1. There is only one God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – an eternal unity of the three persons.
2. Christ is the eternal Son of God, through whom all things were created and the character of God is revealed. Christ offered Himself as a living sacrifice, died as our substitute on the cross, was resurrected and ascended to heaven where He is interceding for us. He will come a second time for His people.
3. The Holy Spirit, in harmony with the scriptures, leads to harmony of all truth.
4. The Bible, as the divinely inspired word of God, reveals God’s will, sets standards for character, acts as the test of experience, reveals the true doctrine, and records God’s acts in history.
5. God provided Christ as the only means of salvation by grace to those who, through faith, accept Him as their personal Savior.
6. The law of God is an expression of His love and well. We are justified by faith, but obedience to the law demonstrates our love for the Lord and our concern for our fellow human beings.
7. The wages of sin is death, but eternal life is the gift of God. At the second coming, the righteous will be resurrected and, together with the living righteous, will be caught up to meet the Lord. Until the resurrection, the dead are in a state of total unconsciousness, the wicked will be destroyed and sin will arise no more.
8. The second coming of Christ will be literal, personal, and worldwide.
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