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Our
Statement of Faith
- The
unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead.
(Eph 1:3, Rom 9:5 & 8:9-11)
- The
sovereignty of God in creation, revelation, redemption and final judgement.
(Ps 33:6, Jn 1:3, I Cor 2:11, I Pet 1:18-20, Heb 9:27)
- The
divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally
given and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
(II Tim 3:16, Rom 13:1)
- The
universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall, rendering
man subject to God's wrath and condemnation. (Rom 5:12-21,
Col 3:6)
- The
full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God; his virgin
birth and his real and sinless humanity; his death on the cross, his
bodily resurrection and his present reign in heaven and earth. (Col
1:19-20, Lk 1:26-38, Mt 27:32-61 & 28:1-10)
- Redemption
from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial
death once and for all time of our representative and substitute, Jesus
Christ, the only mediator between God and man. (Eph 1:7,
Rom 2:5, I Pet 2:24, Jn 14:6)
- Justification as
God's act of undeserved mercy, in which the sinner is pardoned all his
sins, and accepted as righteous in God's sight, only because of the
righteousness of Christ imputed to him, this justification being received
by faith alone. (Rom 3:21-31)
- The need for the
Holy Spirit to make the work of Christ effective to the individual sinner,
granting him repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ.
(I Jn 20 & 27)
- The indwelling
of the Holy Spirit in all those thus regenerated, producing in them
an increasing likeness to Christ in character and behaviour, and empowering
them for their witness in the world. (1 Jn 24-27, Tit
3:5, 2 Cor 3:17-18)
- The one holy universal
Church, which is the Body of Christ, and to which all true believers
belong. (Eph 5:23 & 4:25)
- The future personal
return of the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge all men, executing God's
just condemnation on the impenitent and receiving the redeemed to eternal
glory. (Heb 9:27-28, 2 Pet 3:1-13, Mt 25:31-46, Tit3)
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