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<h1>Shiloh Creed</h1>
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<h3>The Triune God</h3>
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There is one God, self-existent and eternal, infinitely perfect, the
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Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler of all things.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 1:1, 2:1–4; Deuteronomy 6:4, 33:27; Psalm
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22:28, 103:19, 147:5; Isaiah 40:28, 45:18; Daniel 5:21; 2 Samuel 22:31;
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Nehemiah 9:6; Ecclesiastes 12:1–6; Matthew 5:48, 28:18; Mark 12:29–34;
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John 1:1–3; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Romans 16:26; Colossians 1:16–17, 2:3;
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Hebrews 1:1–3, 9:14; 2 Peter 3:9; Revelation 1:8, 4:11).
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The Godhead is Triune: one God, three Persons: God the Father, God the
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Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Each Person is fully God, their glory
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equal and their majesty coeternal.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 1:1–2; Matthew 3:15–17; John 1:1–3)</cite
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For his own glory and by his own decree, the triune God created heaven
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and earth, time, and all things, visible and invisible, living and
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nonliving, material and nonmaterial.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 1:1–2:3; Exodus 20:11, 31:17; Isaiah
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46:9–10; Nehemiah 9:6; 1 Timothy 1:17; Colossians 1:16; Revelation
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22:13)</cite
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, the uncreated Creator and only begotten Son of
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God, took on human flesh to be fully man without ever ceasing to be
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fully God.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Luke 24:39; John 1:1–3, 1:14, 1:18, 3:16, 8:58;
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Colossians 1:16; Acts 2:22; 1 Corinthians 15:47; Philippians 2:5–8;
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Hebrews 1:1–3)</cite
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Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary,
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and lived a sinless life.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Isaiah 7:14, 53:4–6; Matthew 1:16–23; John 8:29,
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8:46; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:21–22)</cite
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Jesus died on the cross, making a full and satisfactory atonement for
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man’s sin.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Matthew 1:16–23; Luke 1:30–31; John 19:30; 1
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Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 9:11–12, 10:12–14; 1 Peter 1:17–19; 1 John
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2:2)
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Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead, ascended to heaven, is currently
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seated at the right hand of God the Father as our Intercessor, and shall
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return in person (bodily and visibly) to this earth as Judge of the
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living and the dead.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: 1 Corinthians 15:3–5; Acts 17:31; Ephesians 1:17–23;
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2 Timothy 4:1; Hebrews 7:25)</cite
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The Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead, is Lord and Giver of
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life, who glorifies our Lord Jesus Christ and convicts the world of sin,
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righteousness, and judgment.
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<cite>(The NASB95 Bible: John 15:26, 16:8–11, 16:14)</cite>
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The Holy Spirit’s work is necessary for sinners to repent and believe in
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Jesus Christ through the gospel call.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Romans 8; 1 Corinthians 2:6–14, 12:3; Titus
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3:3–7)</cite
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The Holy Spirit lives and works in each believer to produce the fruits
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of righteousness.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: John 14:16–17; Acts 1:8, 4:31; Romans 8:11; 1
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Corinthians 3:16, 6:18–20; Galatians 5:22–23; Ephesians 2:19–22)</cite
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The Triune God has revealed himself in Scripture in the male gender with
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masculine pronouns and masculine titles such as Father, Son, God, King,
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Priest, and Prophet.
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<cite>(The NASB95 Bible: Psalm 5:2; Matthew 28:19; John 14:26)</cite>
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<h3>Scripture</h3>
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<p>
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The 66 books of the Bible are the unique, written Word of God. The Bible
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is divinely inspired, inerrant, infallible, supremely authoritative, and
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sufficient in everything it teaches. Its assertions are factually true
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in all the original autographs. Its authority is not limited to
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spiritual, religious, or redemptive themes but includes its assertions
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in such fields as history and science.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Deuteronomy 4:2, 12:32; 2 Timothy 3:16–17;
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Revelation 22:18–19)</cite
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The final guide to the interpretation of Scripture is Scripture itself.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Proverbs 8:8–9; Matthew 12:3–5, 19:4, 22:31; Mark
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7:13, 12:10, 12:26; Luke 6:3; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Timothy
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3:16–17)</cite
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All things necessary for our salvation are expressly and clearly taught
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in Scripture.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 1:1, 1:31, 3:17–19; Romans 5:12, 3:23;
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presenting the gospel: 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 6:23, 10:9; John
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3:14–18; Acts 16:30–31; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 5:1–2)</cite
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The view, commonly used to evade the implications or the authority of
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biblical teaching, namely that knowledge and/or truth may be divided
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into secular and religious, is unbiblical and therefore should be
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rejected.
