| Concerning God |
| There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. Unto Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The Eternal God reveals Himself to us as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit , with each having distinct personal attributes, but without any division of nature essence, or being. |
| Concerning God The Father |
| God The Father reigns with providential care and absolute sovereignty 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 loving, all wise, and everywhere present. God The Father is truth to all men but most especially is He the Father in truth unto those who are born into the family of God through faith in Jesus Christ. |
| Concerning God The Son |
| 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 took upon himself human nature thereby identifying totally with mankind ,yet without sin, and without ever having His nature as God diminished in any way. He was fully man and fully God. He was obedient in fulfilling every facet of the Fathers will according to the scriptures even unto His death upon the cross, burial , and raising from the dead the third day following His death. He arose bodily and appeared unto many witnesses prior to ascending unto the right hand of the Father where He is now the One Mediator between man and God. He is the one person in whom the reconciliation between man and God is effected. He will return in power and glory at a time appointed to judge the world and establish His kingdom upon the earth. |
| Concerning God The Holy Spirit |
| The Holy Spirit of God was active in the creation of all things with the Father and the Son. He inspired holy men of old to write the Holy Scriptures and illuminates men in order that they may understand those same scriptures. He guides men into all truth, convicts of sin, glorifies Jesus Christ, and draws men unto the saviour. He effects regeneration within a person, indwells the believer ,thereby sealing him until the day of redemption, and bestows Spiritual gifts according to the will of God for use in serving God through the church. He comforts all believers,cultivates the character of Christ in their lives, and empowers them for service unto God in evangelism and worship. |
| The Holy Spirit of God was active in the creation of all things with the Father and the Son. He inspired holy men of old to write the Holy Scriptures and illuminates men in order that they may understand those same scriptures. He guides men into all truth, convicts of sin, glorifies Jesus Christ, and draws men unto the saviour. He effects regeneration within a person, indwells the believer ,thereby sealing him until the day of redemption, and bestows Spiritual gifts according to the will of God for use in serving God through the church. He comforts all believers,cultivates the character of Christ in their lives, and empowers them for service unto God in evangelism and worship. |