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Holding
the Bible the complete and only divine revelation,
we strongly believe that God is eternally one
and also eternally the Father, the Son, and the
Spirit, the three being distinct but not separate.
We hold that Christ is both the complete God and
the perfect man. Without abandoning His divinity,
He was conceived in the womb of a human virgin,
lived a genuine human life on earth, and died
a vicarious and all-inclusive death on the cross.
After three days He resurrected bodily and has
ascended to the heavens. He is now in glory, fully
God but still fully man. We look to His imminent
return with the kingdom of God, by which He will
reign over the earth in the millennium and in
eternity. We confess that the third of the Trinity,
the Spirit, is equally God. All that the Father
has and is, is expressed by the Son; and all that
the Son has and is, is realized as the Spirit.
We further believe that mankind is in need of
God's salvation. Though we were absolutely unable
to fulfill the heavy demands of God's righteousness,
holiness, and glory, Christ fulfilled all the
requirements through His death on the cross. Because
of Christ's death, God has forgiven us of our
sins, justified us by making Christ our righteousness,
and reconciled us to Himself. Based on Christ's
redemption, God regenerates the redeemed with
His Spirit to consummate His salvation that they
may become His children. Now possessing God's
life and nature, the believers enjoy a daily salvation
in His Body in this age and the eternal salvation
in the coming age and in eternity. In eternity
we will dwell with God in the New Jerusalem, the
consummation of God's salvation of His elect.
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