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here. He
is eternal Savior and
Mediator, who intercedes for
us and by him all persons will
be judged. "As
ministering servant he lived,
suffered and died on the
cross. He was buried, rose
from the dead and ascended
into heaven to be with the
Father, from whence he shall
return. "He
is eternal Savior and
Mediator, who intercedes for
us, and by him all persons are
to be judged." To
repent of sin and trust in
Jesus Christ are the only
requirements for one to
receive that forgiveness and
reconciliation made possible
by Jesus' death. A
person by strength of will
power alone cannot forsake sin
and please God. Only through
an intervention of God's grace
can a person overcome sin and
become part of the Kingdom of
God. The
Holy Spirit takes up residence
in that person, teaching and
equipping him or her to he a
disciple of Christ, and
confirming that the person is
indeed a child of God.
"We
believe regeneration is the
renewal of man in
righteousness through Jesus
Christ, by the power of the
Holy Spirit, whereby we are
made partakers of the divine
nature and experience newness
of life. By this new birth the
believer becomes reconciled to
God and is enabled to serve
him with the will and the
affections. "We
believe, although we have
experienced regeneration, it
is possible to depart from
grace and fall into sin; and
we may even then, by the grace
of God, be renewed in
righteousness." "Whatever
is not revealed in or
established by the Holy
Scriptures is not to made an
article of faith nor is it to
be taught as essential to
salvation." Jesus
Christ alone is empowered to
judge one's eternal destiny.
The
Holy Spirit convinces the
world of sin, and leads
persons to a response in faith
to the gospel. The Holy Spirit
is the Christian's primary
teacher, comforter, and source
of power. Young
children, with or without
baptism, are under the
atonement of Christ and as
heirs of the Kingdom of God
are acceptable subjects for
Christian baptism. For them
baptism is a symbol of God
taking the initiative toward
them. Their baptism should be
followed by Christian nurture
within the church. Our hope
and prayer is they will be led
at a later time to receive
God's gift of salvation
through profession of faith in
Christ. "We
believe children are under the
atonement of Christ and as
heirs of the Kingdom of God
are acceptable subjects for
Christian Baptism. Children of
believing parents through
Baptism become the special
responsibility of the Church.
They should be nurtured and
led to personal acceptance of
Christ, and by profession of
faith confirm their
Baptism..." Those
who in faith eat the broken
bread and drink the blessed
cup partake of the body and
blood of Christ in a spiritual
manner until He comes in
glory. "Transubstantiation,
or the change of the substance
of bread and wine in the
Supper of our Lord, cannot be
proved by Scripture, but is
repugnant to the plain words
of Scripture, overthrows the
nature of a sacrament, and has
given occasion to many
superstitions. "The
body of Christ is given,
taken, and eaten in the
Supper, only after a heavenly
and spiritual manner. And the
mean whereby the body of
Christ is received and eaten
in the Supper is
faith. "The
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
was not by Christ's ordinance
reserved, carried about,
lifted up, or worshiped."
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