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1. We believe in only one true and living God as He is revealed
to us in the Holy Scriptures. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, not three Gods, but one God.
(Deut. 4:39,
John 1:1, I John 5:7, Mark 12:32, John 10:30, John 14:26, John 16:13-16, Phil. 2:6, Col 1:15, Isa 43:10-13, Isa. 46:9)
2. We believe the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are written
words of God and the only rule of all saving knowledge and obedience.
(II Tim. 3:16-17, II Peter 1:19-21, Rev.
22:18-19)
3. We believe in the doctrine of Election according to the foreknowledge
of God.
(Eph. 1:4, I Peter 1:2, 1 Peter 2:9, John 15: 16-17, II Thes. 2:13, Rom. 8:29-30)
4. We believe in the doctrine of Original Sin.
(Gen. 2:17,
Gen 3:6-24, Psa. 51:5, Psa. 58:3, John 6:44, Rom. 3:19, Rom. 5:12, I Cor. 15:22)
5. We believe in man’s impotency to rescue himself from the fallen
state he is in by his own free will or ability.
(Gen. 2:17, Gen 3:6-24, Psa. 51:5, Psa. 58:3, John 6:44, Rom. 3:19,
Rom. 5:12, I Cor. 15:22)
6. We believe sinners are justified in the sight of God only by the imputed righteousness
of Jesus Christ.
(Rom. 10:4, I Cor. 1:30, John 6:37-38, John 10:27-28, Eph. 2: 1-8, II Tim. 1:9, Heb. 8:10-12, I Peter
1:23)
7. We believe the elect, according to the foreknowledge of God
will be called, converted, regenerated and sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
(II Tim. 1:9, John 6:63, John 6:37-38, John
10:27-28, Rom. 8:28-30, Eph. 2:1-8, Heb. 8:10-12, I Peter 1:23)
8. We believe the saints will persevere in grace and never fall finally
away.
(John 10:28-29, I John 3:9, Rom. 8:31-39, Col. 3:3, Jude 1:1)
9. We believe that baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances
of Jesus Christ, and that true believers are the only fit subjects of these ordinances and the true mode of baptism is by
immersion.
(Mark 1:5, Mark 1:9-11, Rom. 6:4, Matt. 26:26, Mark 14:22-24, John 13: 4-17, Acts 2:38)
10.We
believe in the resurrection of the dead and the general judgment.
(John 5:28-29, Matt. 25:46, Matt 25:32-46, Isa. 66:24,
Isa. 34:8-11,I Cor. 15:12-58, Rev. 20:12-15)
11.We believe that the punishment of the wicked shall be everlasting
and the joys of the righteous shall be eternal.
(John 5:28-29, Matt. 25:46, See Article # 10 also)
12.We believe that no minister has the right to administer the ordinances
except those who have been called of God, regularly baptized and come under the imposition of hands of the presbytery.
(Mark
3:14, I Tim. 4:14, Matt. 28:19-20, Mark 1:9-10, Luke 22:28-30, Acts 2:41-42, I Cor: 23-34, Heb. 5:4)
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