Tenets of Faith

  Tenets of Faith  

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1. SCRIPTURE INSPIRED:

The Bible is true, it is the inspired word of God and God'~ revelation to man, the infallible rule of faith and conduct. I Timothy 3:15-17, 1 Peter 1:23-25, Hebrew 4:12.

 

2. THE ONE TRUE GOD:

The one true God has revealed Himself in the Trinity as the eternally self-existent, self-revealed "I Am" and He further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship~ and association, as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Deut. 6:4, Mark 12:29, Isaiah 43:10, Matthew 28:19, 1 John 5:7.

 

3. MAN, HIS FALL AND REDEMPTION:

Man was CREATED good and upright, for God said, "Let u~ make man in Our likeness." But man, by transgression fell, and his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God Gen. 1:26-31,3:1-7, Roman 5:12-21.

 

4. THE SALVATION OF MAN:

A. Conditions to Salvation: The grace of God, which bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men, through the preaching of repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. Man is saved by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, and being justified by grace through faith he becomes the heir o' God according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 2: 11, Romans 10: 13-15, Luke 24:47

B. The Evidences of Salvation: The inward evidence to the believer of his salvation is the direct witness of the spirit. Roman 8:16. The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and holiness in which the fruit of the Spirit is evident.

 

5. BAPTISM IN WATER:

The ordinance of baptism by burial with Christ must be observed as commanded in the scriptures, by all who have truly believed on Christ as Savior and Lord in so doing, they declare to the world that they have died with Jesus and that they have also been raised with him to walk in newness of life. Matt. 28:19, John 3:5, Acts 2:38, 41, 10:47-48, Rom 6:3-4. Col 2:12.

 

6. THE LORDS SUPPER AND FOOTWASHING:

The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements, bread and fruit of the vine, is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ, a memorial of his suffering and death and prophecy of his second coming, and is enjoined on all believers "Until He Comes." John 6:48-51, 53-57, Luke 22:19-21, 1 Cor. 11:25-26, John 13:4-17.