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Page 6 Constitution and by-laws
Gen. 1:1; Deut. 4:39; Mark 12:29; Gen. 17:1; Matt. 5:48;
Isa. 6:3; I Chron. 29:11-12; Psa. 103:19; Rom. 11:33-34; Psa. 119:9; Matt.
28:19; I Pet. 1:2-3; I John 5:7; Ex. 3:14; Gen. 1:26; and Titus 3:3-7.
A.
God the Father
We believe that God the Father is
the first person (masculine gender) set forth in the divine Trinity; that He is
almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and true; that He is
eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of
omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence; and that He, in harmony with His
divine offices, loves, provides, and protects.
He is thus exercising providential watch-care over the sons of men and especially
a fatherly care over the children of God.
Matt. 28:19; Gen. 17:1; Matt.
19:26; Psa. 19:9; Isa 6:3; Psa. 100:5; Prov. 15:3; Psa. 139:1-6, 13-14; Psa.
103:13; Matt. 6:25-30; Matt. 10:29-31; Matt. 7:11.
B.
God the Son
We believe that God the Son, Jesus
Christ, is pre-existent with the Father, is
true God and true man, God in
the flesh; that He is holy, righteous, and glorious in nature, possessing the
attributes of omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence; that God the Father,
through the Holy Spirit, is His divine Father, and Mary was His human, virgin
mother; and, that He, in harmony with His divine office, seeks, saves, and
mediates, thus exercising the mediatorial office of redemption.
Matt. 28:19; John 1:1-3, 14; Isa.
9:6; Matt. 28:18; Titus 3:5-6; John
8:15-16; II Cor. 5:21; Heb. 13:8; Phil. 2:6; John 2:24; Matt. 28:20; Luke 1:35,
2:7-14; I Tim. 2:5-6; Luke 19:10; John 3:16.