ARTICLES OF FAITH

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            These articles of faith will be our “core” beliefs as we worship and serve at Believers Worship Center.   

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        The Scriptures          

             The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a

              perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world the true center of Christion union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.

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God

There is one and only one living and true God….The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.

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 God the Father

God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace….God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.

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God the Son

          Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary….He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of men from sin.

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God the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine….He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness and of judgement…He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism and service.

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Man

Man is the special Creation of God, in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation… By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race…The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man, therefore every person of every race possesses dignity and is worthy of respect and Christion love.

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Salvation

          Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer.

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God’s Purpose of Grace

Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, Justifies, Sanctifies, and glorifies sinners….All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end.

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The Church

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic process. In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. While both men and women are gifted for services in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.

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Proverbs 16:3

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plan.

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