2:22), and imparting spiritual gifts (1 Peter 4:10 1 Corinthians 1:11). He further ministers to the believer teaching (1 John 2:27), interceding (Romans 8:16), guiding (Romans 8:14), filling (Acts 4:31), glorifying Christ and transforming all believers into the image of Christ (Rom. He is the agent of the New Birth, who at the time of salvation permanently indwells and seals every new believer (Romans 8:9 Ephesians 1:13, 14) and baptizes (places) him into the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13). In all the divine attributes He is coequal and consubstantial with the Father and the Son (Matt. He came forth from the Father to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, to be a witness to the truth, and for the glory of Christ (John 16:8-15). We believe in the deity and the personality of the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity. 1:18), the universal king who will reign on the throne of David (Isaiah 9:6 Luke 1:31-33), He is the final judge of all who fail to place their trust in Him as Lord and Savior (Matt. As the only Mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5), the Head of His body the church (Eph. We believe in His bodily resurrection, His ascension into Heaven, His perpetual intercession for His people, and His literal pre-millennial, pre-tribulational return (John 1:1, 14 Matthew 1:18-25 I Peter 2:22 Acts 1:9-11 I Thessalonians 4:13-18). He is sinless in His nature and life infallible in His teaching making atonement for the sins of the world by His substitutionary death on the cross. We believe in the incarnation (becoming flesh) of the Son of God, and that He surrendered nothing of the divine essence, but accepted all the essentials of humanity and so became the God-Man (Col. It is by Him that all things were created and continue in existence and operation (John 1:3 Col. He is coequal, consubstantial, and co-eternal with the Father (John 10:30 14:9). We believe in Jesus Christ, God the Son, the second Person of the Trinity, preexistent with the Father, and is the only begotten by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary. We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayers, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ, His Son (Isaiah 6:3 John 1:12 1 John 3:6 Psalm 147:5 Revelation 19:6 John 3:16). He has graciously chosen from eternity past those He would have as His own (Eph. He has decreed for His own glory all things that come to pass (Eph. 4:6), but He is spiritual Father only to those who believe (Rom. As Creator of all things, He is Father to all people (Eph. He orders and disposes all things according to His sovereign purposes and grace (Ps. We believe in God the Father, the first Person of the Trinity, who is, perfect in holiness, boundless in love, infinite in wisdom, and measureless in power. We believe that one true, eternal God exists as a triunity of three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit equal in every divine perfection, but executing distinct but harmonious offices (Matthew 28:19 2 Corinthians 13:14). We believe that the Bible contains the only infallible rule of faith and practice (Matthew 5:17-18 24:35 John 10:35 17:17 1 Cor. While the Bible may have many applications, there is but one true interpretation to be found as one applies the literal, grammatical-historical method of interpretation under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. We teach the literal, grammatical-historical interpretation of Scripture which affirms that the opening chapters of Genesis present creation in six literal days (Genesis 1:31 Exodus 31:17). The Bible is an objective, propositional revelation of truth that comes to us through the careful superintendence of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:20-21). We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that it has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. We believe the verbal, plenary inspiration (inspired equally in all parts) of the 66 books of the Old and New Testament (2 Timothy 3:16).
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