Marturion 1951

DOCTRINAL STATEMENT OF FAITH All officers, fa cul ty , and directors are required to sign the following c on – fession of faith each year . 1. We b elieve in the Sc r i ptures of the Old an d New Testaments as verbally in– spired by God and inerrant in the original wri tings, and tha t they are of supreme and final aut hori ty in faith and life. 2. We be lieve in one God, eternal, omnipo t ent , omniscient, and omnipresent , mani – festing Himself in Thr ee Persons-Father, Son a nd Ho l y Spi rit-one in na ture , a ttribu t es, power a nd glory . 3. We b el i e ve t ha t the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Sp irit , b orn of the Vi rgin Mary, and that He is true God e nd true man . 4. We b elieve that man was created in the image of God; tha t he sinned and there– by incurred not only physical dea t h, but also tha t spi ritual dea th which is sepa– rP ti on from God; en d thPt ell human b eings are h orn with P sinful na ture , and in t he case of those who reach morPl responsibility, b ecome sinners in thought , word Pnd deed. 5. We b elieve t hat the Lord Jesus Christ d ied for our sins according to the Scriptures es P represen t ative end sub stitutionary sP crifice , an d rose again for our justification; Pnd thrt All who b elieve in Him are jus tified on the ground of His shed b lood Pnd ere sAved by grace through fai th who lly apr rt from human merit and works. 6 . We h elieve tha t all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus are b orn a ga in by the Holy Sp irit through the Word of God and t h ereby b ecome the chi ldren of God , pos – sess ing eternal divine life . 7 , We b elieve. that the Holy Sp irit is a Divine Person-the Administra tor of the Godhead-convincing of s in , revealing Chri s t , tea ching truth , re s tra ining evil, energizing be lievers in prayer, worship end service , and is ever present in the b el iever es Comforter and Helper. 8 . We b elieve in t he resurrec ti on of the crucified b ody of our Lord, His ascen – s ion into Heaven, His present life there as our High Priest a nd Advoc a te , and His personal, bodily, visib le, premillennial return to estab l i sh His k ingdom on ea rth an d to reign as the Only Potentate, the King of k ings an d Lord of lor ds. 9 , We b elieve that a t any moment the r apture of the saved may occur, when "the Lord shell descend from heaven" to c a tch up His peopl e to meet Him in the air, a nd "so shell we ever '.) e with the Lord." 10. We b elieve in the b odily resurrection of a ll the dead-the saved to a life of eternal glory e nd b liss in Hea ven with God; the uns a ved to eternal judgment of conscious suffering And woe in the lake of fire . ~l. We believe in separa tion from all worldl y prac tices a nd in wholehea rted devo– tion to the cause of Christ AS the only scripturPl h Psis fore happy and useful ChristiPn life. For this reason we oppose ell indulgences in intoxicating liq– uors, in dancing, card playing, the narcotic use of tobPcco in any foru1, ~neatre going, membershi p in secret societies, end ell s imi lPr prActt ces which detract from a separated life. 12. We b elieve tha t it is the priv ilege and responsibility of every be liever to re a personPl soul-winner and to do his utmost to give the Gospel of Chri s t to the whole world. 13. We b elieve that Chr istian b aptism is the immersion of a be liever in water to show forth , in a solemn and b eautiful emblem, our faith in the crucified, buried and risen Saviour, our death to sin, and our resurrection to a new life. 14. We elieve the the Lord's Supper is a memorial service an d is the settin forth 1n a sacred end sym olic manner the death of the Lord Jesus Christ until He comes. The service is for elievers only, and should be preceded by self examina– tion. 3