II.
That the only true God is He Who was
revealed to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, by angelic visitation and
vision, and to Moses at the flaming bush (unconsumed) and at Sinai,
and Who manifested Himself in the Lord Jesus Christ, as the supreme
self-existent Deity, the ONE FATHER, dwelling in unapproachable light,
yet everywhere present by His Spirit, which is a unity with His person
in heaven. He hath, out of His own underived energy, created heaven
and earth, and all that in them is.
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Isa. 40:24-25;
43:10-12;
44:6-8;
45:5;
46:9-10;
Deut. 6:4;
Mark 12:29;
1 Cor. 8:4-6;
Eph. 4:6;
1 Tim. 2:5;
Neh. 9:6;
Job 26:13;
Psa. 124:8;
146:6;
148:5;
Isa. 40:25-26;
Jer. 10:12-13;
27:5;
32:17-19;
51:15;
Acts 14:15;
17:24;
1 Chron. 29:11-12;
Psa. 62:11;
145:3;
Isa. 26:4;
40:26;
Job 9:4;
36:5;
Psa. 92:5;
104:24;
147:4-5;
Isa. 28:29;
Rom. 16:27;
1 Tim. 1:17;
2 Chron. 16:9;
Job 28:24;
34:21;
Psa. 33:13-14;
44:21;
94:9;
139:7-12;
Prov. 15:3;
Jer. 23:24;
32:19;
Amos 9:2-3;
Acts 17:27-28;
Psa. 123:1;
Matt. 6:9;
1 Tim. 6:15-16;
1:17.
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III.
That Jesus of Nazareth was the Son of God,
begotten of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit, without the
intervention of man, and afterwards anointed with the same Spirit,
without measure, at his baptism.
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Matt. 1 :23;
1 Tim. 3: 16;
Acts 2:22-24,
36;
Matt. 1:18-25;
Lk. 1:26-35;
Gal. 4:4;
Isa. 7:14;
Matt. 3:16-17;
Isa. 11:2;
42:1;
61:1;
John 3:34;
7:16;
8:26-28;
14:10-24.
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IV.
That the appearance of Jesus of Nazareth
on the earth was necessitated by the position and state into which the
human race had been brought by the circumstances connected with the
first man.
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1 Cor. 15:21-22;
Rom. 5:12-19;
Gen. 3:19;
2 Cor. 5:19-21. |
V.
That the first man was Adam, whom God
created out of the dust of the ground as a living soul, or natural
body of life, "very good" in kind and condition, and placed him under
a law through which the continuance of life was contingent on
obedience.
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Gen. 2:7;
18:27;
Job 4:19;
33:6;
1 Cor. 15:46-49;
Gen. 2:17.
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VI.
That Adam broke this law, and was adjudged
unworthy of immortality, and sentenced to return to the ground from
whence he was taken-a sentence which defiled and became a physical law
of his being, and was transmitted to all his posterity.
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Gen. 3:15-19,
22-23;
2 Cor. 1:9;
Rom. 7:24;
2 Cor. 5:2-4;
Rom. 7:18-23;
Gal. 5:16-17;
Rom. 6:12;
7:21;
John 3:6;
Rom. 5:12;
1 Cor. 15:22;
Psa. 51:5;
Job 14:4.
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VII.
That God, by His grace, conceived a plan
of restoration which, without setting aside His just and necessary law
of sin and death, should ultimately rescue the race from destruction.
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Rev. 21:4;
John 3:16;
2 Tim. 1:10;
1 John 2:25;
2 Tim. 1:1;
Titus 1:2;
Rom. 3:26;
John 1:29. |
VIII.
That He inaugurated this plan by making
promises to Adam, Abraham and David, and afterwards elaborated it in
greater detail through the prophets.
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Gen. 3:15;
22:18;
Psa. 89:34-37;
Hos. 13:14;
Isa. 25:7-9;
51:1-8;
Jer. 23:5.
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IX.
That these promises had reference to Jesus
Christ, who was to be raised up in the condemned line of Abraham and
David, and who, though wearing their condemned nature, was to obtain a
title to resurrection by perfect obedience, and, by dying, abrogate
the law of condemnation for himself, and all who should believe and
obey him.
