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Article 1
We believe the Bible1 is verbally inspired by God2, is inerrant3 in the original autographs, and is of supreme and final authority4 in faith and life.
Article 2
We believe in one God1, eternally existing2 in three persons3: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Article 3
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit1, born of a virgin2, and is true God3 and true man.
Article 4
We believe that man was created in the image of God1, that he sinned2, thus incurring not only physical death3 but also that spiritual death which is separation from God4; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature5 and are sinners in word, thought and deed6.
Article 5
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins1 as a sinless representative2 and substitutionary sacrifice3 and that all who believe in Him4 are justified5 on the grounds of His shed blood6.
Article 6
We believe in our Lord’s resurrection1, His ascension2 into Heaven3, and His present life there as our High Priest and Advocate4.
Article 7
We believe in the visible1, personal2 return of Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His Kingdom3.
Article 8
We believe that salvation is by grace alone1, through faith alone2, in Christ alone3, and that all who believe in the Lord Jesus4 by faith alone are born from above and thereby become children of God5. We believe that saving faith in Christ results in a Holy Spirit-led life6, and that faith without works is dead7.
Article 9
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust1; the judgment2 and everlasting happiness of the saved in a literal Heaven3, and the judgment4 and everlasting conscious suffering of the lost in a literal hell5.
References
Article 1
1. The sixty-six Canonical books of the Old and New Testaments
2. 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21
3. John 17:17, Matthew 5:17-18
4. Revelation 22:18-19
Article 2
1. Dueteronomy 4:4, I Corinthians 8:4
2. Psalms 90:2, I Timothy 1:17
3. Matthew 28:19, II Corinthians 13:14
Article 3
1. Luke 1:35
2. Matthew 1:23
3. Colosians 1:15-16, Colosians 2:9, and John 1:1 & 14
4. I Timothy 2:5
Article 4
1. Genesis 1:27
2. Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6, Romans 3:23
3. Romans 5:12, Romans 6:23
4. Isaiah 59:2, Romans 3:19
5. Psalms 51:5, Romans 5:12
6. I John 1:8 & 10
Article 5
1. Isaiah 53:4-6, I Corinthians 15:3
2. II Corinthians 5:21
3. Romans 5:6 & 10, Galatians 3:13
4. John 3:16, Acts 16:31, I John 5:1
5. Romans 5:1, Galatians 3:8
6. Romans 5:9, I Peter 1:18-19
Article 6
1. Luke 24:5-6, I Corinthians 15:4
2. Acts 1:9
3. Hebrews 9:24
4. Romans 8:34, I John 2:1
Article 7
1. Acts 1:11
2. I Thessalonians. 4:16
3. Colosians 1:13, I Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 12:10 & 20:4-6
Article 8
1. Ephesians 2:8-10
2. Romans 4:5-6
3. Acts 4:12
4. John 3:3 & 16, I Peter 1:23
5. John 1: 12
6. Romans 8:9 & 14, Galatians 5:18
7. James 2:17
Article 9
1. John 5:29
2. II Corinthians 5:10, Hebrews 9:27
3. Luke 23:43, I Peter 1:3-4
4. II Peter 2:9
5. Psalms 9:17, Matthew 18:8-9, Revelation 20:14-15
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