BIBLE INSTITUTE
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Statement of Faith I.
The Bibl e. cons isting of all the books of the Old and New Testaments. is the ,Vorel of God, a supernaturally g iven revela tion fr om God Himself, concerning Himself, His being, nature. character, will and purposes; and concerning man, hi s nature, need, duty and destiny. The Scriptures of the O ld and New Testament s are without error or misstatement in their moral and spiritual teach ings and record of hi storical facts. They are without error or defect of any kind. II. There is one God, eternally existing and mani festi ng Him self to us in three Persons- Father, Son and Holy Spirit. III. The Lord Jesus was supernaturally conceived by the power nf the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin- Mary, a lineal de scendant of David. He lived and taught and wrought mighty works and wonders and signs, exactly as is recorded in the four gospels . He was put to death by crucifixion und er Pontius Pi late. Goel raised from the dead the body that had been nailed to the cross. The Lord Jesus after His crucifixion showed Himself alive to His disciples, appearing unto them by the space of forty clays. After this the Lord Jesus ascended into I-Iea,•en , and the Father caused Him to sit at Hi s right hand in th e heaven ly places, far above all ru le and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named , not only in this wor ld, but also in that wh;ch is to come, and put all things in subj ecti on under His feet, and gave Him to be Head over all things to the Church. IV. The Lord Jesus, before His incarnation, existed in the form of Goel, and of H is own choice laid aside H is divine glory and took upon Himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. In His pre-existent state, He was with Goel and was God. He is a divine person, possessed of all the att ributes of Deity, and should be worshipped as
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