DOCTRINAL POSITION OF THE INSTITUTE T HE BIBLE I NSTITUTE seeks to co-operate w ith all eva ngeli cal denominations. It has no purpose or thought of fo rming a new denomination. The Institute recogni zes and rejoices in the g reat good that is being accompli shed by the churches of the d ifferent denomination s, and seeks to help them to do even more effi cient work. It des ires and culti vates the fe llowship and co-operati on of all the evangelical denomin ati ons and of indi vidual believe rs in all the churches. Whil e there is a church worshipping on the Lord 's Day in the auditorium of the Bible Institute, that church is an entirely separate organi zation and is no part of the In stitu te . The directo rs and teachers of the Institute a re chosen without regard to the ir denomin ational a ffili ati on, and have always represented a number of di ffe rent denom inat ions and thus is st ri ctl y In te rdenominational. T he Institute, howeve r, does stand fo r a definite doctrinal statement of faith. All its teachers and directors, regardl ess of denomin ational affiliation, a re required once a yea r to sig n the Statement of F aith . All moneys co ntributed to the Institute will be held in violable fo r the teachin g of these t ruths. The Institute is under mo ral and legal obligation to do thi s, and permi s sion to teach what is contrary to these truth s would be a violati on of its Con stitution.
STATEMENT OF FAITH I.
T he Bibl e, consisting of all the books of the Old and New T estaments, is th e Word of God, a supe rnaturall y g iven reve lation from God Himsel f, conce rning Him self, Hi s be ing, nature, character, will and purposes; and conce rning man , his nature, need, duty and destin y. The Scri ptures of the Old and N ew T estaments a re without erro r o r mi ss tatement in t heir -mora l and spir itual teachings and reco rd of histori ca l facts. T hey a re without e rror or defect of any kind . II. T here is one God, ete rnally ex istin g and mani festin g Himse lf to us in three Per so ns-Father, Son and H oly Spirit. III. T he Lo rd Jes us was supe rnaturall y conceived by th e powe r of the H oly Spirit and born of a virg in- Ma ry, a linea l descend ant of D av id . H e li ved and taug ht and w rought mi g hty wo rks and wo nders and sig ns, exactly as is recorded i n the fo ur Gospel s. H e was put to death by crucifi xion unde r Pontiu s Pil ate. God raised from the dead the bod y th at had been na iled to t he cross . The Lord Jesus afte r Hi s cru ci fix ion showed Himself ali ve to Hi s di scipl es, appea ring unto them by the space of fo rty days. Afte r thi s the Lord Jes us ascended into Heaven, and the Father caused Him to si t at Hi s right hand in the heave nl y pl aces, fa r above all rule a nd authority and powe r and domini on and eve ry name that is named , not onl y in thi s world , but also in that which is to come, and put all things in subj ection unde r Hi s fee t, a nd gave Him to be Head ove r all things to the Church . IV. T he Lo rd Jesus, before His inca rnati on , existed in the fo rm of God. and of Hi s own choice la id as ide Hi s d ivine g lo ry and took upon Himse lf the fo rm of a se rvant , and was made i n the likeness of men. In Hi s pre-existent state, H e was with God and was God. He is a di vine pe rson, possessed of all the attributes of D eity, and should be wo rshipped as God by a ngels and me n. "In Him dwelleth all the fu lness of the Godhead bodily." A ll the word s that H e spoke during His ea rthl y li fe we re the words of God. There is absolutely no error of any kind in them, and by the words of Jesus Christ the words of all other teachers must be tested.
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