n and plenary
authority of the BIBLE in its origi-
nal writings (II Tim. 3:16,17; II Pet.
1:21).
2. The eternal Trinity of the GODHEAD
(Deut. 6:4; I Tim. 2:5; Eph. 4:4-6; Matt.
28:19; II Cor. 13:14).
3. The eternal Deity, virgin birth, vicari-
ous death, and spotless humanity of
the LORD JESUS CHRIST (Luke
1:35; Phil. 2:6-9; Rom. 1:3,4).
4. MANKIND by nature is sinful and
under the condemnation of God (Eph.
2:1-3; Rom. 3:9-12; I Cor. 1:18-31).
5. Personal SALVATION is by God’s
grace, through faith in the crucified,
risen, and glorified Christ (Rom. 3:24-
28; 5:1,9; Eph. 2:8,9; I Cor. 15:1-4).
6. The ETERNAL SECURITY of all the
saved (Col. 3:1-4; Phil. 1:6; Rom. 8:1;
8:29-34; 8:38,39; John 10:27-29; Eph.
1:13,14).
7. The personality and Deity of the
HOLY SPIRIT (John 16:8; Titus 3:5;
I Cor. 12:13; Eph. 1:13; 3:16).
8. The essential unity of all believers
of the present dispensation as mem-
bers of the one true Church, the BODY
OF CHRIST (Eph. 1:22,23; I Cor.
12:13).
9. The GIFTS enumerated in Ephesians
4:7-16, have been given for the build-
ing up of the Body of Christ, and of
these, only evangelists, pastors, and
teachers are in order during the
present dispensation. The sign gifts
of the Acts period were temporary in
character, and have ceased (I Cor.
13:8-13).
10. The privilege and duty of all the saved
to WALK by faith as children of light
(II Cor. 5:7; Eph. 5:11).
11. The Communion of the LORD’S SUP-
PER as revealed through Paul for the
members of the Body of Christ “till He
come” (I Cor. 11:23-26).
12. All believers are made members of
the Body of Christ by One Divine
BAPTISM (I Cor. 12:13), by which also
they are identified with Christ in His
death, burial and resurrection (Rom.
6:3,4). In light of I Corinthians 1:17,
Ephesians 4:5, and Colossians 2:12,
we affirm that water baptism has no
place in God’s spiritual program for
the Body of Christ in this dispensa-
tion of Grace.
13. The RESURRECTION of the body
(Luke 24:39-43; I Cor. 15:40-44).
14. The Pretribulation RAPTURE of the
Church (I Thes. 4:13-18; Titus 2:13,14;
I Cor. 15:51-53; Phil. 3:20,21).
15. The personal, premillennial RETURN
OF CHRIST to reign on earth (Zech.
14:4,9; Acts 1:10,11; Rev. 19:11-16;
20:4-6).
16. The ETERNAL PUNISHMENT of the
unsaved dead (Luke 16:23-28; II Thes.
1:9; Rev. 14:11; 20:14,15).
17. The MYSTERY “Hid in God” was the
divine purpose to make of Jew and
Gentile a whole new thing, that is, the
Church, which is Christ’s Body. The
revelation of this Mystery was com-
mitted to Paul, and it is in his writ-
ings alone that we find the doctrine,
position, walk and destiny of the
Church (Gal. 1:11,12; Eph. 3:1-9; Col.
1:24-27).
On This
We Stand
Hope is built upon faith. Faith is that by which we know God exists, that we are Elect, and that we are loved by Him. Faith is also that by which we walk, live righteously, and are sanctified. By faith we are justified before ourselves. But faith also is the substance (hupostasis) of things hoped for (Heb. 11:1). Hope is much more than the modern definition and usage of the word (a wish or desire). Scriptures call Hope the anchor of the soul (Heb 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we [that is, the author and Hebrew audience of the epistle] might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;). Paul says we are saved by Hope (Ro. 8:24). He also prays that we may given the spirit of the truly revealed wisdom in the detailed knowledge (epiginosko) of him, that the eyes of our understan
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