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.

THEREFORE, ALL SCRIPTURE IS TOTALLY TRUE AND TRUSTWORTHY. IT REVEALS THE PRINCIPLES BY

WHICH GOD JUDGES US, AND THEREFORE IS, AND WILL REMAIN TO THE END OF THE WORLD, THE

TRUE CENTER OF CHRISTIAN UNION, AND THE SUPREME STANDARD BY WHICH ALL HUMAN

CONDUCT, CREEDS, AND RELIGIOUS OPINIONS SHOULD BE TRIED. ALL SCRIPTURE IS A TESTIMONY

TO CHRIST, WHO IS HIMSELF THE FOCUS OF DIVINE REVELATION.

EXODUS 24:4; DEUTERONOMY 4:1-2; 17:19; JOSHUA 8:34; PSALMS 19:7-10; 119:11,89,105,140;

ISAIAH 34:16; 40:8; JEREMIAH 15:16; 36:1-32; MATTHEW 5:17-18; 22:29; LUKE 21:33; 24:44-46;

JOHN 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; ACTS 2:16FF.; 17:11; ROMANS 15:4; 16:25-26; 2 TIMOTHY 3:15-17;

HEBREWS 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 PETER 1:25; 2 PETER 1:19-21.

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. HE IS

ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING, ALL LOVING, AND ALL WISE. GOD IS FATHER IN TRUTH TO THOSE

WHO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. HE IS FATHERLY IN HIS

ATTITUDE TOWARD ALL MEN.

GENESIS 1:1; 2:7; EXODUS 3:14; 6:2-3; 15:11FF.; 20:1FF.; LEVITICUS 22:2; DEUTERONOMY 6:4;

32:6; 1 CHRONICLES 29:10; PSALM 19:1-3; ISAIAH 43:3,15; 64:8; JEREMIAH 10:10; 17:13; MATTHEW

6:9FF.; 7:11; 23:9; 28:19; MARK 1:9-11; JOHN 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; 17:1-8; ACTS 1:7; ROMANS

8:14-15; 1 CORINTHIANS 8:6; GALATIANS 4:6; EPHESIANS 4:6; COLOSSIANS 1:15; 1 TIMOTHY 1:17;

HEBREWS 11:6; 12:9; 1 PETER 1:17; 1 JOHN 5:7.

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. JESUS PERFECTLY REVEALED AND DID THE

WILL OF GOD, TAKING UPON HIMSELF HUMAN NATURE WITH ITS DEMANDS AND NECESSITIES AND

IDENTIFYING HIMSELF COMPLETELY WITH MANKIND YET WITHOUT SIN. HE HONORED THE DIVINE

LAW BY HIS PERSONAL OBEDIENCE, AND IN HIS SUBSTITUTIONARY DEATH ON THE CROSS HE MADE

PROVISION FOR THE REDEMPTION OF MEN FROM SIN. HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD WITH A

GLORIFIED BODY AND APPEARED TO HIS DISCIPLES AS THE PERSON WHO WAS WITH THEM BEFORE

HIS CRUCIFIXION. HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS NOW EXALTED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

WHERE HE IS THE ONE MEDIATOR, FULLY GOD, FULLY MAN, IN WHOSE PERSON IS EFFECTED THE

RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN. HE WILL RETURN IN POWER AND GLORY TO JUDGE THE

WORLD AND TO CONSUMMATE HIS REDEMPTIVE MISSION. HE NOW DWELLS IN ALL BELIEVERS AS

THE LIVING AND EVER PRESENT LORD.

GENESIS 18:1FF.; PSALMS 2:7FF.; 110:1FF.; ISAIAH 7:14; 53; MATTHEW 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29; 11:27;

14:33; 16:16,27; 17:5; 27; 28:1-6,19; MARK 1:1; 3:11; LUKE 1:35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46; JOHN

1:1-18,29; 10:30,38; 11:25-27; 12:44-50; 14:7-11; 16:15-16,28; 17:1-5, 21-22; 20:1-20,28; ACTS 1:9;

2:22-24; 7:55-56; 9:4-5,20; ROMANS 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 5:6-21; 8:1-3,34; 10:4; 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30;

2:2; 8:6; 15:1-8,24-28; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:19-21; 8:9; GALATIANS 4:4-5; EPHESIANS 1:20; 3:11;

4:7-10; PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11; COLOSSIANS 1:13-22; 2:9; 1 THESSALONIANS 4:14-18; 1 TIMOTHY 2:5-6;

3:16; TITUS 2:13-14; HEBREWS 1:1-3; 4:14-15; 7:14-28; 9:12-15,24-28; 12:2; 13:8; 1 PETER 2:21-25;

