IX. Men ar e justified on the simple and si ng le ground of the shed blood of Christ, and upon the si mple and single condition of faith in Him Who shed the bl ood, and a re born agai n by the quickening, r enewing, cleansing work of the Holy Spirit through the instrumentality o f the Word of God. X. All those who r ece ive Jesus Ch ri st as their Saviour and their Lord, and who confess Him as such befo r e their fe llowmen, become children of God, and receive eternal life. They become heirs of God and joint-heirs with. J es us Christ. At death their spirits depart to be with Christ in conscious blessedness, and at the second coming o f Christ, th eir bodies sha ll be raised and transformed into the likeness of the body of His glory. XI. All those who per sisten tly r ej ect J esus Christ in the present Ii fe sha ll be r aised from the dead, and throughout eternity ex ist in a state of conscious, unutterable, endless torment and anguish . XII. The Church ..:onsists of all those who, in this presen t di spensati on, truly believe on J es us Chri st. It is the body and bride of Chri st, which Chr ist loves, and fo r which He has g iven Himself up. XIII. There is a personal devil, a being of g r eat cunning and power, "The prince of the power of the a ir, " "The prince of thi s world," "The god of thi s age." He can exert his vast power on ly so fa r as God suffers him to do so. He sha ll ultimately be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, and sha ll be tormented day and ni ght forever.
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