The
Scriptures
The Holy Bible was
written by men divinely
inspired and is God's
revelation of Himself to
man. It is a perfect
treasure of divine
instruction. It has God for
its author, salvation for
its end, and truth, without
any mixture of error, for
its matter.
God
There is one and only
one living and true God.
…The eternal God reveals
Himself to us as Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, with
distinct personal
attributes, but without
division of nature, essence,
or being.
God
the Father
God as Father reigns with
providential care over His
universe, His creatures, and
the flow of the stream of
human history according to
the purposes of His grace.
…God is Father in truth to
those who become children of
God through faith in Jesus
Christ.
God
the Son
Christ is the eternal Son of
God. In His incarnation as
Jesus Christ, He was
conceived of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
…He honored the divine law
by His personal obedience,
and in His death on the
cross, He made provision for
the redemption of men from
sin.
God
the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the
Spirit of God. …He exalts
Christ. He convicts of sin,
of righteousness and of
judgment. …He enlightens
and empowers the believer
and the church in worship,
evangelism, and service.
Man
Man was created by the
special act of God, in His
own image, and is the
crowning work of His
creation. …By his free
choice man sinned against
God and brought sin into the
human race. … The
sacredness of human
personality is evident in
that God created man in His
own image, and in that
Christ died for man;
therefore every man
possesses dignity and is
worthy of respect and
Christian love.
Salvation
Salvation involves the
redemption of the whole man,
and is offered freely to all
who accept Jesus Christ as
Lord and Saviour, who by His
own blood obtained eternal
redemption for the believer.
In its broadest sense
salvation includes
regeneration,
sanctification, and
glorification.
God's
Purpose of Grace
Election is the gracious
purpose of God, according to
which He regenerates,
sanctifies, and glorifies
sinners. …All true
believers endure to the end.
Those whom God has accepted
in Christ, and sanctified by
His Spirit will never fall
away from the state of
grace, but shall persevere
to the end.
The
Church
A New Testament church
of the Lord Jesus Christ is
a local body of baptized
believers who are associated
by covenant in the faith and
fellowship of the
gospel…and seeking to
extend the gospel to the
ends of the earth. …This
church is an autonomous
body. …The New Testament
speaks also of the church as
the body of Christ, which
includes all of the redeemed
of all the ages.
Baptism
& the Lord's Supper
Christian baptism is the
immersion of a believer in
water. …It is an act of
obedience symbolizing the
believer's faith in a
crucified, buried, and risen
Saviour, the believer's
death to sin, the burial of
the life, and the
resurrection to walk in
newness of life in Christ
Jesus.
The
Lord's Supper is a symbolic
act of obedience whereby
members … memorialize the
death of the Redeemer and
anticipate His second
coming.
The
Lord's Day
The first day of the
week is the Lord's Day.
…It commemorates the
resurrection of Christ from
the dead and should be
employed in exercises of
worship and spiritual
devotion.
Last
Things
God, in His own time and
in His own way, will bring
the world to its appropriate
end. …Jesus Christ will
return personally and
visibly…the dead will be
raised; and Christ will
judge all men in
righteousness. The
unrighteous will be
consigned to Hell. …The
righteous… will receive
their reward and will dwell
forever in Heaven with the
Lord.
Evangelism
& Missions
It is the duty and
privilege of every follower
of Christ and every church
of the Lord Jesus Christ to
endeavor to make disciples
of all nations … to seek
constantly to win the lost
to Christ by personal
effort.
Education
The cause of education
in the Kingdom of Christ is
co-ordinate with the causes
of missions and general
benevolence … there should
be a proper balance between
academic freedom and
academic responsibility.
…The freedom of a teacher
in a Christian school,
college, or seminary is
limited by the pre-eminence
of Jesus Christ, by the
authoritative nature of the
Scriptures, and by the
distinct purpose for which
the school exists.
Stewardship
God is the source of all
blessings, temporal and
spiritual; all that we have
and are we owe to Him.
Christians have a spiritual
debtorship to the whole
world, a holy trusteeship in
the gospel, and a binding
stewardship in their
possessions. They are
therefore under obligation
to serve Him with their
time, talents, and material
possessions.
Cooperation
Christ's people should
… organize such
associations and conventions
as may best secure
cooperation for the great
objects of the Kingdom of
God. Such organizations have
no authority over one
another or over the
churches. …Cooperation is
desirable between the
various Christian
denominations.
The
Christian & the Social
Order
Every Christian is under
obligation to seek to make
the will of Christ supreme
in his own life and in human
society. ... The Christian
should oppose in the spirit
of Christ every form of
greed, selfishness, and
vice.
Religious
Liberty
Church and state should
be separate. The state owes
to every church protection
and full freedom in the
pursuit of its spiritual
ends. …A free church in a
free state is the Christian
ideal.
Family
God has ordained the
family as the foundational
institution of human
society. …Marriage is the
unity of one man and one
woman in covenant commitment
for a lifetime. …The
husband and wife are of
equal worth before God,
since both are created in
God's image. The marriage
relationship models the way
God relates to His people.
…Children, from the moment
of conception, are a
blessing and heritage from
the Lord.
