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Article I
God is a Person who has revealed Himself as a Trinity in
unity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit—three Persons and yet
one God.
• Deuteronomy 6:4
• Matthew 28:19
• 1 Corinthians 8:6.
Article II
The Bible, including both the Old and the New
Testaments, is a divine revelation, the original
autographs of which were verbally inspired by the Holy
Spirit.
• 2 Timothy 3:16
• 2 Peter 1:21.
Article III
Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, which is
to say, He is Himself very God; He took upon Himself our
nature, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of
the Virgin Mary; He died upon the cross as a
substitutionary sacrifice for the sin of the world; He
arose from the dead in the body in which He was
crucified; He ascended into heaven in that body
glorified, where He is now our interceding High Priest;
He will come again personally and visibly to set up His
Kingdom and to judge the quick and the dead.
• Colossians 1:15
• Philippians 2:5-8
• Matthew 1:18-25
• 1 Peter 2:24-25
• Luke 24
• Hebrews 4:14-16
• Acts 1:9-11
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
• Matthew 25:31-46
• Revelation 11:15-17; 20:4-6, 11-15.
Article IV
Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin,
and, in that sense, is lost; this is true of all men,
and except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom
of God; salvation is by grace through faith in Christ
who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the
tree; the retribution of the wicked and unbelieving and
the rewards of the righteous are everlasting, and as the
reward is conscious, so is the retribution.
• Genesis 1:26-27
• Romans 3:10, 23
• John 3:3
• Acts 13:38-39 4:12
• John 3:16 Matthew 25:46
• 2 Corinthians 5:1
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10.
Article V
The Church is an elect company of believers baptized by
the Holy Spirit into one body; its mission is to witness
concerning its Head, Jesus Christ, preaching the gospel
among all nations; it will be caught up to meet the Lord
in the air ere He appears to set up His kingdom.
• Acts 2:41 15:13-17
• Ephesians 1:3-6
• 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
• Matthew 28:19-20
• Acts 1:6-8
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18.
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