The Holy Bible
was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation
of Himself to man.
Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 17:19; Joshua 8:34; Psalms
19:7-10; 119:11,89,105,140; Isaiah 34:16; 40:8; Jeremiah
15:16; 36:1-32; Matthew 5:17-18; 22:29; Luke 21:33;
24:44-46; John 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; Acts 2:16ff.; 17:11;
Romans 15:4; 16:25-26; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2;
4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21.
There is one and only one living and
true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal
Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the
universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other
perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and His
perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and
future, including the future decisions of His free
creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and
obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal
attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or
being.
God as Father reigns with providential care over His
universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human
history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all
powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is
Father in truth to those who become children of God through
faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward
all men.
Genesis 1:1; 2:7; Exodus 3:14;
6:2-3; 15:11ff.; 20:1ff.; Leviticus 22:2; Deuteronomy 6:4;
32:6; 1 Chronicles 29:10; Psalm 19:1-3; Isaiah 43:3,15;
64:8; Jeremiah 10:10; 17:13; Matthew 6:9ff.; 7:11; 23:9;
28:19; Mark 1:9-11; John 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; 17:1-8; Acts
1:7; Romans 8:14-15; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 4:6;
Ephesians 4:6; Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews
11:6; 12:9; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 John 5:7.
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In
His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy
Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed
and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature
with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself
completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the
divine law by His personal obedience, and in His
substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the
redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with
a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person
who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into
heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He
is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person
is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will
return in power and glory to judge the world and to
consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all
believers as the living and ever present Lord.
Genesis 18:1ff.; Psalms 2:7ff.;
110:1ff.; Isaiah 7:14; 53; Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29;
11:27; 14:33; 16:16,27; 17:5; 27; 28:1-6,19; Mark 1:1; 3:11;
Luke 1:35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46; John 1:1-18,29; 10:30,38;
11:25-27; 12:44-50; 14:7-11; 16:15-16,28; 17:1-5, 21-22;
20:1-20,28; Acts 1:9; 2:22-24; 7:55-56; 9:4-5,20; Romans
1:3-4; 3:23-26; 5:6-21; 8:1-3,34; 10:4; 1 Corinthians 1:30;
2:2; 8:6; 15:1-8,24-28; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; 8:9;
Galatians 4:4-5; Ephesians 1:20; 3:11; 4:7-10; Philippians
2:5-11; Colossians 1:13-22; 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 1
Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 1:1-3; 4:14-15;
7:14-28; 9:12-15,24-28; 12:2; 13:8; 1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:22; 1
John 1:7-9; 3:2; 4:14-15; 5:9; 2 John 7-9; Revelation
1:13-16; 5:9-14; 12:10-11; 13:8; 19:16.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God,
fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the
Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to
understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin,
of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the
Saviour, and effects regeneration. At the moment of
regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of
Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts
believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they
serve God through His church. He seals the believer unto the
day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is
the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the
fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and
empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism,
and service.
Genesis 1:2; Judges 14:6; Job
26:13; Psalms 51:11; 139:7ff.; Isaiah 61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32;
Matthew 1:18; 3:16; 4:1; 12:28-32; 28:19; Mark 1:10,12; Luke
1:35; 4:1,18-19; 11:13; 12:12; 24:49; John 4:24;
14:16-17,26; 15:26; 16:7-14; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4,38; 4:31; 5:3;
6:3; 7:55; 8:17,39; 10:44; 13:2; 15:28; 16:6; 19:1-6; Romans
8:9-11,14-16,26-27; 1 Corinthians 2:10-14; 3:16; 12:3-11,13;
Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30; 5:18; 1
Thessalonians 5:19; 1 Timothy 3:16; 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:14;
3:16; Hebrews 9:8,14; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 4:13; 5:6-7;
Revelation 1:10; 22:17.
Salvation involves the redemption of
the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus
Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained
eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense
salvation includes regeneration, justification,
sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation
apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
Genesis 3:15; Exodus 3:14-17;
6:2-8; Matthew 1:21; 4:17; 16:21-26; 27:22-28:6; Luke
1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:11-14,29; 3:3-21,36; 5:24;
10:9,28-29; 15:1-16; 17:17; Acts 2:21; 4:12; 15:11;
16:30-31; 17:30-31; 20:32; Romans 1:16-18; 2:4; 3:23-25;
4:3ff.; 5:8-10; 6:1-23; 8:1-18,29-39; 10:9-10,13; 13:11-14;
1 Corinthians 1:18,30; 6:19-20; 15:10; 2 Corinthians
5:17-20; Galatians 2:20; 3:13; 5:22-25; 6:15; Ephesians 1:7;
2:8-22; 4:11-16; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:9-22;
3:1ff.; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; 2 Timothy 1:12; Titus
2:11-14; Hebrews 2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11:1-12:8,14; James
2:14-26; 1 Peter 1:2-23; 1 John 1:6-2:11; Revelation 3:20;
21:1-22:5.
It is the duty of every child of God
to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal
witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other
methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.
Genesis 12:1-3; Exodus 19:5-6;
Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 9:37-38; 10:5-15; 13:18-30, 37-43;
16:19; 22:9-10; 24:14; 28:18-20; Luke 10:1-18; 24:46-53;
John 14:11-12; 15:7-8,16; 17:15; 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2;
8:26-40; 10:42-48; 13:2-3; Romans 10:13-15; Ephesians
3:1-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Timothy 4:5; Hebrews 2:1-3;
11:39-12:2; 1 Peter 2:4-10; Revelation 22:17.
