VI. By His death upon the cross, the Lord J esus made a perf ec t atonement for sin, by which the wra th o f God against sinners is appea sed, and a ground furni shed upon which Goel can deal in mercy with sinn ers. H e r edeemed us fr om the curse of the law by becoming a curse in our place. H e \,Vho Him se lf was absolutely without sin, was made to be sin on our behal £. tha t we mi ght become th e righteo usness o f God in Hirn. The Lord J esus is corning aga in to thi s earth , per sonally, bodil y, and vi sibly. The return of our Lord is the bl essed hope o f the bel ie \' er, and in it God's purposes o f grace toward mankind will find th eir consummat ion. VIL Th e H oly Spirit 1s a person a nd is possessed of a ll the di s tincti ve ly di vin e at tri butes. H e is Goel. VIII. :\[ an was created 111 th e image o f Goel , a ft er Hi s likeness, but th e wh ole human ra ce fell in th e fall of the fir st Adam. A ll men, until they accept th e Lord J es us as th eir personal Saviour, a r e los t, da rkened in th eir unders ta nding , a li enated fr om th e lif e of God through the ignorance tha t is in them, ha rcl cnccl in hea rt, mora lly a nd spirit ua lly dea d through th eir tr espasses a nd sin s. T hey cann ot sec, no r ent er th e Kingdom o f Goel until th ey ar e born aga in of the H o ly Spi r it. IX. l\I en a r e just ifie d 0 11 th e simple and sing le g round of th e shed bl ood o f Chri s t, a nd upon th e s imp le a nd s in gle co 11 cl itio 11 of fait h in B im \\'ho shed the blood, and a re bo rn again by th e qui ckening, rene\\'in g, cleansing wo rk of the II oly Spirit th ro ugh th e in st rumenta lity o f the \Vo rel o f Goel. X. All those wh o r ecc i,·c J es us Chri s t as th eir Savi our and th eir Lord, a nd who con fess Him as such befo re their fe llowmen, become childr en o f Goel , and r ece ive eterna l Ii f e. T hey become hei rs of Goel a nd j oint-h eirs with J es us Chri st. A t death their spirits depa rt to be wi th Chri s t in co nscious blcssecin css, a nd at th e second coming o f Chri st, their bo die s shall be ra ised an d tr ans fo rmed into th e likeness c, [ th e body o f Hi s g lo ry. XI. A ll those who pers is tent ly r ej ect J es us Chri s t in th e pr esent lif e sha ll be r a ised fr om the dead, and throughout eternity ex ist in a s ta te of consc ious, unut te rable, endl ess torment and a ng ui sh . XII. The Ch ur ch consis ts of a ll those who, in th is pr esent di spensation, truly be li eve on J es us Chri s t. It is th e body and bride of Chri st, which Chri s t loves, and for whi ch H e ha s given Himse l f up. XIII. Th ere is a per so na l dc ,·il, a being of g r eat cunning a nd powe r , "The prince o f th e power o f th e air," "The pr in ce of thi s world,' ' "The god o f thi s age ." H e can ex ert hi s vast powe r only so fa r as Goel suffer s him to do so . H e shall ultima tely be cast into the lake of fire a nd brims tone, a nd sha ll be tormented cl ay a nd night for eve r.
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