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             God has revealed Himself in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
             These three Persons are one in essence, honor, will, purpose, and dignity.
             God is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, holy, loving, and fierce.

Jesus Christ...
             is the Son of God, God in the flesh, the incarnate Messiah.
             was and is perfectly, utterly, and impecably sinless.
             could not have sinned.
             created the universe in six literal days about 6000 years ago.
             was born of a virgin.
             was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
             died as a propitiation for the sins of the world.
             actually paid for the sins of all who believe on Him.
             raised His body again from the dead.
             ascended bodily into heaven.
             sits at the right hand of God the Father.
             is Judge of the living and the dead.
             loves all men and offers salvation to all men.
             hates, is grieved and angry with the wicked every day.
             will return, come again, and rule the world.

Faith unto salvation...
             is the sole necessary and sufficient condition of eternal salvation.
             is perfect, supernatural rest in the atoning work of Jesus Christ.
             is the gift of God - not of the human will, nor a decision that can be made.
             is always accompanied by / preceeded by yielding to Jesus Christ as Lord.
             occurs in the heart at the instant of regeneration, when one is born again.
             is not equivalent to 1- asking for salvation, asking to be saved,
                                          2- inviting Jesus Christ to come into the heart.
                  Believers in Jesus Christ: 1- are saved and should not ask to be.
                                                        2- have Him within and need not invite Him.
                  Asking for salvation is a statement that one needs salvation.
                  Needing salvation implies being in unbelief.
                  Therefore asking for salvation implies being in unbelief.
                  No one should expect to be saved while continuing in unbelief.
                  No biblical text shows anyone doing either 1 or 2 or encourages this.
                  Unbelievers should seek God for faith until they believe in Jesus Christ.
                  Conversion to Christ MUST be a change in faith: no more, no less.

Man...
             always makes the most wicked choice God allows him to make.
             is totally unable to do anything good.
             is totally responsible for his inability to do anything good.
             is totally responsible for everything he does.
             is under God's explicit and precise control at all times via restraining grace.

Eternity
             There is a real literal Heaven, and a real literal Hell.
             Every single person will spend eternity in only one of these environments.
             Anyone may go to heaven if they dilgently seek salvation from God.
             Only those that God chooses to draw to Himself will dilgently seek Him.
             Those who seek God will be given repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.
             Those who do not will not be separated from God in eternity, but will be
                 separated from the life and love and mercy of God, being left to endure
                 His fierce and undiluted vengeance, indignation, hatred, and rejection.

Christians...
             love Jesus Christ.
             though always imperfect, generally obey Jesus Christ as a manner of life.
             cannot give themselves completely to any sin.
             love others.
             love the Bible.
             were chosen by God to salvation before the foundation of the world.
             have been effectually and irresistably drawn to God by His grace.
             obtained repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ as free gifts.
             cannot be eternally lost by any means, being eternally secure in Christ.
             should live together in community and edify one another daily.

Bible, God's Word
             The Bible was initially inspired by God in Hebrew, Chaldee, Aramaic,
             and Greek such that every word was exactly how He wanted it to be.
            
             God inspired the Bible, His Word, that we might be spiritually mature,
             throughly furnished unto all good works. This purpose implies God has
             preserved His Word in an inspired, inerrant form unto the present time.
             God intended that we locate his Word, memorize it, and meditate on it
             day and night to achieve His purpose for His Word in our lives. 

             The criterion used to judge the members of the New Testament cannon of
             Scripture (that the text be generally received by saints as inspired) implies
             the Authorized (King James) Bible (KJV) is:
                   the Word of God in English,
                   equivalent to the original autographed manuscripts in every particular,
                   to be trusted as inerrant and perfect,
                   to be memorized in entirety and meditated upon day and night.
             God's inspired Word is also available today in other languages.

Law, Sin, Legalism, Grace
             The OT Law was given by God.
             The Law is holy and just and good.
             Sin is transgressing, not obeying, this Law.
             No new laws are given in the NT that differ signiificantly from OT Law.
             The NT represents the same standard found in the Law.
             Legalism is the deception that justification is in any way dependent upon obedience.
             Grace is the regenerating power that God gives us to live according to the Law.
            

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