Articles

Of Faith

 

A belief in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and inerrant in the original writing, and that they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life. II Timothy 3:16, 17; II Peter 1:20, 21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13

A belief in one God eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Deuteronomy 6:4; II Corinthians 13:14

A belief that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of Mary, a virgin and a descendant of David. John 1:1-2, 14; Luke 1:35

A belief 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 fellowship with God; that all human beings are born with a sinful nature. Genesis 1:26, 27; Romans 3:22, 23; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3, 12

A belief that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures as our representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him and accept Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood. Romans 3:24, 25; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Corinthians 15: 1-3

A belief in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord and His ascension into Heaven, and that He is there at the right hand of God as our High Priest and Advocate. Acts 1:9,10; Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews 7:25; Romans 8:35; I John 2:1-2; I Peter 1;3-5

A belief in that blessed hope - the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and that He will set up His Kingdom on earth. I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 19:11-21

A belief that all those who in faith accept the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God. John 16:8-11; II Corinthians 3:6; I Corinthians 12:12-14; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13,14; John 16:13; I John 2:20,27; Ephesians 5:18

A belief in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting punishment of the lost. Matthew 25:46; John 5:28,29; John 11:25-26; Revelation 20:5,6,12,13; Luke 23:43; Philippians 1:23; Philippians 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16-17