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<cite>(The NASB95 Bible: 1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:17)</cite>
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<h3>Sin</h3>
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The special creation of Adam (the first man) and Eve (the first woman)
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and their subsequent fall into sin is the basis for the necessity of
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salvation for mankind.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 2:7, 2:17, 2:22–23, 3:6–20; Romans 5:12; 1
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Corinthians 15:45–49)</cite
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Human death (both physical and spiritual) as well as all animal death,
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disease, bloodshed, suffering, extinction, thorns and thistles, and all
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other natural evils (e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, etc.)
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entered this world subsequent to, and as a direct consequence of, man’s
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sin.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 2:16–17, 3:8, 3:19, 4:4–8; Romans 5:12,
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8:20–22; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22)</cite
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All mankind are sinners, inherently from Adam and individually (by
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choice), and are therefore subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: 1 Kings 8:46; Isaiah 53:6; Psalm 116:11; Proverbs
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16:5; John 3:16–18, 12:48; Romans 3:23)</cite
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Since all of mankind is made in God’s image and also fallen, all humans
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are equally sinful, equally deserving of eternal punishment, and equally
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able to receive salvation in Christ.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Isaiah 53:6; John 12:32; Romans 3:23, 5:12; 2 Peter
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3:9)</cite
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<h3>Man</h3>
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Mankind, consisting of two genders (male and female), is created in the
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image of God. Each of these two distinct, complementary genders reflects
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the image of God.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 1:26–27, 5:2, 9:6; Matthew 19:4–6; Mark
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10:6; 1 Corinthians 11:7; James 3:9–10)</cite
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The special and unique creation of Adam from dust and Eve from Adam’s
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rib was supernatural and immediate. Adam and Eve did not originate from
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any other preexisting lifeforms.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 2:7, 2:21–23, 3:19; 1 Corinthians 11:8–12,
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15:47–49)</cite
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All human life is sacred and begins at conception (defined as the moment
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of fertilization). Each unborn child is a unique, living human being,
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created in the image of God, and must be respected and protected both
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before and after birth. The abortion of an unborn child or the active,
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intentional taking of human life through euthanasia or assisted suicide
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constitutes a violation of the sanctity of human life and is a crime
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against God and man.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 9:6; Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17; Psalm
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51:5; 1 Corinthians 15:49; James 2:11)</cite
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There is only one race of mankind—the human race or Adam’s race. Adam
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and Eve were the first two humans. All people alive today are the
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descendants of Adam and Eve and subsequently Noah.
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15:45–47; Luke 17:27; Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5)</cite
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Since all humans are made in the image of God, all humans have equal
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dignity and value regardless of age (including the unborn),
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ethnicity, or any other characteristic.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 1:26–27, 3:20, 11:9; Acts 17:26–28)</cite
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The concepts of “social justice,” “intersectionality,” and “critical
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race theory” as defined in modern terminology are anti-biblical and
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destructive to human flourishing.
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<cite>(The NASB95 Bible: Ezekiel 18:1–20; James 2:8–9)</cite>
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Parents are responsible to instruct their children in Christian faith
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and conduct, to set before them godly and consistent examples of the
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same, and in every way to “bring them up in the nurture and admonition
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of the Lord”.
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<cite
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians
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6:4)</cite
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The only legitimate marriage, based on the creation ordinance in Genesis
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1 and 2, sanctioned by God is the joining of one naturally born man and
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one naturally born woman in a single, exclusive union as delineated in
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Scripture. God intends sexual intimacy to only occur between a man and a
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woman who are married to each other and has commanded that no sexual
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activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.
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Any form of sexual immorality, such as adultery, fornication,
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prostitution, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexual conduct, bestiality,
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incest, pornography, abuse, or any attempt to change one’s gender, or
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disagreement with one’s biological gender, is sinful and offensive to
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God.
