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in a personal God. Hebrews1:1-3 |
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in Jesus Christ, as the divine Son of God and as our Saviour. John1:1-3; Hebrews 7:25 |
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in the Holy Spirit, the Divine Comforter; John 15:26 |
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in regeneration and the new birth, through the acceptance of the gospel. John 3:1-7; II Corinthians 5:17 |
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that the Bible is the inpired Word of God. II Timothy 3:16, 1 |
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that the second coming of Christ is very near. That it will be literal, personal, and visible to all. John 14:13; Acts 1:11, Matthew 24:30 |
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that man by nature is mortal. Job 4:17; I Timothy 6:15, 16 |
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that immortality and eternal life are the gift of God and are received only through Christ. Romans 6:23 |
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that the dead are in an unconscious state. Ecclesiastes 9:5; John 11:11-14 |
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that there will be a resurrection of the dead. I Thessalonians 4:16, 17 |
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that the wicked will not burn eternally, but will be burned up. Malachi 4:1-3 |
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that righteouness comes by faith, not by works. Romans 4:3-5; Ephesians 2:8-9 |
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that salvation comes as a gift of God and is not received through any merit of the sinners. Ephesians 2:8 |
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that the law of ten commandments is the standard of righteouness by which all will be judged and which all Christians are commanded to obey. James 2:10-12; Exodus 20:3-17 |
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that the original seventh-day Sabbath has never been changed by divine authority and therefore all Christians are under obligation to keep it holy. Genesis 2:2, 3; Luke 23:54-56 |
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in support of the gospel through tithes and offerings. Leviticus 27:30, 32; Malachi 3:8-11; Matthew 23:23 |
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in baptism by immersion. Mark 1:9, 10; Romans 6:3-5 |
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in the ordinances of humility and the Lord's Supper. John 13:4-17; I Corinthians 11:23-26 |
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in the gifts of the Spirit. Ephesians 4:8, 11; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 19:10 |
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in discarding unhealthful practices, such as the use of intoxicants, drugs or tobacco. Proverbs 23:29-32 |
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that the forgoing priciples are practiced, not from sense of obligation or to enable the individual to "earn" a place in heaven, but rather come as the result of an experience in which there is a close walk with Christ and are a natural consequence of accepting Him as a personal Saviour. |