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1 Cor. 15:45;
Heb. 2:14-16;
Rom. 1:3;
Heb. 5:8-9;
1:9;
Rom. 5:19-21;
Gal. 4:4-5;
Rom. 8:3-4;
Heb. 2:15;
9:26;
Gal. 1:4;
Heb. 7:27;
5:3-7;
2:17;
Rom. 6:10;
6:9;
Acts 13:34-37;
Rev. 1:18;
John 5:21-22,
26-27;
14:3;
Rev. 2:7;
3:21;
Matt. 25:21;
Heb. 5:9;
Acts 13:38-39;
Rom. 3:22;
(Psa.
2:6-9;
Dan. 7:13-14;
Rev. 11:15;
Jer. 23:5;
Zech. 14:9;
Eph. 1:9-10)
Scriptures in parentheses should be
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X.
That it was this mission that necessitated
the miraculous begettal of Christ of a human mother, enabling him to
bear our condemnation, and, at the same time, to be a sinless bearer
thereof, and, therefore, one who could rise after suffering the death
required by the righteousness of God.
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Matt. 1:18-25;
Luke 1:26-35;
Isa. 7:14;
Rom. 1:3;
8:3;
Gal. 4:4;
2 Cor. 5:21;
Heb. 2:14-17;
4:15.
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XI.
That being so begotten of God, and
inhabited and used by God through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit,
Jesus was Emmanuel, God with us, God manifested in the flesh-yet was,
during his natural life, of like nature with mortal man, being made of
a woman of the house and lineage of David, and therefore a sufferer,
in the days of his flesh, from all the effects that came by Adam's
transgression including the death that passed upon all man, which he
shared by partaking of their physical nature.
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Matt. 1:23;
1 Tim. 3:16;
Heb. 2:14;
Gal. 4:4;
Heb. 2:17.
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XII.
That the message he delivered from God to
his kinsmen, the Jews, was a call to repentance from every evil work,
the assertion of his divine sonship and Jewish kingship; and the
proclamation of the glad tidings that God would restore their kingdom
through him, and accomplish all things written in the prophets.
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Mark l:l5;
Matt. 4:17;
5:20-48;
John 10:36;
9:35;
11:27;
19:21;
1:49;
Matt. 27:11-43;
John 10:24-25;
Matt. 19:28;
21:42-43;
23:38-39;
Luke 4:43;
13:27-30;
22:28-30;
Matt. 5:17;
Luke 24:44.
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XIII.
That for delivering this message, he was
put to death by the Jews and Romans who were, however, but instruments
in the hands of God, for the doing of that which He had determined
before to be done-namely, the condemnation of sin in the flesh,
through the offering of the body of Jesus once for all, as a
propitiation to declare the righteousness of God, as a basis for the
remission of sins. All who approach God through this crucified, but
risen, representative of Adam's disobedient race, are forgiven.
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Luke 19:47;
John 11:45-53;
Acts 10:38-39;
13:26-29;
4:27-28;
Rom. 8:3;
Heb. 10:10;
Rom. 3:25;
Acts 13:38;
1 John 1:7;
John 14:6;
Acts 4:12;
1 Pet. 3:18;
2:24;
Heb. 9:14;
7:27;
9:26-28;
Gal. 1:4;
Gal. 3:21-22;
Gal. 2:21;
4:4-5;
Heb. 9:15;
Luke 22:20;
24:26,
46-47;
Matt. 26:28.
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XIV.
That on the third day, God raised him from the dead, and exalted
him to the heavens as priestly mediator between God and man, in the
process of gathering from among them an elect people who should be
saved by their belief and made heirs to the kingdom by their obedience
to the Truth. |
1 Cor. 15:4;
Acts 10:40;
13:30-37;
2:24-27;
4:27-33;
1 Tim 2:5;
Rom 8:33-34,
Rom 11:7 |
XV.
