The
Scriptures
The Holy
Bible was
written by
men divinely
inspired and
is God's
revelation
of Himself
to man. It
is a perfect
treasure of
divine
instruction.
It has God
for its
author,
salvation
for its end,
and truth,
without any
mixture of
error, for
its matter.
Therefore,
all
Scripture is
totally true
and
trusthworthy.
It reveals
the
principles
by which God
judges us,
and
therefore
is, and will
remain to
the end of
the world
the true
center of
Christian
union, and
the supreme
standard by
which all
human
conduct,
creeds, and
religious
opinions
should be
tried. All
Scripture is
a testimony
to Christ,
who is
Himself the
focus of
divine
revelation.
God
There is one
and only one
living and
true God.
…The eternal
triune God
reveals
Himself to
us as
Father, Son
and Holy
Spirit, with
distinct
personal
attributes,
but without
division of
nature,
essence, or
being.
God the
Father
God as
Father
reigns with
providential
care over
His
universe,
His
creatures,
and the flow
of the
stream of
human
history
according to
the purposes
of His
grace. …God
is Father in
truth to
those who
become
children of
God through
faith in
Jesus
Christ.
God the Son
Christ is
the eternal
Son of God.
In His
incarnation
as Jesus
Christ, He
was
conceived of
the Holy
Spirit and
born of the
virgin Mary.
…He honored
the divine
law by His
personal
obedience,
and in His
substitutionary
death on the
cross, He
made
provision
for the
redemption
of men from
sin.
God the Holy
Spirit
The Holy
Spirit is
the Spirit
of Godm
fully
divine. …He
exalts
Christ. He
convicts men
of sin, of
righteousness
and of
judgment.
…He
enlightens
and empowers
the believer
and the
church in
worship,
evangelism,
and service.
Man
Man is the
special
creation of
God, in His
own image.
He created
them male
and female
as the
crowning
work of His
creation.
…By his free
choice man
sinned
against God
and brought
sin into the
human race.
… The
sacredness
of human
personality
is evident
in that God
created man
in His own
image, and
in that
Christ died
for man;
therefore
every person
of every
race
possesses
dignity and
is worthy of
respect and
Christian
love.
Salvation
Salvation
involves the
redemption
of the whole
man, and is
offered
freely to
all who
accept Jesus
Christ as
Lord and
Saviour, who
by His own
blood
obtained
eternal
redemption
for the
believer. In
its broadest
sense
salvation
includes
regeneration,
justification,
sanctification,
and
glorification.
God's
Purpose of
Grace
Election is
the gracious
purpose of
God,
according to
which He
regenerates,
justifies,
sanctifies,
and
glorifies
sinners.
…All true
believers
endure to
the end.
Those whom
God has
accepted in
Christ, and
sanctified
by His
Spirit will
never fall
away from
the state of
grace, but
shall
persevere to
the end.
The Church
A
New
Testament
church of
the Lord
Jesus Christ
is an
autonomous
local
congregation
of baptized
believers,
associated
by covenant
in the faith
and
fellowship
of the
gospel,
observing
the two
ordinances
of Christ,
governed by
His laws,
exercising
the gifts,
rights, and
privelegs
invested in
them by His
Word, and
seeking to
extend the
gospel to
the ends of
the earth.
Each
congregation
operates
under the
Lordship of
Christ
through
democratic
processes.
In such a
congregation
each member
is
responsible
and
accountable
to Christ as
Lord. Its
scriptural
officers are
pastors and
deacons.
While both
men and
women are
gifted for
service in
the church,
the office
of pastor is
limited to
men as
qualified by
Scripture.
Baptism &
the Lord's
Supper
Christian
baptism is
the
immersion of
a believer
in water.
…It is an
act of
obedience
symbolizing
the
believer's
faith in a
crucified,
buried, and
risen
Saviour, the
believer's
death to
sin, the
burial of
the old
life, and
the
resurrection
to walk in
newness of
life in
Christ
Jesus.
The
Lord's
Supper is a
symbolic act
of obedience
whereby
members …
memorialize
the death of
the Redeemer
and
anticipate
His second
coming.
Evangelism &
Missions
It is the
duty and
privelege of
every
follower of
Christ and
every church
of the Lord
Jesus Christ
to endeavor
to make
disciples of
all
nations...
to seek
constantly
to win the
lost to
Christ by
verbal
witness
undergirded
by a
Christian
lifestyle,
and by other
methods in
harmony with
the gospel
of Christ.
Last Things
God, in His
own time and
in His own
way, will
bring the
world to its
appropriate
end. …Jesus
Christ will
return
personally
and
visibly…the
dead will be
raised; and
Christ will
judge all
men in
righteousness.
The
unrighteous
will be
consigned to
Hell. …The
righteous…
will receive
their reward
and will
dwell
forever in
Heaven with
the Lord.
Education
The cause of
education in
the Kingdom
of Christ is
co-ordinate
with the
causes of
missions and
general
benevolence
… there
should be a
proper
balance
between
academic
freedom and
academic
responsibility.
…The freedom
of a teacher
in a
Christian
school,
college, or
seminary is
limited by
the
pre-eminence
of Jesus
Christ, by
the
authoritative
nature of
the
Scriptures,
and by the
distinct
purpose for
which the
school
exists.
Stewardship
God is the
source of
all
blessings,
temporal and
spiritual;
all that we
have and are
we owe to
Him.
Christians
have a
spiritual
debtor ship
to the whole
world, a
holy
trusteeship
in the
gospel, and
a binding
stewardship
in their
possessions.
They are
therefore
under
obligation
to serve Him
with their
time,
talents, and
material
possessions.
Cooperation
Christ's
people
should …
organize
such
associations
and
conventions
as may best
secure
cooperation
for the
great
objects of
the Kingdom
of God. Such
organizations
have no
authority
over one
another or
over the
churches.
…Cooperation
is desirable
between the
various
Christian
denominations.
The
Christian &
the Social
Order
All
Christians
are under
obligation
to seek to
make the
will of
Christ
supreme in
our own
lives and in
human
society...
in the
spirit of
Christ,
Christians
should
oppose
racism,
every form
of greed,
selfishness,
and vice,
and all
forms of
sexual
immorality,
including
adultery,
homosexuality,
and
pornography.
We should
work to
provide for
the
orphaned,
the needy,
the abused,
the aged,
the
helpless,
and the
sick. We
should speak
on behalf of
the unborn
and contend
for the
sanctity of
all human
life from
conception
to natural
death...
Family
God has
ordained the
family as
the
foundational
institution
of human
society. It
is composed
of persons
related to
one another
by marriage,
blood or
adoption.
Marriage
is the
uniting of
one man and
one woman in
covenant
commitment
for a
lifetime.
... The
husband and
wife are of
equal worth
before God,
since both
are created
in God's
image. A
husband is
to love his
wife as
Christ loved
the church.
He has the
God-given
responsibility
to provide
for, to
protect, and
to lead his
family. A
wife is to
submit
herself
graciously
to the
servant
leadership
of her
husband even
as the
church
willingly
submits to
the headship
of Christ.
She, being
in the image
of God as is
her husband
and thus
equal to
him, has the
God-given
responsibility
to respect
her husband
and to serve
as his
helper in
managing the
household
and
nurturing
the next
generation...
Children,
from the
moment of
conception,
are a
blessing and
heritage
from the
Lord.
Parents are
to
demonstrate
to their
children
God's
pattern for
marriage.
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