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is only one God eternally existing in three persons, each One absolute
Deity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Dt. 6:4 Ps. 90:2; Mt.
28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; Jn. 1:1; 20:17; Rom. 8:9; 9:5; Heb. 1:8; Acts 5:3-4).
God the Father is Spirit. He is the heavenly Father of Jesus Christ and all who have come to a saving knowledge of Him (Jn. 4:24; 1:14; 20:17; Rom. 4:11; 1 Pet. 1:3-5, 8-9). God the Son, Jesus Christ, is truly God and truly Man. All things were created by Him. He was incarnated the only Son of the Father born of a virgin by the Holy Spirit. He came in the flesh, lived a sinless life, shed His blood and died on a cross as an atonement for the sins of the whole world, was bodily resurrected, ascended into heaven and is now exalted as Head of the Church at the right hand of the Father (Phil. 2:5-11; Col. 1:16; Mt. 1:18-25; Heb. 4:15; 1 Jn. 2:2; Heb. 7:26; Eph. 5:23; Rom. 8:34). God the Holy Spirit convicts of sin, indwells us who have been regenerated, guides us into all truth, enables us to live holy lives, bestows spiritual gifts, and endues with power (Jn. 16:8-9,13; 1 Cor. 2:12-14; Eph. 3:16; Acts 9:31; Rom. 8:5-14; 1 Cor. 12:11; Acts 1:8; 6:8; 1 Cor. 2:4-5). Every word of the Scriptures in both the Old and the New Testament in the original autographs was inspired by God, written without error. The Scriptures are the complete, final written authority by which we live (Ps. 19:7-9; 119:89; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21; 3:15-16). Man was created by God in His image with body, soul, and spirit. Adam, the first man, sinned by disobedience incurring spiritual death and, later, physical death. Every person born since, except the Man Christ Jesus, inherited a sinful nature, unable to reconcile himself to God (Gen. 1:26-27; 2:7; 1 Thes. 5:23; Gen. 2:17; 3:6, 22-24; 5:5; Rom. 3:10-12, 23; 5:12; 6:23; 8:7). Salvation is by grace through faith alone, which comes from God. Salvation has been provided through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and no one is saved and given eternal life except through Him. Repentance and faith leading to salvation are granted to the elect (Eph. 2:5, 8-9; Acts 4:12; 1 Jn. 5:11-12; Jn. 15:19; Acts 5:31; 11:18; 13:48; 16:14; 2 Tim. 2:25; Rom. 8:27-30; 9:8-14; Eph. 1:4-5,11). The Lord Jesus will come again from heaven, personally, bodily and visibly (Mt. 24:30; 25:31-33, 41, 46; Jn. 14:3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thes. 1:10; Rev. 1:7). There will be a bodily resurrection of every person who has died. After the Judgment the saved will experience eternal joy and blessedness, and the unsaved will experience everlasting torment and punishment with Satan and his demons in the eternal Lake of Fire (Mt. 25:46; Jn. 5:28-29; Rom. 2:5-10; Phil. 3:20-21; Rev. 14:9-11; 19:20; 20:10-15). HOME PAGE * HOW TO BE SAVED * ABOUT THE AUTHOR READERS' RESPONSES * ARTICLE CONTENTS * HOW TO CONTACT US
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