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We believe that the Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments
are verbally inspired of God, error-free in the original writings, and
the supreme authority of faith and practice for the believer in Jesus Christ.
We further believe that the authors of Scripture meant what they said.
So we need to consistently apply the rules of grammar, literature, history
and culture in order to unlock and understand the author’s meaning.
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We believe there is but one living and true God, who is one
in essence, while eternally existing in three distinct personalities: Father,
Son and Holy Spirit. Though each person of Godhead possesses the same nature,
each functions differently in respect to God’s dealings with man.
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The first Person of Trinity, the Father, orders and directs
all things according to His own purpose, pleasure and grace. He has decreed
all things that come to pass for His own glory. He graciously involves
Himself in the affairs of men, hears and answers prayer, and save from
sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ is both the eternal Son of God and virgin-born
Son of man. Fully God and fully man He surrendered nothing of His deity
during His earthly life. Having led a sinless life, He satisfied the Father’s
justice concerning sin by His death. We believe in His bodily resurrection,
His physical ascension, and His visible return to this earth to establish
His earthly kingdom.
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The third Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, executes
the will of God in the world of men. It is the Holy Spirit who applies
the salvation Jesus Christ secured through His death on the cross. It is
the Holy Spirit who convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgement.
It is the Holy Spirit who empowers the Church to live a lifestyle pleasing
to God, endowing it with special gifts which equip believers to accomplish
distinct ministries, planned beforehand by God the Father.
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We believe that man was directly created in the image of
God to enjoy His fellowship and to fulfill God’s will on this earth. Man
fell into sin by a voluntary act of personal disobedience to the will of
God; consequently all men are spiritually dead and subject to the certainty
of both physical and spiritual death apart from Jesus Christ. The fall
of man was a once-for-all historical fact. Its spiritually deadening effect
spread to all men, each of whom is born with a sinful nature and sins habitually
in thought, word and deed.
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We believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins as the only
sufficient sacrifice. All who believe in Him are declared justified by
the Father on the grounds of Jesus’ death and resurrection. All who receive
the Lord Jesus Christ by grace through faith have been regenerated by,
and baptized in the Holy Spirit. They are thereby the children of God forever
and members in the one true Church, the Body of Christ. This salvation
result in righteous living and good works as the believer submits his life
to the Word of God and the direction of the Holy Spirit.
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We believe that all who have been regenerated by the Holy
Spirit belong to the one true church and are directed by the Scriptures
to associate themselves in local, visible churches. The local church is
the only visible representation of Christ’s invisible church and consists
only of regenerated believers. The local church is autonomous in its relationship.
The two-fold purpose of the church is to lead men to Christ and mature
them in the faith.
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We believe that the next great event of human history will
be the personal return of Jesus Christ. This is the blessed hope, which
all those who love Jesus Christ yearn for. Though the time of Christ’s
return is a mystery known only to the Father Himself, we believe that is
as sure we believe Jesus’ first coming was fact.
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We believe that baptism and Lord’s Supper are the two ordinances
of the church. Baptism is an essential “first step” for a believer who
seeks to become a disciple of Jesus Christ. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial
of Christ and His redemptive death, and secondly an expression of our fellowship
with one another.
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