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What
WE BELIEVE
A Brief Summary of
Doctrine & Statement of Faith
The full inspiration of the
Holy Scriptures; their authority and
sufficiency as not only containing but as
being in themselves the Word of God. The
reliability of the Scripture’s witness to
itself as the only, the complete and the
infallible Word of God, the New Testament
witnessing to the reliability and divine
character of the Old Testament; the
necessity also for a reverent faith in the
Word, and the teaching of the Holy Spirit,
for a true understanding of the whole.
The unity of the Godhead and
the divine co-equality of the Persons of the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
eternally; the sovereignty of God in
creation, providence and redemption.
The true and proper deity of
our Lord Jesus Christ; His virgin birth; His
real and perfect manhood; the authority of
His teaching and the infallibility of all
His utterances; His substitutionary death on
the cross as being the full and sufficient
and only atonement for sins; His bodily
resurrection and His acension into Heaven;
His present priestly intercession for His
people; His personal return in glory.
The justification of the
sinner solely by faith, through the atoning
merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
The total depravity of human
nature in the consequence of the Fall of man
from the original state of perfection in
which he was created, by which Fall all
mankind is in a state of condemnation and
separation from a holy God, and can only be
delivered by the divine work of regeneration
and redemption.
The sovereign grace of God,
by which we mean His free and unmerited
favour; and that by His sole choice the
elect have been predestinated to salvation.
The work of regeneration,
conversion, sanctification and faith as
being not an act of man’s free will and
power, but of the mighty, efficacious, and
irresistible grace of God through the Holy
Spirit.
All those who are chosen by
the Father, redeemed by the Son, and
sanctified by the Spirit, shall certainly
and finally persevere, so that not one of
them shall ever perish but shall have
everlasting life.
The resurrection of the
body; the judgement of the world by our Lord
Jesus Christ, with the eternal blessedness
of the redeemed, and the eternal punishment
of those who finally reject Christ as
Saviour.
The observance of the divine
institution of the baptism of believers by
immersion, in loving obedience as an act of
witness, but not as conveying any
regenerating grace. The observance of the
Lord’s Supper as a commemoration of our
Lord’s death, but not as being a sacrifice
for sin nor involving any change in the
substance of the bread and wine.
The sole authority and
prerogative of Christ, through the Holy
Spirit, speaking in His Word, for the
government of the church.
(This Basis of Faith first appeared in the Sword
and Trowel Magazine and is reproduced here with
the kind permission of the publishers). |
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