by which he lives is the conscious striving for God 's approval and the conscious protec tion of his Christian testimony. Biol a is for earnest Christians who are sensitive to the many principles of Christian living that are found in the Bible. The college also imposes certain specific guidelines for the conduct of faculty, staff and students. Although such man-made regulations cannot im prove upon our standing in Christ , they can strengthen the life and testimony of both the individual and the college. To this end, Biola expects its faculty, staff and students to refrain from the use of alcoholic beverages and tobacco, and from gambling and dancing . Further, Bio la deplores the morally degrading elements that are now found in virtually all forms of the theatre, the entertainment media, and literature; Biolans are ex pected to abstain from all aspects of such that morally degrade. Biola College does not presume to be a censoring agency for all activities; it does, however , expect tangible evidence of maturing Christian convictions and discerning judgment. Biola reserves the right to dismiss a student who , in its judgment , does not conform either to the stated regulations governing student conduct or to the expressed principles , policies , and programs of the college. Inasmuch as the College is interdenominational and yet theologically conservative, the Articles of Incorporation contain a doctrinal statement, an abridgement of which is given below: "The Bible, consisting of all the books of the Old and New Testaments , is the Word of God , a supernaturally given revelation without error or misstatement in moral and spiritual teachings and record of historical facts. "There is one God , eternally existing and manifesting Himself to us in three Persons : Father, Son , and Holy Ghost. "Our Lord Jesus Christ was supernaturally conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit , born of a virgin, lived and taught and wrought mighty works and wonders and signs ex actly as recorded in the four Gospels, was put to death by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, was raised from the dead in the body that had been nailed to the cross, now sits at the Father's right hand from whence He is coming again personally , bodily, and visibly to this earth to inaugurate His millennial reign. In His pre-existent state He was with God, and of His own choice laid aside His divine glory and took upon Himself the form of a servant and was made in the likene ss of men. He became in every respect a real man , possessed of all the essential characteristics of human nature. By Hi s death upon the cross, the Lord Jesus Christ made a perfect atonement for sin, redeeming us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse in our place. "The Holy Spirit is a Person , is God, and is possessed of all the distinctively divine attributes; He indwells all believers, having baptized them into the body of Christ at the time of regeneration. " Man was created in the image of God , but the whole human race fell in the sin of the first Adam, and apart from Christ is spiritually dead and lost. Men are justified on the simple and single ground of the shed blood of Christ and upon the simple and single con dition of faith in Him who shed the blood , and are born again by the Holy Spirit , through the instrumentality of the Word of God. All those who receive Je sus Christ as their Saviour and their Lord , and who confess Him as such before their fellow men be come heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ; and at death their spirits depart to be with Christ in conscious blessedness ; and at the second coming of Christ their bodies shall be raised and transformed into the likeness of the body of His glory. All those who persistently reject Jesus Christ in the present life shall be raised from the dead and and throughout eternity exist in a state of conscious and endless torment.
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