Statement of Doctrine "Let my heart be sound in Thy Statutes. " Ps. 119: 80.
A • "VHE Directors of t he • have adopted a S t a t eme nt of Doc- trine which every officer and teacher will be required to sign once a year. Money c o n t r i b u t ed to t he Building F u n d will be held inviolate f or t he t e a c h i ng of t h e se t r u t h s. F a i l u re to insist upon t h e p r omu l g a- tion of t h e se t r u t hs or t he permission of t e a c h i ng c o n t r a ry to this s t a t eme nt of belief would c o n s t i t u te g r o u nd f or suit f or t h e reversal of t he mo n ey c o n t r i b u t- ed to t h e original d o n o rs or heirs. T h e S t a t eme nt of Doctrine: I. T h e Bible, consisting of all t he books of t he Old a nd New T e s t ame n t s, is t h e Wo r d of God a s u p e r n a t u r a l l y - g i v en re- velation f r om God H i ms e l f, concerning H ims e l f, His being, n a t u r e, c h a r a c t e r, will and p u r p o s e s; a nd concerning ma n, his n a t u r e, need, d u ty a nd destiny. T he S c r i p t u r es of t h e Old a nd New Testa- m e n t a r e w i t h o ut e r r or or m i s s t a t eme nt in t h e ir mo r al and spiritual t e a c h i n gs a nd record of historical facts. Th ey a r e w i t h o ut e r r or or defect of a ny kind. II. T h e r e is one God, e t e r n a l ly existing a nd ma n i f e s t i ng Himself to us in t h r ee P e r s o n s—F a t h e r, Son and Holy Spirit. III. Our Lord J e s us was s u p e r n a t u r a l ly conceived by t he power of t h e Holy Spir- it and b o rn of a v i r g i n—Ma r y, a lineal d e s c e n d a nt of David. He lived and t a u g ht and w r o u g ht m i g h ty wo r ks and wo n d e rs a nd signs" exactly a s is record- ed in t he F o u r Gospels. He was p ut to d e a th by crucifixion u n d er P o n t i us Pil- ate. God raised f r om t h e dead t he body t h a t had been nailed to t he cross. T he Lo rd J e s us a f t er His crucifixion showed Himself alive to His disciples, a p p e a r- ing u n to t h em by t he space of f o r ty days. A f t er this t he Lord J e s us ascended into h e a v en and t he F a t h er caused H im to sit at His r i g ht h a nd in t he Heavenly places f a r above all r u le and a u t h o r i ty and power and dominion and every n a me t h a t is n ame d, n ot only in this world, b u t also in t h a t which is to come, and p u t all t h i n gs in s u b j e c t i on u n d er His f e et a nd gave H im to be Head over all t h i n gs to t he Ch u r c h. IV. T h e Lo rd Jesus, b e f o re His i n c a r n a- tion, existed in t he f o rm of God, and of I n s t i t u te 1
His Own choice laid aside His divine glory and took upon Himself t he f o rm of a s e r v a nt a n d was ma de in t he like- ness of men. In His pre-existent s t a t e, He was with God a nd was God. He is a Divine P e r s on possessed of all t h e at- t r i b u t es of Deity a n d s h o u ld be worship- ped as God by a n g e ls a nd men. " I n H im dwelleth all t h e f u l n e ss of t h e g o d h e ad bodily." All t h e wo r ds t h a t He spoke d u r i ng His e a r t h ly life we re t he wo r ds of God. T h e re is absolutely no e r r or of a ny k i nd in t h em a n d by t h e wo r ds of J e s us Christ t h e , word's of all o t h er t e a c h e rs m u s t be tested. V. JThe Lo rd J e s us b e c ame in every re- spect a real ma n, possessed of all t h e es- sential characteristics of h u m an n a t u r e. VI. By His d e a th u p on t h e cross, t he L o rd J e s us ma de a perfect a t o n e m e nt f or sin, by which t he w r a th of God a g a i n st sin- n e rs is appeased a nd a g r o u nd f u r n i s h ed u p on which God can deal in mercy w i th sinners. He r e d e emed us f r om t he c u r se of t h e law by b e c om i ng a c u r se in o ur place. He Wh o Himself w a s absolute- ly w i t h o ut sin was m a d e to be sin on o u r behalf t h a t we m i g ht become t he r i g h t- eousness of God in Him. T hè L o rd J e s us is c omi ng again to t h is e a r t h, per- sonally, bojlily, and visibly. T he r e- t u r n of o ur Lord is t he blessed hope of t h e believer and in it .God's p u r p o s es of g r a ce t owa rd m a n k i nd will find t h e ir c o n s umma t i o n. VII. T h e Holy Spirit is a P e r s on and is pos- sessed of all t h e distinctively divine at- t r i b u t e s. He is God. VIII. Man was created in t he i ma ge of God, a f t e r His likeness, b ut t he whole h u m a n r a ce fell in t h e fall of t he first Ad am. All men, u n t il t h ey accept t h e L o rd Jes- us as t h e ir p e r s o n al Saviour, a re lost, d a r k e n ed in t h e ir u n d e r s t a n d i n g, alien- a t ed f r om t h e life of God t h r o u gh t h e i g n o r a n ce t h a t is in t h em, h a r d e n ed in h e a r t, mo r a l ly a nd spiritually d e ad t h r o u gh t h e ir t r e s p a s s es and sins. Th ey c a n n ot see, n or e n t er t he k i n g d om of God until t h ey a re b o rn a g a in of t h e Holy Spirit.
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