| THE SCRIPTURES |
The scriptures of the Old and New
Testaments were given by the inspiration of God, and the only sufficient,
certain, and authoritative rule of all saving knowledge, faith and
obedience. |
There is but one God, the Maker, Preserver and Ruler of all
things; having in and of Himself all perfection, 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
bring distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence,
or being. |
God originally created man in His own image, and free
from sin; but through the temptation of Satan, man transgressed the command of
God, and fell from his original holiness and righteousness, whereby his
posterity inherits 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. |
| 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 sinners. He was buried, and rose again the third
day, and ascended to His Father, at whose right hand he ever liveth to make
intercession for his people. He is the only Mediator, the Prophet, Priest, and
King of the Church, and Sovereign of the universe. |
Repentance is an evangelical grace, wherein a person being,
by the Holy Spirit, made sensible of the manifold evil of his sin, humbleth
himself for it, with godly sorrow, detestation of it, and self abhorrence,
with a purpose and endeavor to walk God so as to please him in all things. |
The Lord Jesus is the head of the church, which is composed
of all His true disciples, and in Him is vested supremely all power for it's
government. Accordingly to His commandments, Christians are to unite with
local churches and to each of these he hath given needful authority for
administering that order, discipline, and worship which He hath appointed.
The regular officers of a church are Pastors and Deacons. |
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, if remission of sins,
and of giving himself up to God, to live and walk in the newness of life. It
is prerequisite to church membership and to participation in the Lord's
Supper. |
| THE LORD'S SUPPER |
The Lord's Supper is an ordinance of Jesus Christ,
to be administered with the elements of bread and the cup, and to be
observed by His churches till the end of the world. It is in no sense a
sacrifice, but is designed by 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. |
The bodies of men after death return to dust, but
their spirits return immediately to God; the righteous to rest with Him; the
wicked to be reserved under darkness to the judgment. At the last day, the
bodies of all the dead, both just and unjust, will be raised. |
God hath appointed a day, wherein he will judge the
whole world by Jesus Christ, when every one shall receive according to his
deeds; the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment; the righteous
into everlasting life. |
|
|