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... the Bible is infallible and inspired by God.
... there is one true God. He has always existed without any
cause or agent bringing Him into being. He is the Creator
of heaven and earth. He is the One who rescued mankind from
sin. God has further revealed himself as a single being consisting
of three interrelated persons: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.
... Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has always existed. He
became human, lived a perfect life on earth working miracles.
In order to restore fallen mankind, He died on the cross as
a substitute for the sins of every person. He was raised from
the dead by the power of God.
... mankind was created good and upright, however, by willful
choice ignored God's instruction choosing to engage in what
they knew was wrong and evil. As a result they incurred physical
and spiritual death, which is separation from God.
... salvation is deliverance from spiritual death. God provides
salvation for all who believe and accept His free offer of
forgiveness by accepting His Son, Jesus Christ, as their personal
Savior.
... one day there will be a final judgment in which those
who have died without accepting Christ's salvation, will be
raised and judged according to the way they lived. They will
be sent to everlasting punishment, which is the second death.
... all who have accepted Christ and have died, will one day
rise from their graves and will meet the Lord Jesus Christ
in the air. Christians who have not yet died, will be caught
up with them to be with God forever.
... in baptism by immersion of water.
... the Lord's Supper, or Communion, is a memorial of Christ's
suffering and death.
... it is God's plan for every Christian to receive the baptism
in the Holy Spirit, which gives spiritual power to witness
and to live the full, happy, and godly life outlined in the
Bible.
... sanctification is an act of separating ourselves from
evil and identifying with things that are good and morally
pure. It is a process that takes place as Christians devote
themselves to God.
... divine healing from God is an integral part of the gospel.
... the church includes all Christians and has no boundaries
as to age, race, gender, or denomination. The church is to
be an agency of God for evangelizing the world; to be a corporate
or unified body in which man may worship God; and to be a
channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints being perfected
in the image of His son.
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