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There
is one true God, eternally manifest as a triune being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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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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Jesus 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 on his own merit. 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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In
the divine promise of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as a second work of grace,
to empower the believer for life and service.
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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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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."