That he is a priest over his own house
only, and does not intercede for the world, or for professors who are
abandoned to disobedience. That he makes intercession for his erring
brethren. |
Luke 24:51;
Eph. 1:20;
Acts 5:31;
1 Tim. 2:5;
Heb. 8: 1;
Acts 15:14;
13:39;
Heb. 4:14-l5;
John 17:9;
Heb 10:26;
1 John 2:1;
Prov 28:13;
Heb 7:25;
Rom 8:34;
Rom 8:27.
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XVI.
That he sent forth apostles to proclaim
salvation through him, as the only Name given under heaven whereby men
may be saved.
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Acts 1:8;
Matt. 28:19-20;
Luke 24:46-48;
Acts 26:16-18;
4:12.
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XVII.
That the way to obtain this salvation is
to believe the Gospel they preached, and to take on the Name and
service of Christ, and continuing patiently in the observance of all
things he has commanded, none being recognized as his friends except
those who do what he has commanded.
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Acts 13:48;
16:31;
Rom. 1:16;
Acts 2:38,
41;
10:47-48;
8:12;
Gal. 3:27-29;
Rom. 6:3-5;
2:7;
Matt. 28:20;
John 15:14.
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XVIII.
That the Gospel consists of "The
things concerning the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ." |
Acts 8:12;
19:8,
10;
28:30-31,
Mark 1:14;
Luke 8:1;
Acts 20:25;
1 Cor 15:1-8.
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XIX.
That God will set up a Kingdom in the
earth, which will overthrow all others, and change them into "the
kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ."
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Dan. 2:44;
7:13-14;
Rev. 11:15;
Isa. 32:1,
16;
2:3-4;
11:9-10.
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XX.
That for this purpose God will send Jesus
Christ personally to the earth at the close of the times of the
Gentiles. |
Acts 3:19-21;
Psa. 102:16,
21;
2 Tim. 4:1,
Acts 1:9-11;
Dan. 7:13,
Luke 21:24-27;
Rom. 11:25-26.
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XXI.
That the Kingdom which he will establish
will be the Kingdom of Israel restored, in the territory it formerly
occupied, namely, the land bequeathed for an everlasting possession to
Abraham and his Seed (the Christ) by covenant.
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Mic. 4:6-8;
Amos 9:11,
15;
Eze. 37:21-22;
Jer. 23:3,
8;
Gen. 13:14-17;
Heb. 11:8-9;
Gal. 3:16;
Lev. 26:42; ;
Mic. 7:20 |
XXII.
That the work of the present
Gospel Age is to call out and train the 'firstfuits' of mankind; those
faithful ones who are to obtain the Kingdom and rule with Christ upon
his second advent, and that such is the 'prize' and 'high calling'
which the Christian is to strive to obtain.
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Eph 4:11-13;
Rev 1:6;
Rev 5:9-10;
1 Cor 3:16-17;
Eph 2:20-22;
Eph 4:16;
1 Cor 9:24-25;
Phil 3:14;
Col 1:12-13;
Col 3:23-24;
Eph 1:10-12;
2 Peter 1:4;
Matt 24:45-47;
Luke 12:42-43;
Gal 6:10;
1 Pet 2:9;
Rom 8:22-23;
Rom 8:20-21;
Rom 16:5;
1 Cor 16:15;
James 1:18;
Rev 14:4.
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XXIII.
That only those who are
watching, through patient endurance, awaiting the return of their
savior rise in the first resurrection, obtaining the right to rule
with Jesus.
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Gal 5:19-21;
2 Tim 2:11-12;
Rev 2:26;
Heb 3:5-6;
Rom 8:16-17;
Rom 11:22;
Gal 6:8-9;
Eph 5:5;
Rev
3:5;
Rev 3:21;
Luke 22:28-30;
Matt 19:28;
Phil 3:10-12.
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XXIV.
That these faithful ones will
arise in the first resurrection immortal, in the likeness of their
risen Lord and savior.
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1 John 3:2;
Luke 20:35-36;
Luke 14:14;
Rev 2:11;
Rev 20:6;
1 Cor 15:53-54.
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XXV.
