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What We Believe

I. The Scriptures

The Scriptures of the Old and New  Testaments were Given by inspiration of God, and are the only  sufficient, certain and authoritative rule of all saving knowledge and obedience.

II. God

There is but one God, the Maker, Preserver  and Ruler of all things, having in Himself, all perfections, and being  infinite in them all; and to Him all creatures owe the highest love,  reverence and obedience. God is revealed to us as Father, Son and Holy  Spirit each with distinct personal attributes but without division of nature, essence of being.

III. Providence

God from eternity decrees or permits all  things that come to pass, and perpetually upholds, directs and governs  all creatures and all events; yet so as not in any wise to be the author or approver of sin nor to destroy the free will  and responsibility of mankind.

IV. Election

Election is God’s eternal choice of some  persons unto everlasting life – not because of foreseen merit in them,  but of his mere mercy in Christ – in consequence of which choice they are called, justified and glorified.

V. The Fall of Man

God originally created man in His own  image, and free from sin; but through the temptation of Satan, he  transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original holiness and  righteousness; whereby his posterity inherit a nature corrupt and  wholly opposed to God and His Law, are under condemnation, and as soon  as they are capable of moral action, become actual transgressors.

VI. The Mediator

Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God,  is the divinely appointed mediator between God and man. Having taken  upon Himself human Nature, yet without sin, He perfectly fulfilled the  law, suffered and died upon the cross for the salvation of the sinner.  He was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended to His Father,  at whose right hand He ever lives to make intercession for his people.  He is the only Mediator, the the Prophet, Priest and King of the church,  and Sovereign of the Universe.

VII. Regeneration

Regeneration is a change of heart, wrought  by the Holy Spirit, who quickens the dead in trespasses and sins,  enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the Word  of God, and renewing their whole nature, so that they love and  practice holiness. It is a work of God’s free and special grace alone.

VIII. Repentance

Repentance is an evangelical grace, wherein  a person being, by the Holy Spirit, made sensible of the manifold evil  of his sin, humbles himself for it with godly sorrow, detestation of it,  and self-abhorrence, with a purpose and endeavor to walk before God so  as to please Him in all things.

IX. Faith

Saving faith is the belief, on God’s  authority, of whatsoever is revealed in His Word concerning Christ;  accepting and resting upon Him alone for justification and eternal life.  It is wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit, and is accompanied by  all other saving graces. and leads to a life of holiness.

 X. Justification

Justification is God’s gracious and full  acquittal of sinners, who believe in Christ, from all sin, through the  satisfaction that Christ has made; not for anything wrought in them or  done by them; but on account of the obedience and satisfaction of  Christ, they receiving and resting on Him and His righteousness by  faith.

XI. Sanctification

Those who have been regenerated are also  sanctified, by Gods Word and Spirit dwelling in them. This  sanctification is progressive through the supply of Divine strength,  which all saints seek to obtain, pressing after a heavenly life in  cordial obedience to all Christ’s commands.

XII. Perseverance of the Saints

Those whom God hath accepted in the  Beloved, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never totally nor finally  fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere to the  end; and through they may fall, through neglect and temptation, into  sin, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts,  brings reproach on the Church, and temporal judgements on themselves,  yet they shall be renewed again unto repentance, and be kept by the  power of God through faith unto salvation.

XIII. The Church

The Lord Jesus is the Head of the Church,  which is composed of all His true disciples, and in Him is invested  supremely all power for its government. According to His commandment  Christians are to associate themselves into particular societies or  Churches; and to each of these churches He has given needful authority  for administering that order, discipline and worship which He has  appointed.

XIV. Baptism

Baptism is an ordinance of the Lord Jesus,  obligatory upon every believer, wherein he is immersed in water in the  name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, as a sign of  his fellowship with the death and resurrection of Christ, of the  remission of sins, and of his giving himself to God, to live and walk in  the newness of life. It is a prerequisite to church fellowship, and to  participation in the Lord’s Supper.

XV. The Lord’s Supper

The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of Jesus  Christ, to be administered with the elements of bread and wine, and to  be observed by His churches till the end of the world. It is in no sense  a sacrifice but is designed to commemorate His death, to confirm the  faith and other graces of Christians, and to be a bond, pledge and  renewal of their communion with Him, and of  their church fellowship.

XVI. The Lord’s Day

The Lord’s day is a  Christian institution for regular observance, and should be employed in  exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private,  resting from worldly employments and amusements, work of necessity and  mercy only expected.

XVII. Future Things

God has appointed a day, wherein He will  judge the world by Jesus Christ, when everyone shall receive according  to his deeds: unrepentant sinners shall go unto everlasting punishment;  those who have repented of sin and trusted in Christ shall go  unto everlasting life.

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