1. We believe in the
authority and sufficiency of the Bible, consisting of the 66 books
of the Old and New Testaments, as originally written; that it was
completely inspired of God, and therefore infallible, inerrant, and
it is the final authority in faith and life. (II Tim. 3:16,17; II
Peter 1:19-21).
2. We believe there is only one true and living eternal God, an
infinite Spirit, the Maker and Ruler of Heaven and earth;
inexpressibly holy and worthy of all honor, confidence, and love;
that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in every divine
perfection and existing distinct but harmonious offices in the work
of redemption. (Ex. 20:2,3; I Cor. 8:6; Rev. 4:11).
3. We believe that the eternal Lord Jesus Christ, begotten of the
Holy Spirit, was born of the virgin Mary and is true God and true
man. (Luke 1:26-31,35; John 1:1,14).
4. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, equal with
God the Father, God the Son, and of the same nature; that in His
relation to the unbelieving world He restrains Satan until God's
purpose is fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of righteousness and
of judgment; that He bears witness to the truth of the gospel in
preaching and testimony; that He is the agent in the new birth.
(John 14:16,17; Matt. 28:19; Heb. 9:14; John 14:26; Luke 1:35; John
16:8-11; Acts 5:30-32; John 3:5-6; Eph. 1:13-14; Mark 1:8; John
1:33).
5. We believe in the reality and personality of Satan, the Devil;
that he was created by God as an angel but through pride and
rebellion became the enemy of his Creator; that he became the unholy
god of this age and the ruler of all the powers of darkness and is
destined to the judgment of an eternal justice in the Lake of fire.
(Matt. 4:1-11; II Cor. 4:4; Rev. 20:10) .
6. We believe the Biblical account of the creation of the physical
universe, angels, and man; that the Genesis account is a literal,
historical account of the direct, immediate creative acts of God
without any evolutionary process; that man was created by a direct
work of God and not from previously existing forms of life; and that
all men are descended from the historical Adam and Eve, first
parents of the entire human race. (Gen. 1:2; Col. 1:16,17; John
1:3).
7. We believe that man was created in innocence (in the image and
likeness of God) under the law of his Maker, but by voluntary
transgression Adam fell from his sinless and happy state, and all
men sinned in him, in consequence of which all men are totally
depraved, are partakers of Adam's conduct, and therefore are under
just condemnation without defense or excuse. (Gen. 3:1-6; Romans
3:10-19; 5:12,19; 1:18,32).
8. We believe that the salvation of sinners is divinely initiated
and wholly of grace through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who
voluntarily took upon Himself our nature, yet without sin, and
honored the law by His personal obedience, thus qualifying Him to be
our Savior; that by the shedding of His blood in His death, He fully
satisfied the just demands of a holy and righteous God regarding
sin. We believe that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only
condition of salvation. That in order to be saved, sinners must be
born again; which is instantaneous and not a process. (Jonah 2:9;
Eph. 2:8; Acts 15:11; Rom. 3:24-25; John 3:16; Matt. 18:11; Phil.
2:7-8; John 3:3; II Cor. 5:17; I John 5:1).
