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· We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired by God. That they are inerrant in their original writings and that they are the supreme and final authority in matters of faith and life and should be interpreted in a literal manner. · We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. · We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man. · We believe that humanity was created in the image of God; that the man (Adam) sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and become sinners in thought, word, and deed. · We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood; and all the justified are redeemed, once saved are kept by God’s power and are eternally secure in Christ. · We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His resurrection into heaven and in His present life is there for us as our High Priest and Advocate. · We believe in “that blessed hope” the personal return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. · We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
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