Articles of Faith
Scripture tells us that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and that we should" Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV The following scripture verses are to assist in doctrinal training; each scripture supports a doctrinal truth related to one of the following Articles of Faith below;
ARTICLES OF FAITH
Of The Scriptures
Of The True God
Of The Holy Spirit
Of The Devil, Or Satan
Of Creation
Of The Fall of Man
Of The Virgin Birth
Of The Atonement For Sin
Please note this is a work in progress and I will be adding additional verses as my studies in the doctrinal truth continue.
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Steveneprattjr
Aug. 8, 2020
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1 John 5:7KJV
AOF: Of The True God
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
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1 Peter 5:8KJV
AOF: Of the Devil or Satan
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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2 Timothy 3:16-17KJV
AOF: Of The Scriptures
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. -
Ephesians 2:8kjv
AOF: Of The Atonement For Sin
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
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Genesis 1:1KJV
Of Creation
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Genesis 1:26KJV
Of Creation
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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Genesis 3:1-6KJV
Of the Fall of Man
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. -
Hebrews 12:2KJV
AOF: Of The Atonement For Sin
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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III. Of The Holy SpiritKJV
ARTICLES OF FAITH
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person; equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same nature; that He was active in the creation; that in His relation to the unbelieving world He restrains the evil one until God's purpose is fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of judgment and of righteousness; that He bears witness to the Truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony; that He is the agent in the New Birth; that He seals, endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies and helps the believer.<!--<br-->
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II. Of The True GodKJV
ARTICLES OF FAITH
We believe that there is one, and only one, living and true God, an infinite, intelligent Spirit, the maker and supreme ruler of heaven and earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness and worthy of all possible honor, confidence and love; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, equal in every divine perfection, and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.<!--<br-->
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I. Of The ScripturesKJV
ARTICLES OF FAITH
We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men supernaturally inspired; that it has truth without any admixture of error for its matter; and therefore is, and shall remain to the end of the age, the only complete and final revelation of the will of God to man; the true center of Christian union and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried.
1. By “The Holy Bible” we mean that collection of sixty-six books, from Genesis to Revelation, which, as originally written does not only contain and convey the Word of God, but IS the very Word of God.
2. By “inspiration” we mean that the books of the Bible were written by holy men of old, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, in such a definite way that their writings were supernaturally and verbally inspired and free from error, as no other writings have ever been or ever will be inspired. -
Isaiah 14:12-15KJV
Of the Devil or Satan
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. -
Isaiah 53:4-7kjv
AOF: Of The Atonement For Sin
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. -
Isaiah 7:14KJV
Of the Virgin Birth
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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IV. Of The Devil, Or SatanKJV
ARTICLES OF FAITH
We believe that Satan was once holy, and enjoyed heavenly honors; but through pride and ambition to be as the Almighty, fell and drew after him a host of angels; that he is now the malignant prince of the power of the air, and the unholy god of this world. We hold him to be man's great tempter, the enemy of God and His Christ, the accuser of the saints, the author of all false religions, the chief power back of the present apostasy; the lord of the antichrist, and the author of all the powers of darkness – destined however to final defeat at the hands of God's own Son, and to the judgment of an eternal justice in hell, a place prepared for him and his angels.<!--<br-->
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John 1:14KJV
Of the Virgin Birth
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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John 1:3KJV
Of Creation
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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John 14:26KJV
AOF: Of The Holy Spirit
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
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John 17:17KJV
AOF: Of The Scriptures
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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John 4:24kjv
AOF: Of The True God
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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Luke 1:35KJV
Of the Virgin Birth
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
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Matthew 28:19KJV
AOF: Of The True God
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
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Matthew 3:11KJV
Of the Holy Spirit
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
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Psalm 119:105KJV
AOF: Of The Scriptures
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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Revelation 12:9KJV
Of the Devil or Satan
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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Romans 3:23 - 25kjv
AOF: Of The Atonement For Sin
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; -
Romans 5:12KJV
Of the Fall of Man
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
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Romans 5:19KJV
Of the Fall of Man
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
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Romans 8:16KJV
Of the Holy Spirit
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
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VIII. Of The Atonement For Sin KJV
ARTICLES OF FAITH
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of
grace; through the mediatorial offices of the Son of God, Who by
appointment of the Father, freely took upon Him our nature, yet without sin,
honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and by His death made a full
and vicarious atonement for our sins; that His atonement consisted not in setting us an example
by His death as a martyr, but was the voluntary substitution of Himself in the
sinner's place, the Just dying for the unjust, Christ, the Lord, bearing our
sins in His own body on the tree; that, having risen from the dead, He is now enthroned in
heaven and uniting in His wonderful person the tenderest sympathies with divine
perfection, He is in every way qualified to be a suitable, a compassionate and
an all-sufficient Savior.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p> -
VII. Of the Virgin BirthKJV
ARTICLES OF FAITH
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Ghost in a miraculous manner; born of Mary, a virgin, as no other man was ever born or can ever be born of a woman, and that He is both the Son of God, and God, the Son.
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VI. Of the Fall of ManKJV
ARTICLES OF FAITH
I believe that man was created sinless by God and through man’s willful disobedience to God’s command, fell from his sinless state and as a result all mankind are now sinners; not by force, but of choice; and therefore he is under just condemnation without defense or excuse.
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V. Of CreationKJV
ARTICLES OF FAITH
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:3.0pc">We believe in the Genesis account
of creation, and that it is to be accepted literally and not an abstract or
metaphor; that man was created by God, in God’s image and after His likeness;
that man did not evolve or go through evolutionary change; that all animal and
vegetable life was created by God and that they should bring forth only after
their kind.<o:p></o:p></p>