The Trinity
The Trinity is one God eternally and equally existing in three Persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are of precisely identical nature, attributes, and perfection.
God the Father
God the Son, Jesus Christ
God the Holy Spirit
God, the Father Almighty, Creator, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. His essential nature is Spirit; His essential attribute is absolutely holy, and His essential character is love.
Jesus Christ, the eternal Son, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born to the Virgin Mary, having a fully divine and human nature in one Person. He is the only mediator between God and man. To obtain salvation, He lived a sinless life, completely fulfilling righteousness, and offered Himself as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of the world that satisfied divine justice. He was crucified under Pontius Pilate, died, and was buried. On the third day, He arose bodily from the dead. He ascended to heaven, where in His glorified state, He intercedes for believers. He shall come again personally and visibly to judge the world in righteousness and establish His Kingdom.
The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity. His ministry is to reveal Christ through the Word of God, to fulfill salvation in the regeneration and sanctification of believers, to direct and empower the church in the fulfillment of the Great Commission, and to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment.
The Bible
Man
Salvation
The Church
The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is the Word of God and a divinely inspired revelation. It is without error in its original manuscripts. It is the supreme and final authority in matters of faith and practice.
Man was created in the image of God. Still, he disobeyed God and thereby incurred spiritual death or separation from God. Man is saved from his condition of spiritual death only by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, His redemptive act of dying on the cross, and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Man’s spiritual growth and maturity are initiated by God’s Spirit and by a conscious act of dedication on the believer’s part. It is affected by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Salvation is based solely on the grace and love of God through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Man never gains salvation from his merits or deeds. Salvation is only received by grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and because of His redeeming work on the cross. Through salvation, the believer is forgiven of his sins; he becomes a child of God and is empowered to be godly living and service. He receives eternal life, an everlasting relationship with God in Heaven, and is saved from God’s wrath and Hell.
The Church consists of all who have received salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and are united in one body under Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church. The Church is called to make disciples of every nation and people by the instruction of the Word, through the fellowship of believers, with the practice of ordinances (specifically baptism and communion), through loving service, and by sharing the Gospel.
