer, and
Righteous Ruler of the universe. He has
revealed Himself in nature, and in the Scriptures of the Holy Bible as Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit: yet as one God.
Jesus Christ - He is God's unique Son; the only
one of a kind. The Scripture teaches
that He is God revealed in flesh. In His
Divine nature He is truly God and in His human nature truly man. He is the One once crucified for man's sin,
the now risen and glorified Savior and Lord who mediates between God and man
and who gives us access to the Father through His intercession. None can come to the Father unless they come
through Him.
Holy Spirit - All of the attributes of God are
ascribed to the Holy Spirit by the Scriptures. It is He who convicts and convinces men of
their sin. He also convinces man of that
which is right, and that a final day of judgment will come. He, it is, who comes to live in us at
conversion, to open our understanding to the Scripture, and to lead us into the
truth.
The Bible - God used holy men to write the
Scriptures. They are, in both the Old
and New Testaments, the very words God intended us to have. They are, as given by God, without error and
are our only rule of faith and practice. We profit from them by learning the truth
about many things: they also speak to us about wrong doing; they even correct
us and get us back on course as well as instructing us in right living.
Man - God created man in a state of innocence. Man, being tempted by Satan, yielded and
willfully disobeyed God, becoming a sinner and incurring God's judgment upon
sin. All of Adam's descendants inherit
his fallen nature and thus have a natural inclination to sin. When one comes to an age of accountability, he
is guilty of sinning before God and in need of salvation.
Salvation - Man receives pardon and
forgiveness for his sins when he admits to God that he is a sinner, and trusts
in the work of Christ as redemption for his sin.
Who Can be Saved?
- It is God's will that all be saved, but since man has the power of
choice, God saves only those who repent of their sin and believe in the work of
Christ on the cross. Those who refuse in
this life to repent and believe have no later chance to be saved and thus
condemn themselves to eternal damnation by their unbelief.
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