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Acts 16:20-33; John 3:3;
2 Peter 1:4; 1 John 5:1;
Ephesians 2:1,5; John 3:8;
Colossians 2:13;
Romans 6:23;
2 Corinthians 5:17.
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We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; that the new
birth is a new creation in Christ Jesus; that it is instantaneous and not a
process; that in the new birth, the one dead in trespasses and in sins is made a
partaker of the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God;
that the new creation is brought about by our sovereign God in a manner above our
comprehension, solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine
truth, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the gospel; that its proper
evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance, faith and newness of life.
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Acts 16:20-33;
"And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and
thy house."
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Ephesians 2:1,5;
"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by
grace ye are saved;)"
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