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Written by Mike Licona
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- Scripture. The Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God. It is the supreme and final authority on all matters it teaches. The "Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy" defines inerrancy.
- Salvation. Personal salvation from the penalty of one's sins is obtained through faith in Jesus' atoning death, burial, and resurrection from the dead. Salvation cannot be earned. It is the grace or unmerited gift of God that grants us salvation. Moreover, salvation is found only through Jesus.
- God. There is only one God, the Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler of all things. He is perfect and infinite in His nature. All people owe their highest love, reverence, and obedience to Him.
- Trinity. God exists eternally as three distinct persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. These are not different roles, but different persons; not three Gods, but one. Each are fully God and yet distinct from the other.
- Jesus. Jesus is the second Person of the Trinity. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, rose from the dead, ascended to heaven where He is our Mediator. He is fully God and fully human. One day He will return bodily.
- Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity. He is more than a force. He is a Person and fully divine. He illuminates the truth to mankind, convicts of sin, and brings about regeneration. He indwells all believers upon salvation. He empowers believers to live holy lives, comforts, seals the believer, and grants spiritual gifts to the Body of Christ for the purposes of serving the Church and reaching out to a lost world.
- Sin. Man was originally without sin. Through an act of his will, he chose to disobey God and fell from his position. As a result he and all of us have inherited a sin nature that is totally opposed to God and His law and is under condemnation.
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