That following the first
resurrection there will be a 1000 year reign of Jesus with His
faithful. This period of time and the following ages are designated as the great 'Day of
Judgment', and the 'Times of the Restitution of All Things', in which
all the dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Those
who have died in ignorance will be given the opportunity to come to
Christ and obtain salvation. Judgment is made according to one's
works, their
submission to Christ, his rulership, and to the established earthly
government with Israel at its head. The truth of the Gospel will be
testified to all who have neither heard nor understood. The wicked one
who rises to judgment failing to make restitution for sin and come to
repentance will suffer punishment in the second death. This 1000 year
day of judgment and the ages which follow restore the earth to
the condition which was lost in Eden, and establish righteousness
and human perfection which Adam lost for his unborn posterity; the
final outcome being the ultimate reconciliation of all creation to
its Creator and the final destruction of the sinful flesh, after which death is abolished.
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John 5:22-23;
John 5:26-27;
Matt 19:28;
Luke 22:28-30;
Rev 20:1-4;
1 Cor 6:2;
Ps 149:5-9;
Obad 1:21;
Dan 7:22;
Dan 7:26-27;
Dan 7:9-10;
Rev 20:12a;
John 5:28-29;
Dan 12:2;
Acts 24:15;
1 Cor 15:22;
2 Tim 4:1;
Rev 11:17-18;
Acts 17:31;
1Tim 2:4-6;
Isa 26:19;
Matt 12:41-42;
Ezek 37:12-14;
Ezek 16:53-55;
Matt 10:14-15;
Mark 6:11;
Ps 50:3-5;
Ps 67:4;
Ps 96:1-13;
Isa 11:4;
Luke 12:47-48;
Matt 11:21-24;
Matt 12:36;
Luke 10:13-15;
2 Peter 2:9;
2 Peter 3:7;
Isa 26:8-11;
1 Tim 2:5-6;
Acts 3:19-21;
Matt 5:21-22;
Matt 12:18-21;
Luke 11:31-32;
Acts 24:24-25;
Rom 2:4-5;
1 Tim 5:24;
Heb 9:27;
Rom 11:22-27;
Mal 3:2-4;
Rom 11:14-15;
James 2:13;
Matt 12:31-32;
Jude 1:14-15;
Ps 1:5-6;
Ps 9:7-9;
Ps 72:1-20;
Ps 76:8-9;
Ps 146:7-9;
Isa 35:8-10;
Isa 66:19;
Isa 65:20;
Isa 29:18-20;
Isa 35:1-7;
Isa 40:1-5;
Zech 14:17-19;
Mic 4:1-3;
Isa 60:1-3;
Isa 66:10-14;
Matt 25:31-46;
Rev 20:11-13;
Isa 66:22-25;1
Cor 15:25-26;
Rev 20:14-15;
Ezek 18:19-30.
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DOCTRINES WE REJECT
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We Reject. |
That the Bible is only partly the work of inspiration--or if
wholly so, contains errors which inspiration has allowed.
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We Reject. |
That God is three persons.
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We Reject. |
That the Holy Spirit is a person distinct from the Father and the
Son.
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We Reject. |
That man has an immortal soul.
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We Reject. |
That man consciously exists in death.
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We Reject. |
That the wicked will suffer eternal torture in hell.
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We Reject. |
That God, in this current age, has purposed to convert the world.
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We Reject.
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That those who die in ignorance, having never heard the Gospel,
are damned to hell.
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We Reject. |
That the Kingdom of God in its fullness is 'the church.'
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We Reject. |
That the Gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ
merely.
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We Reject. |
That Christ will not come till the close of the thousand years.
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We Reject. |
That all in the 'Great White Throne Judgment' are damned.
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We Reject. |
That the resurrection is confined to the faithful.
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We Reject. |
That any dead rise in an immortal state, except those of the first
resurrection.
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We Reject. |
That the subject-nations of the thousand years are immortal.
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We Reject. |
That man can be saved by morality or sincerity, without the
Gospel.
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We Reject. |
That Jesus' ransom sacrifice is not efficacious for all of Adam's
fallen posterity.
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We Reject. |
That there will be a "pre-tribulation rapture" of the church.
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We Reject. |
That the earth will be destroyed at Christ's second coming |
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