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Page 8 Constitution and by-laws
V. The Fall of Man
We
believe that man was created innocent, in the image of God, but by voluntary
transgression fell in Adam and thereby incurred not only physical death but
also spiritual death, which is separation from God; that therefore all human
beings are born with a sinful nature and are totally unable to save themselves
from their lost condition.
Gen. 1:27; Rom. 3:10-19; Ezekiel
18:19,20; Gen. 2:16, 17; Isa. 53:6; Romans 1:20, 28,32; Gen 3:1-24; Psa. 51:5;
Gal. 3:22; Rom. 5:12; Eph 2: 1,3; Eph. 2:8,9; Rom. 5:19; Rom. 1:18; Titus 3:5.
VI.
Our Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift
of God; that man is saved purely by the grace of God because of his faith in
Jesus Christ as the sacrifice acceptable to God. Saving faith results when one, being convicted
and drawn by the Holy Spirit, repents of his sin and exercises his will to
receive Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.
Eph. 2:8-10; Titus 3:5, 6; II Cor. 5:21; John 3:16; Acts 3:19; Acts
17:30.
A.
The Blood Atonement
We believe that the lost sinner is guilty and
already under just condemnation; that he
is by nature alienated from God and, because of sin, condemned to die; that
atonement for sin was effected through the mediatorial office of the Son of
God, who, by divine appointment, satisfied the penalty in the sinner’s stead by
the shedding of His blood on the cross of Calvary.
Isa. 53:6; Rom. 6:7; Rom. 8:23;
I Tim. 2:5-6; Heb. 2:17; II Cor. 5:21; Matt. 5:17-18; I Pet. 2:24; Heb.
10:10-12; I Pet. 3:18; Rev. 1:5; Isa. 55:7; John 14:27; Matt. 11:28; I John
1:7; Eph. 1:7; Heb. 9:22.