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“Statement of Faith”
Child Evangelism Fellowship®
WE BELIEVE -
That
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,” by which we
understand the whole book called THE BIBLE; that it is inerrant
in the original writing and that its teaching and authority are
absolute, supreme and final.
That the Holy Spirit guided the holy men of old in all that
they wrote. 2 Timothy
3:16; Deuteronomy 4:2; 2 Peter 1:21
The
Godhead eternally exists in three persons, the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit.
These three are one God, having the same nature, attributes
and perfection. Romans
1:20; Matthew 28:19; Deuteronomy 4:35; John 17:5
In
the personality and Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ,
begotten of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, truly God
and truly man. John
1:1, 14; 10:30; Matthew 1:20; Luke 1:30,31; Philippians 2:5-7; 1
Timothy 3:16; Colossians 1:19
In
the personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, the source and
power of all acceptable worship and service, the infallible interpreter
of the infallible Word, who indwells every true believer, and is
ever present to testify of Christ, seeking to occupy us with Him
and not with ourselves or our experiences.
John 15:26; Acts 5:3-4; 1:8; Romans 8:26-27; 1 Corinthians
2:12,14; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 12:13; John 16:13-14
That
man was created in the image of God, after His likeness, as stated
in the Word of God, but the whole human race fell in the fall of
the first Adam.
Not only was his moral nature grievously injured by the fall
but he totally lost all spiritual life, becoming dead in trespasses
and sins, and subject to the power of the devil.
“The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject
to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
So then, they that are in the flesh cannot please God” (Romans
8:7,8). Therefore,
he cannot see nor enter the kingdom of God until he is born again
by the Holy Spirit. That
no degree of reformation however great, no attainment in morality
however high, no culture however attractive, no humanitarian and
philanthropic schemes and societies however useful, no baptism or
other ordinance however administered, can help the sinner to take
even one step toward Heaven; but a new nature imparted from above,
a new life implanted by the Holy Spirit through the Word is absolutely
essential to salvation. Genesis
1:26-27; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3; John 3:3,6,7; Titus 3:5
That
Jesus Christ became the sinner’s substitute before God, and died
as a propitiatory sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. That He was made a curse
for the sinner, dying for his sins according to the Scriptures;
that no repentance, no feeling, no faith, no good resolutions, no
sincere efforts, no submission to the rules and regulations of any
church can add in the very least to the value of the precious blood
or to the merit of that finished work wrought for us by Him, who
tasted death for every man.
1 John 2:2; Hebrews 2:9; Galatians 3:13; Romans 3:25; 4:4-5;
5:8; Colossians 1:13-14,20-21
In
the resurrection of the crucified body of Jesus Christ;
that His body was raised from the dead according to the Scriptures,
and that He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of
God as the believer’s high priest and advocate.
Luke 24:39; Acts 1:10-11; Ephesians 4:10; Hebrews 1:3; 1
John 2:1
That
Christ in the fullness of the blessings He has secured by His death
and resurrection is received by faith alone and that the
moment we trust in Him as our Savior we pass out of death into everlasting
life, justified from all things, accepted before the Father according
to the measure of His acceptance, loved as He is loved and made
one with Him. At
the time of acceptance of Christ as Savior, He comes to dwell within
the believer and to live out His life of holiness and power through
him. Hebrews 9:15;
John 5:24; Romans 3:28; 4:3,23-25; Ephesians 1:3; John 17:23; Galatians
2:20; 4:6-7; 5:16; Acts 1:8
That
the Church is composed of all those who truly believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ as Savior.
It is the body and bride of Christ.
That every believer, whether Jew or Gentile, is baptized
into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit, and having thus become
members of one another we are responsible to keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace, rising above all sectarian prejudices
and denominational bigotry and loving one another with a pure heart
fervently. Ephesians
1:22-23; 2:19-22; 1 Corinthians 12:22-27; 1:10-13; Romans 12:4-5;
Ephesians 4:3-6; 5:32; Philippians 2:1-5; Galatians 5:13-15
That
all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ are called into a life of
separation from worldly and sinful practices, and should abstain
from such amusements and habits as will cause others to stumble,
or bring reproach upon the cross of Christ.
Believers are created in Christ Jesus unto good works. “As we have therefore opportunity,
let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the
household of faith” (Galatians 6:10).
1 John 2:15-16; Romans 13:14; 14:13; 1 Corinthians 10:31;
Ephesians 2:10
In
the evangelization of the world,
that the supreme mission of the people of God in this age is to
preach the Gospel to every creature.
That special emphasis should be placed upon the evangelization
of children. Mark 16:15;
2 Corinthians 5:18-19; Matthew 18:14
In
the personal return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
that the coming again of Jesus Christ is the “blessed hope” set
before us, for which we should be constantly looking. “Our citizenship is in
Heaven from whence we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20). Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians
4:16-17; John 14:1-3; Titus 2:13; Philippians 3:20-21
That
the souls of those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for
salvation do at death immediately pass into His presence,
and there remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the
body at His coming, when soul and body reunited shall be with Him
forever in glory.
Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Luke 16:22,25; Philippians
1:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
That
the souls of the lost remain after death in misery until the final
judgment of the great white throne, when soul and
body reunited at the resurrection shall be cast “into the lake of
fire” which is “the second death,” to be “punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of
His power” (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9).
Luke 16:22-23,27-28; Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 20:5,11-15;
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
In
the reality and personality of Satan, “that old serpent, called
the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world”
(Revelation 12:9).
Ephesians 6:11-12; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 20:10
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