DOCTRINAL POSITION OF THE INSTITUTE Th e Bibl e In stitute seeks to coope ra te with a ll cva ng;clica l denominati ons. It has no purpose or thoug ht of form in g a nell' denominati on. The .Inst itut e recognizes and r ej oices in th e grea t good th at is be ing accompl ished by the chu rches of the different denomin a ti ons, a nd seeks to help them to do even more efficient wor k. I t des ir es and cul tivates the fe ll owsh ip and co -operati on of a ll th e e,· angc lical den ominati ons and of individual be li e vers in a ll the chur ches. \\ "hile th er e is a chur ch wo r ship pin g on the Lord· s Day in the . \uditorium of t he Bible ln s tit utc. that chur ch is a n entir ely sepa rat e o rgan iza ti on. and th e In s titut e docs no t req uir e no r expect th a t s tudents com ing to the 1 nstitute ll'ill become membe rs o f tha t church. Th e chu rch is open to th ose ll'h o desire to become mcmlwrs of it, /111/ ii is ,·.rpalcd I ha ! !he st11dc11/s o( i/1<· /1ib/c l11s li/ 11/ c n •i/1 {,, /nyu/ In t h ,• d1'110111i11atio11 to ,l'hicl, thl'y /11'1011,r; . The d ir ecto rs and tea cher s of the In s tit ute a rc chosen without r ega rd to their de nom inati onal affi li ation . and ha,·c a lways r ep rese nt ed a numbe r o f diff crcu-t dcnomiuations a nd thu s is s trictly l ntcrdenominat iona l. Howe,·cr , th e In s titute does s tand fo r a definite doct rin a l statement of fa ith, and al l its tea chers :111d di rec tor s. r ega rdle ss of denominat ional a f'fili a ti on. a re requ ir ed once a yea r to sign the S tatement of Faith . A ll moneys contri buted to th e In s titu te will be held in,·iolable for the teachin g of these t ruth s. Th e In stitute is unde r mo ra l a nd leg;al ob li ga ti on to do th is, a nd permi ss ion to teach what is co ntr ary to th ese truths ,vould be a violation o f it s Const itu tion . T he Statement of Faith is as fo ll ows :
STATEMENT OF FAITH I.
T he Bible, cons is ting of al l the books o f th e Old and :s" ew Testaments . is th e \,Vo rel of God, a supernaturally g iven reve la ti on from God 1-1 imse l f, conce rning I Iimse l f, His being, natur e, cha rac te r . wi ll and purposes; and co nce rning ma n, hi s nature. need, duty a nd dest iny . The Sc ri ptures 0f the Old a nd ;-; e11· T es taments a r e witho ut error or misstatement in their mo ra l a nd spiritua l teachings a nd reco rd of hi sto ri cal facts. Th ey a r e ll'it hout error or defect of any kind . II. T here is one God. ete rnally exi sti ng a nd manifesti ng 1-.l imself to us in thr ee Persons-Father, So n a nd J lo ly Spirit. III . The Lord J esus wa s supernatu ra ll y co nceived by th e power o f th e H o ly Spi rit an d born of a virgin-- :-l a ry, a linea l descendan t o f Dav id. H e li ved and taugh t and wrought mighty wor ks a nd wonde r s and s ign s. exactly as is reco rd ed in the four Gos pels. I-l e wa s put to d eat h by crucifix ion und er P ontiu s Pil a t e. God ra ised from th e dead the body that had been na iled to the cross . T he Lo rd J es us afte r His cr ucifixi on showed Himse lf a live to His dis cipl es, appea ri ng unt o them by the space o f fo rty clays. After thi s the Lord J es us ascend ed in to H eaven , a nd the Fat her caused Him to s it a t Hi s ri ght hand in th e heavenly places, far above a ll rul e a nd aut hority and power and domini on and eve ry name that is named, not only in th is 11· orlcl , but a lso in that 11·hi ch is to come, and pu t a ll things in sub j ect ion under 1-Ji s f ee t, and gave Jcl im to be ] lead ove r a ll thin gs to the Chu rch. IV. Th e Lo rd J es us. befo r e His in ca rn ation, exis ted in the form of God, a nd of Hi s own choice lai d as ide J-li s di,·in e glo ry and took upon I-limself th e fo rm of a se r vant . a nd was made in the likeness o f men. In Hi s pr e-ex istent stat e, H e was with Goel and wa s Goel . H e is a d ivin e pe rson, possessed oi a ll th e attr ibutes of Deity. a nd sho uld be worshi pped as God by a ngel s a nd men . "In Him clwe ll eth a ll the fu ln ess of the Godhead bodi ly." f\ 11 the wo rds that I-le spoke during Hi s ea rthly Ii ie were th e words of Goel . There is a bso lutely no erro r of any kind in them, a nd by the wo rds of Jesus Chri s t th e words o f a ll o th er teacher s must be tes ted. V . The Lord J esus became in e ,· ery respect a real man, possessed of all the essential char acteristics of human natur e. 9
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