3:22; 1 JOHN 1:7-9; 3:2; 4:14-15; 5:9; 2 JOHN 7-9; REVELATION 1:13-16; 5:9-14; 12:10-11; 13:8;19:16.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, FULLY DIVINE. HE INSPIRED HOLY MEN OF OLD TO WRITE

THE SCRIPTURES. THROUGH ILLUMINATION HE ENABLES MEN TO UNDERSTAND TRUTH. HE EXALTS

CHRIST. HE CONVICTS MEN OF SIN, OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF JUDGMENT. HE CALLS MEN TO

THE SAVIOR, AND EFFECTS REGENERATION. AT THE MOMENT OF REGENERATION, HE BAPTIZES

EVERY BELIEVER INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST. HE CULTIVATES CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, COMFORTS

BELIEVERS, AND BESTOWS THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS BY WHICH THEY SERVE GOD THROUGH HIS

CHURCH. HE SEALS THE BELIEVER UNTO THE DAY OF FINAL REDEMPTION. HIS PRESENCE IN THE

CHRISTIAN IS THE GUARANTEE THAT GOD WILL BRING THE BELIEVER INTO THE FULLNESS OF THE

STATURE OF CHRIST. HE ENLIGHTENS AND EMPOWERS THE BELIEVER AND THE CHURCH IN WORSHIP,

EVANGELISM, AND SERVICE.

GENESIS 1:2; JUDGES 14:6; JOB 26:13; PSALMS 51:11; 139:7FF.; ISAIAH 61:1-3; JOEL 2:28-32;

MATTHEW 1:18; 3:16; 4:1; 12:28-32; 28:19; MARK 1:10,12; LUKE 1:35; 4:1,18-19; 11:13; 12:12; 24:49;

JOHN 4:24; 14:16-17,26; 15:26; 16:7-14; ACTS 1:8; 2:1-4,38; 4:31; 5:3; 6:3; 7:55; 8:17,39; 10:44;

13:2; 15:28; 16:6; 19:1-6; ROMANS 8:9-11,14-16,26-27; 1 CORINTHIANS 2:10-14; 3:16; 12:3-11,13;

GALATIANS 4:6; EPHESIANS 1:13-14; 4:30; 5:18; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:19; 1 TIMOTHY 3:16; 4:1; 2

TIMOTHY 1:14; 3:16; HEBREWS 9:8,14; 2 PETER 1:21; 1 JOHN 4:13; 5:6-7; REVELATION 1:10; 22:17

ELECTION IS THE GRACIOUS PURPOSE OF GOD, ACCORDING TO WHICH HE REGENERATES,

JUSTIFIES, SANCTIFIES, AND GLORIFIES SINNERS. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FREE AGENCY OF

MAN, AND COMPREHENDS ALL THE MEANS IN CONNECTION WITH THE END. IT IS THE GLORIOUS

DISPLAY OF GOD'S SOVEREIGN GOODNESS, AND IS INFINITELY WISE, HOLY, AND UNCHANGEABLE.

IT EXCLUDES BOASTING AND PROMOTES HUMILITY.

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. BELIEVERS MAY FALL INTO SIN THROUGH NEGLECT AND TEMPTATION,

WHEREBY THEY GRIEVE THE SPIRIT, IMPAIR THEIR GRACES AND COMFORTS, AND BRING REPROACH

ON THE CAUSE OF CHRIST AND TEMPORAL JUDGMENTS ON THEMSELVES; YET THEY SHALL BE KEPT

BY THE POWER OF GOD THROUGH FAITH UNTO SALVATION.

GENESIS 12:1-3; EXODUS 19:5-8; 1 SAMUEL 8:4-7,19-22; ISAIAH 5:1-7; JEREMIAH 31:31FF.;

MATTHEW 16:18-19; 21:28-45; 24:22,31; 25:34; LUKE 1:68-79; 2:29-32; 19:41-44; 24:44-48; JOHN

1:12-14; 3:16; 5:24; 6:44-45,65; 10:27-29; 15:16; 17:6,12,17-18; ACTS 20:32; ROMANS 5:9-10;

8:28-39; 10:12-15; 11:5-7,26-36; 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-2; 15:24-28; EPHESIANS 1:4-23; 2:1-10; 3:1-11;

COLOSSIANS 1:12-14; 2 THESSALONIANS 2:13-14; 2 TIMOTHY 1:12; 2:10,19; HEBREWS 11:39?12:2;

JAMES 1:12; 1 PETER 1:2-5,13; 2:4-10; 1 JOHN 1:7-9; 2:19; 3:2.

A NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS AN AUTONOMOUS LOCAL

CONGREGATION OF BAPTIZED BELIEVERS, ASSOCIATED BY COVENANT IN THE FAITH AND

FELLOWSHIP OF THE GOSPEL; OBSERVING THE TWO ORDINANCES OF CHRIST, GOVERNED BY HIS

LAWS, EXERCISING THE GIFTS, RIGHTS, AND PRIVILEGES INVESTED IN THEM BY HIS WORD, AND

SEEKING TO EXTEND THE GOSPEL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. EACH CONGREGATION OPERATES

UNDER THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST THROUGH DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES. IN SUCH A CONGREGATION,

EACH MEMBER IS RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO CHRIST AS LORD. ITS SCRIPTURAL OFFICERS

ARE PASTORS AND DEACONS. WHILE BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ARE GIFTED FOR SERVICE IN THE

CHURCH, THE OFFICE OF PASTOR IS LIMITED TO MEN AS QUALIFIED BY SCRIPTURE.

THE NEW TESTAMENT SPEAKS ALSO OF THE CHURCH AS THE BODY OF CHRIST WHICH INCLUDES ALL

THE REDEEMED OF ALL THE AGES, BELIEVERS FROM EVERY TRIBE, AND TONGUE, AND PEOPLE, AND

NATION.

MATTHEW 16:15-19; 18:15-20; ACTS 2:41-42,47; 5:11-14; 6:3-6; 13:1-3; 14:23,27; 15:1-30; 16:5;

20:28; ROMANS 1:7; 1 CORINTHIANS 1:2; 3:16; 5:4-5; 7:17; 9:13-14; 12; EPHESIANS 1:22-23;

2:19-22; 3:8-11,21; 5:22-32; PHILIPPIANS 1:1; COLOSSIANS 1:18; 1 TIMOTHY 2:9-14; 3:1-15; 4:14;

HEBREWS 11:39-40; 1 PETER 5:1-4; REVELATION 2-3; 21:2-3.

CHRISTIAN BAPTISM IS THE IMMERSION OF A BELIEVER IN WATER IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE

SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT IS AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE SYMBOLIZING THE BELIEVER'S FAITH IN A

CRUCIFIED, BURIED, AND RISEN SAVIOR, THE BELIEVER'S DEATH TO SIN, THE BURIAL OF THE OLD

LIFE, AND THE RESURRECTION TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS. IT IS A TESTIMONY

TO HIS FAITH IN THE FINAL RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. BEING A CHURCH ORDINANCE, IT IS

PREREQUISITE TO THE PRIVILEGES OF CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AND TO THE LORD'S SUPPER.

THE LORD'S SUPPER IS A SYMBOLIC ACT OF OBEDIENCE WHEREBY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH,

THROUGH PARTAKING OF THE BREAD AND THE FRUIT OF THE VINE, MEMORIALIZE THE DEATH OF

THE REDEEMER AND ANTICIPATE HIS SECOND COMING.

MATTHEW 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; MARK 1:9-11; 14:22-26; LUKE 3:21-22; 22:19-20; JOHN 3:23;

ACTS 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 16:30-33; 20:7; ROMANS 6:3-5; 1 CORINTHIANS 10:16,21; 11:23-29; COLOSSIANS 2:12.

GOD, IN HIS OWN TIME AND IN HIS OWN WAY, WILL BRING THE WORLD TO ITS APPROPRIATE END.

ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, JESUS CHRIST WILL RETURN PERSONALLY AND VISIBLY IN GLORY TO

THE EARTH; THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED; AND CHRIST WILL JUDGE ALL MEN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE

UNRIGHTEOUS WILL BE CONSIGNED TO HELL, THE PLACE OF EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT. THE

RIGHTEOUS IN THEIR RESURRECTED AND GLORIFIED BODIES WILL RECEIVE THEIR REWARD AND

WILL DWELL FOREVER IN HEAVEN WITH THE LORD.

ISAIAH 2:4; 11:9; MATTHEW 16:27; 18:8-9; 19:28; 24:27,30,36,44; 25:31-46; 26:64; MARK 8:38;

9:43-48; LUKE 12:40,48; 16:19-26; 17:22-37; 21:27-28; JOHN 14:1-3; ACTS 1:11; 17:31; ROMANS

14:10; 1 CORINTHIANS 4:5; 15:24-28,35-58; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:10; PHILIPPIANS 3:20-21;

COLOSSIANS 1:5; 3:4; 1 THESSALONIANS 4:14-18; 5:1FF.; 2 THESSALONIANS 1:7FF.; 2; 1 TIMOTHY

6:14; 2 TIMOTHY 4:1,8; TITUS 2:13; HEBREWS 9:27-28; JAMES 5:8; 2 PETER 3:7FF.; 1 JOHN 2:28; 3:2;

JUDE 14; REVELATION 1:18; 3:11; 20:1-22:13.