OF THE SCRIPTURES
We believe the Holy Bible was written by men supernaturally; inspired; that it has truth for its matter without any admixture of error, that it is and shall remain to the end of the age, the only complete and final revelation of the will of God to man; and that it is the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried. We believe the Authorized (King James) Version Old and New Testament are the Word of God kept intact for English-speaking people by the way of God's Devine providence and work of preservation; and that the Authorized Version translators were not "inspired' but were merely God's instruments used to preserve His words for English-speaking people
By "Holy Bible" We mean that collection of six six books, from Genesis to Revelation, which, as originally written and providentially preserved, does not only contain and convey the Word of God, but is the very Word of God
By "inspiration" We mean that the books of the Bible were written by holy men of God as they were moved by the Holy Ghost in such a definite way that their writings were supernaturally and verbally inspired and free from error, as no other writings have ever been or ever will be.
By "providentially preserved" we mean that God though the ages has, His divine providence, preserved the very words that He inspired; that the Hebrew Old Testament text, as found in the Traditional Masoretic Text, and the Greek New Testament text as found in the Texts Receptus, are indeed the products of God's providential preservation, and are together the complete, preserved, inerrant Word of God
OF THE TRUE GOD
We believe there is one, and only one, living and true God, an infinite, intelligent Spirit, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth, inexpressibly glorious in holiness and worthy of all possible honor, confidence and love; and that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons; The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, equal in every divine perfection, and executing distinct, but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe the Holy Spirit is a divine Person, equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same nature; that he was active in the creation; that in His relation to the unbelieving world, the Holy Spirit restrains the evil one until God;s purpose is fulfilled that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin, of judgement, and of righteousness; that He is the witness of and guide into all truth; that He shall not speak of nor exalt Himself, but will glorify the Son of God; that the Holy Spirit is the agent in the New Birth; and that He seals, endues, comforts, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer
OF THE DEVIL, OR SATAN
We believe Satan was once holy, and enjoyed heavenly honors, but through pride and ambition to be as the Almighty, he fell and drew after him a host of angels; that Satan is now the malignant prince of the power of the air, and the unholy god of this world; that he is makings great tempter, the enemy of God and His Christ, the accuser of the saints, the author of all false religions, the chief power behind the present apostasy; and that he is the lord of the antichrist and the author of all the powers of darkness-destined, however, to final defeat at the hands of God's own Son, and to the judgement of an eternal justice in the Lake of Fire, a place prepared of him and his angels
OF CREATION
We believe the Genesis account of creation; that the Genesis creation record is to be accepted literally and not allegorically or figuratively; that man was created directly in God's own image and after His own likeness; that by God's own handiwork, in the space of six twenty-four hour days, were all things created that are in heaven and that are in the earth, visible and invisible; that creation, was not a matter of evolution or evolutionary change of species, or development through interminable periods of time from lower to higher forms; and that all animals and vegetable life was made directly, and God's established law was that they should bring forth only after their kind.
OF THE FALL OF MAN
We believe man was created in innocence under the law of his Maker, but by voluntary transgression fell from his sinless and happy state; and that by the sin of one man all men are now sinners, not by constraint, but by choice and therfore all are under just condemnation withoout defence or excuse.
OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH
We believe Jesus Christ, Who was preexistent in the Godhead from eternity past, was made flesh when He was begotten of the Holy Ghost in a miraculous manner; born of a virgin woman, Mary, as no other man was ever born or can ever be born of women; and that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, both the Son of God and God the Son.
OF THE RESURRECTION
We believe Jesus Christ rose from the dead bodily the third day, according to the Scriptures; that the Lord's resurrection was attested to by many infallible proofs' and that forty days thereafter, He physically ascended back to heaven assuming His place as man's Advocate with the Father the faithful High Priest Who ever liveth to make intercession for mankind
OF THE FREENESS OF SALVATION
We believe in God electing grace; that the blessing of salvation are made free to all by the gospel; that it is the immediate duty of all men to accept salvation by a cordial, penitent, and obedient faith; and that nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner on earth but his own inherent depravity and voluntary rejection of the gospel, a rejection which involves the sinner in an aggravated condemnation
OF JUSTIFICATION
We believe the great gospel blessing which Christ secures to such as believe in Him is justification; that justication includes the pardon of sin, and the gift of eternal life on principles of righteousness; and that justification amd its bemefits are bestowed not in consideration of any works of righteousness which man has done but rather, God's rightesouness is imputed to man solely through faith in the Redeemer's vicarious shed blood.
