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HOLY TRINITY // There is one God: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. They live in unity, inter-relationship,
unity and perfect love.
Read - Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14
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JESUS CHRIST // In the deity, the person and the work of our Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God; we believe in His
virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, and
in His ascension to the right hand of the Father; as our High Priest, He fulfils the ministry as Representative,
Intercessor, and Advocate, and we believe in His imminent return to judge the living and the dead.
Read - Acts 1:9, 10; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:24; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1– 2
1 Peter 4:5; Romans 14:9; 2 Timothy 4:1
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HOLY SPIRIT // In the person and work of the Holy Spirit, who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of
judgment; in His regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them for the day of
redemption with His fruit and gifts available in the Church.
Read - John 16:8–11; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 12:12–14; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 5:18
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BIBLE // The Bible is the word of God - authoritative and everlasting, and the foundation of all Christian doctrine;
inerrant in the original languages, infallible, and God-breathed.
Read - 2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:20, 21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12, 13.
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DEVIL // In the existence of an evil spiritual being - the devil.
Read - Job 1:7, Matthew 4:1, Ephesians 6:11, Hebrews 2:14
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SIN // In the spiritually lost condition of all people, the depravity of man; that man was created in God’s
image but, through the sin of Adam, humanity fell and man is now unable to save itself from its lost state
and alienation from God.
Read - Genesis 1:26, 27; Romans 3:22, 23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1–3, 12
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SALVATION BY GRACE // In Salvation that is the gift of God, brought to man by grace; and the essential
need for the “new birth” by faith in Jesus Christ; that this is possible because of the shedding of Christ’s blood
for the forgiveness of our sins through the finished work of the cross at Calvary.
Read - Ephesians 2:8–10; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:18–19
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SPIRITUAL GIFTS // In the indwelling and receiving of the Holy Spirit and the giving of spiritual gifts as
God wills for the edifying and the building of the body of Christ; and that it is the believers
responsibility to use these and develop them.
Read - Acts 1:8, Acts 2:4, Acts 2:38, Acts 8:16, Acts 19:2, Romans 5:5, 1 Corinthians 12:7, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, Hebrews 2:4
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HOLY COMMUNION & BAPTISM // In the sacraments of the Lord’s Supper and baptism by full immersion in water for all believers.
Read - Mark 1:9, 1 Peter 3:21, Colossians 2:12, Luke 22:14-20
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ETERNITY // In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and
the other to everlasting separation from God.
Read - Ecclesiastes 3:11, Matthew 25:46, John 3:36, Romans 6:23, Acts 24:15
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GOD'S CHURCH // In the church being the body of Christ, and each member being an active part of a local church,
fulfilling the Great Commission.
Read - Ephesians 1:22, 23; 5:25–27; 1 Corinthians 12:12–14; 2 Corinthians 11:2, Matthew 28:16-20
