We believe that the salvation of sinners is divinely initiated and
wholly of grace through the mediatorial offices of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, Who, by the appointment of the Father, voluntarily took
upon Himself our nature, yet without sin, and honored the divine law
by His personal obedience, thus qualifying Himself to be our Savior;
that by the shedding of His blood in His death He fully satisfied the
just demands of a holy and righteous God regarding sin; that His
sacrifice consisted not in setting us an example by His death as a
martyr, but was a 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.
We believe that faith in the lord jesus Christ is the only condition of
salvation. Repentance is a change of mind and purpose toward God
prompted by the Holy Spirit and is an intregal part of saving faith.
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