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The entire Bible (consisting of 66 books)
in it's original writings is verbally inspired of God;
and accurately preserved, according to the promise of God and the testimony of
Jesus Christ
by the Holy Spirit in the Church -- the Body of Christ, and known today in
English as the
King James Version, which is an accurate reliable translation, making it of
plenary authority.
(Ex.17:14; Psalms 12:6,7; Isaiah 30:8; Matt. 24:15,35; John 16:12,13; Col.
1:24,25; II Tim. 3:16,17;
I Peter 1:23-25; II Peter 1:15,19-21; Rev. 22:18,19)
There is ONE God, eternally existing in
three Persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
(Deut. 6:4; John 4:24, 10:30; Eph. 4:6)
Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit,
and born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true Man.
(Luke 1:35; Phil. 2:6-9: Rom. 1:3,4)
All men, by nature, are dead in
trespasses and sins; and are, therefore, totally unable to do any work
pleasing to God. (Eph.2:1-3, 8,9; Rom.3:9-20, 4:5; 8:7,8; I Cor.1:21; Heb.11:6
God justifies ungodly sinners by His
grace, upon the ground of the blood of Christ, through the means of faith.
This complete salvation is bestowed as the free gift of God apart from man's
works. (Rom. 3:24-28; 5:1,9; Eph. 2:8,9)
All of the saved are eternally secure
in Christ. (Col. 2:9; 3:1-4; Phil. 1:6)
The Holy Spirit is a Person who
convicts the world of sin, and who regenerates, baptizes, seals, indwells,
enlightens and empowers the saved. (John 16:8; Titus 3:5; I Cor. 12:13;
Eph. 1:13,17,18; 3:16)
Today there is only ONE Church, which
is called the Body of Christ, having a membership composed
of all the saved in this present dispensation of grace. (I Cor. 12:13,27;
Eph. 1:22,23; 3:6; 4:4; Col. 1:23-25)
Gifts, given by the Spirit of God as
a supernatural manifestation, sign gift, supernatural appointment, or
empowerment for service (as described in I Cor. 12, Rom. 12, Eph. 4) have
ceased with the completion of the written revelation of God's perfect
Word. Today, God's Word effectually works in the Believer who is filled
with His Word and Spirit -- thereby, informed, motivated, enabled and led
to: preach the gospel to the lost, teach, admonish, help, pastor, and
oversee the local assembly, which appoints such as are qualified. (Rom.12:1-3;
I Cor.13:8-10; Eph.4:11-16; 5:18: Col. 3:16; I Thess. 2:13; I Tim. 3:1-15;
5:17-25; II Tim. 3:16,17)
Walk - By reason of Christ's victory
over sin and of His indwelling Spirit, all of the saved may and should
experience deliverance from the power of sin by obedience to Romans 6:11,
but we deny that man's nature of sin is ever eradicated during this life.
(Rom. 6:6-14; 8:37; Gal. 5:16-25; II Cor. 2:14; 10:2-5)
The communion of the Lord's supper as
revealed through the Apostle Paul in I Corinthians 11:23-26 is for
members of the Body of Christ to observe "until He comes."
There is no place in Scripture where the LORD'S SUPPER and WATER BAPTISM
are linked together either as ordinances or as
sacraments for the Church.
All saved persons have been made
members of the Body of Christ by One divine baptism (this is baptism
into the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit). By that ONE BAPTISM, every
member of the Body of Christ is identified with Christ in His death,
burial and resurrection. In light of the statement concerning the "ONE
BAPTISM" in Ephesians 4:5 and the statement in I Corinthians 1:17
that "Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the gospel",
we affirm that water baptism has no place in God's spiritual program for
the Body of Christ in this day of grace.
Jesus Christ was resurrected bodily from
the dead, and at His coming He will raise all of the saved to
everlasting glory, and at the end He will raise all of the lost in
everlasting condemnation. (Luke 24:39; I Cor. 15:22-24; Rev. 20:11-19)
The second coming of Christ
will be personal and pre-millennial. He will come first to receive
the Church unto Himself and then to receive His Millennial Kingdom
over which He will reign. (I Thess. 4:13-18; Phil. 3:21; Rev.
19:11-20:10)
The mission and commission of
the Church is to follow the Apostle Paul and the revelation of the
truth, which our Lord Jesus Christ in glory gave to him for us. (I
Cor. 4:16; 11:1; Phil. 3:17; I Thess.1:16; Rom.11:13; 15:16; Eph.
3:1; I Tim. 2:7; II Tim. 1:11; 2:2)
That Gospel which Paul called "my gospel", in
contrast to that gospel of the circumcision, is God's message for
today. (Rom. 2:16; 16:25; II Tim. 2:8; Gal. 1:6-9; 2:2,5-7) We, as
Paul, should strive to preach the gospel in the regions beyond where
Christ is not yet named. (Rom. 15:20; II Cor. 10:16)
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