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parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God (II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:21).
2. The One True GOD: existing eternally as three persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:
22; Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:14).
3. The LORD JESUS CHRIST: His preexistence and deity (John 1:1-3), incarnation by virgin birth (John 1:
14; Matthew 1:18-23), sinless life (Hebrews 4:15), substitutionary death (II Corinthians 5:21), bodily
resurrection (Luke 24:36-43), ascension into heaven and present ministry (Hebrews 4:14-16), and coming
again (Acts 1:11).
4. The HOLY SPIRIT: His personality (John 16:7-15); and deity (Acts 5:3-4); and His work in each
believer; baptism and indwelling at the moment of regeneration (Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 12:13); and
filling (Ephesians 5:18) to empower for Christian life and service (Ephesians 3:16; Acts 1:8; Galatians 5:22-
23).
5. MAN: his direct creation in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-28), his subsequent fall into sin resulting in
spiritual death (Genesis 3:1-24; Romans 5:12), and the necessity of the new birth for his salvation (John 3:3-
5).
6. SALVATION: a complete and eternal salvation by God’s grace alone, received as the gift of God through
personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; I Peter 1:18-19).
7. The CHURCH: one true Church, the body and bride of Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25-32), composed of
all true believers of the present age (I Corinthians 12:12-13); and the organization of its members in local
churches for worship, for edification of believers, and for world-wide gospel witness, each local church being
autonomous but cooperation in fellowship and work (Ephesians 4:11-16).
8. CHRISTIAN LIFE: a life of righteousness, good works, and separation unto God from the evil ways of the
world (Romans 12:1-2), manifested by speaking the truth (James 5:12), maintaining the sanctity of the home
(Ephesians 5:22-6:4), setting differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God (I
Corinthians 6:1-8), not engaging in carnal strife but showing a Christ-like attitude toward all men (Romans 12:
17-21), exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and maintaining a life of prayer (Ephesians 6:18;
Philippians 4:6), including the privilege when sick, of calling for the elders of the church to pray and to anoint
with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:13-18).
9. ORDINANCES: the Christian should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are (1)
baptism of believers by triune immersion (Matthew 28:19) and
(2) the threefold communion service, consisting of the washing of the saints’ feet (John 13:1-17), the Lord’s
Supper (I Corinthians 11:20-22, 33-34; Jude 12), and the communion of the bread and the cup (I Corinthians
11:23-26).
10. SATAN: his existence and personality as the great adversary of God and His people (Revelation 12:10).
11. SECOND COMING: the personal, visible, and imminent return of Christ to remove His Church from the
earth (I Thessalonians 4:16-17) before the tribulation
(I Thess. 1-10; Revelation 3:10), and afterward to descend with the Church to establish His millennial
kingdom upon the earth (Revelation 19:11-20:6).
12. FUTURE LIFE: the conscious existence of the dead (Philippians 1:21-23; Luke 16:19-31), the
resurrection of the body (John 5:28-29), the judgment and reward of believers (Romans 14:10-12; II
Corinthians 5:10), the judgment and condemnation of unbelievers (Revelation 20:11-15), the eternal life of the
saved (John 3:16), and the eternal punishment of the lost (Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15).