- 701 N. Church
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Decatur, Texas 76234
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- "Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and
the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with
you always, even to the end of the age."
(Matthew 28:19-20)
- The Bible is the inspired,
infallible, and only authoritative word of God. It is our
standard.
- There is one true God,
eternally existing in three persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--each
of
whom possesses equally all the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality.
- Jesus Christ is God, the
living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by the
Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one
person forever. Because of this, He truly understands us and we can trust that fact.
- He lived a sinless life and
voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by dying on the cross as their
substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
- He rose from the dead in the
same body, though glorified, in which He lived and
died.
- He ascended bodily into
heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He is
the only mediator between God and man, continually making intercession for His own.
- Man was originally created in
the image of God. He sinned by disobeying God; thus, he was
alienated from his Creator. That historical fall brought all mankind under divine condemnation.
Man’s nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please God. Every man is in need of
regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- The salvation of man is
wholly a work of God’s free grace and is not the work, in whole or in
part, of human works or goodness or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those
who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His sight.
- It is the privilege of all
who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from
the
very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any
kind of human merit, but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, and is proven in the
written Word.
- The Holy Spirit has come into
the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work
of Christ to men. He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually
indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth, and seals them until the day of redemption. His
fullness, power, and control are appropriated in the believer’s life by faith.
- Every believer is called to
live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that he will not fulfill
the
lust of the flesh but will bear fruit to the glory of God.
- Jesus Christ is the Head of
the Church, His Body, which is composed of all men, living and dead,
who have been joined to Him through saving faith.
- God admonishes His people to
assemble together regularly for worship, for participation in
ordinances, for edification through the Scriptures, and for mutual encouragement.
- Jesus Christ will come again
to the earth
- personally, visibly, and
bodily -
to consummate history
and the eternal plan of God.
- The Lord Jesus Christ
commanded all believers to proclaim the gospel throughout the world and
to disciple men of every nation. The fulfillment of that Great Commission requires that all worldly
and personal ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment to "Him who loved us and gave
Himself for us."