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May God bless your seeking,
1. We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator
and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing
in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To God be all honor,
glory and praise forever!
2. Jesus Christ, the living Word, became
flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and
His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in
one Person forever. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins
according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from
the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of God,
Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Mediator.
3. The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ
and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts. The Spirit
convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior. Indwelling our hearts,
the Spirit gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us
for service. The Spirit instructs and guides us into all truth, and
seals us for the day of redemption.
4. Being estranged from God and condemned by our
sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God's
free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their
faith in Christ alone for their salvation, thereby
justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit
and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal
life.
5. The true Church is composed of all persons who
through saving faith in Jesus Christ and the sanctifying work of
the Holy Spirit are united together in the body of Christ. The Church
finds her visible, yet imperfect, expression in local congregations
where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the sacraments
are administered in their integrity; where scriptural discipline
is practiced, and where loving fellowship is maintained. For her
perfecting, she awaits the return of her Lord.
6. Jesus Christ will come again to the earth to
judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the
eternal plan of God. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” (Rev.
22:20)
7. The Lord Jesus Christ commands all believers
to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world and to make disciples
of all nations. Obedience to the Great Commission requires total
commitment to “Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.” Christ
calls us to a life of self-denying love and service. “For
we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (Eph.
2:10)
8. The Bible is, by the power of the Holy Spirit,
the “unique” and authoritative word of Jesus Christ
to the Church universal, and God’s personal word to individuals.
9. We celebrate two sacraments: 1) Baptism,
and 2) Lord’s Supper. A sacrament is a “sign and
seal of God’s grace.” These were instituted by
Christ and given to the Church as ways to remember Christ’s
atoning work of salvation.
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