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believe in the Scripture of the Old and New
Testaments as inspired by God, and that they are the
supreme and final authority in faith and life.
We
believe in one God, eternally existing in three
persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We
believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy
Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary and is true God
and true man.
We
believe that man was created in the image of God;
that he sinned and thereby incurred not only
physical death but also that spiritual death which
is separation from God; and that all human
beings are born with a sinful nature and, in the
case of those who reach moral responsibility, become
sinners in thought, word and deed.
We
believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures, as a representative and
substitutionary sacrifice and that all who believe
in Him are justified on the ground of His shed
blood.
We
believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of
our Lord, His ascension into heaven and His present
life there for us as a High Priest and Advocate.
We
believe that all who receive by repentance and faith
the Lord Jesus Christ are born again by the Holy
Spirit, and become children of God.
We
believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and
the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved
and the everlasting punishment of the lost.
We
believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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