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<cite
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 1:27–28, 2:24; Matthew 5:27–30, 19:4-5; Mark
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10:2–9; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–7; Hebrews
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13:4))</cite
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Gender and biological sex are equivalent and cannot be separated. A
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person’s gender is determined at conception (fertilization), coded in
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the DNA, and cannot be changed by drugs, hormones, or surgery. Rejection
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of one’s biological sex (gender) or identifying oneself by the opposite
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sex is a sinful rejection of the way God made that person. These truths
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must be communicated with compassion, love, kindness, and respect,
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pointing everyone to the truth that God offers redemption and
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restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking his mercy
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and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Genesis 1:26–28, 5:1–2; Psalm 51:5, 139:13–16;
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Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 1:20–21, 19:4–6; Mark 10:6; Luke 1:31; Acts
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3:19–21; Romans 10:9–10; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Galatians 3:28)</cite
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<h3>Salvation</h3>
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The doctrines of Creator and Creation cannot ultimately be divorced from
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the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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<cite>(The NASB95 Bible: John 1:1–3, 1:14–18; Colossians 1:13–20)</cite>
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Freedom from the penalty and power of sin is available to man only
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through the sacrificial death and shed blood of Jesus Christ and his
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complete and bodily resurrection from the dead.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Luke 24:39; John 8:12, 8:36, 14:6; Acts 4:12; 1
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Timothy 2:3–6; 1 Peter 1:3)</cite
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Salvation is by God’s grace alone, a gift received by faith alone in
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Christ alone.
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<cite>(The NASB95 Bible: Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 3:3–7)</cite>
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The one who is born of God has repented, recognized the death of Christ
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as full payment for sin, received the risen Christ as Savior, Lord, and
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God, and sealed with the Holy Spirit for the day of redemption.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: John 1:12–13; Acts 3:19, 16:31, 17:30–31, 20:21;
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Galatians 2:20–21; 1 John 3:9; Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:30; 2 Corinthians
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1:21-22)</cite
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<h3>Church</h3>
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The church of Jesus Christ is composed of all who are united with him in
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saving faith and who are thus members of the body of which he is the
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head.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: John 3:16, 3:36, 11:25; Acts 16:30–31; Romans
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10:8–10; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:18)</cite
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Those who do not believe in Christ are subject to everlasting, conscious
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punishment in hell, but believers are secure to enjoy eternal life with
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God in heaven.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Matthew 13:49–50, 25:46; John 3:16–18, 3:36, 5:24; 1
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Thessalonians 1:8–10; 1 John 5:11–13; Revelation 21:8)</cite
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All Christians are to live in fellowship in person with a local,
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Bible-believing church (as portrayed in the New Testament), uniting in
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its worship of the triune God, supporting the great commission, and
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loving one another with pure and sincere hearts. Online church and
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meetings held remotely using technology are not a substitute for this
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call to meet and fellowship in person locally.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 11:17–33, 16:2; Hebrews
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10:23–25, 13:17)</cite
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<h3>Christ’s Return</h3>
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Our Lord Jesus Christ will personally and bodily return in glory as He
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has promised, and He will consummate His kingdom. Christ will judge the
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living and the dead at His return.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: John 6:39–40, 12:48; Acts 1:9–11; 1 Peter 4:5)</cite
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Those who have died in Christ to eternal life will be welcomed into
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heaven and those who have rejected him will be sent to conscious and
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everlasting punishment in the lake of fire (hell).
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Daniel 12:2; Matthew 13:49–50, 25:41–46; Luke 12:5;
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1 Corinthians 15:12–26; Revelation 21:8)</cite
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Satan, who is a personal spiritual adversary of both God and mankind,
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will be judged and cast into the lake of fire (hell) for eternity.
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<cite>(The NASB95 Bible: Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10)</cite>
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We adhere to a literal interpretation of scripture holding to a
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pre-millennial view of eschatology. The doctrine that Jesus's Second
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Coming will immediately precede the millennium.
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Revelation 20, Isaiah 2, Micah 4:1-5, Jeremiah
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23:5-8, Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 15:18-21, Luke 1:32, 33, 2 Samuel 7,
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Amos 9:11-15, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Isaiah 61:8-9, Matthew 24:15,25, Acts
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1:6, Romans 8:1, Zechariah 14:4-9)</cite
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