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WHAT
WE BELIEVE
DOCTRINAL STATEMENT
It is the commitment of
Cross Movement Ministries, Inc., to faithfully uphold the revealed truths
of Holy Scripture. We therefore commit ourselves to the following summary
statement of the vital teachings of Scripture and the Christian faith. We
believe that:
(1)
The Holy Scriptures, comprised of the Old and New Testaments, are fully
inspired by God and are therefore infallible in the original writings and
completely trustworthy in all areas in which they speak. Their central
salvation message and essential teachings are clear and accessible to all
who follow the standard and self-evident rules of literary interpretation.
They are therefore the supreme, unmediated, and final authority of faith
and practice for every believer.
(2) There is only one eternal, almighty, and perfect God. Within the Being
of this one true God exist three eternally distinct and coequal Persons:
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three Persons are the one
true God.
(3) Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, the Second Person of the
Trinity, who took upon Himself human flesh through the miraculous
conception by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary. He who is
true God became true man, uniting two natures in one person forever.
Christ lived a perfect, sinless life, died on the cross as an atoning
sacrifice for our sins, rose bodily from the dead, and ascended into
Heaven where He now serves as our High Priest, our only Mediator. He will
return bodily and visibly to the earth as King of kings and will judge
every human being who has ever lived.
(4) The Holy Spirit is the eternal Third Person of the Triune God, the
Regenerator and Sanctifier of the redeemed, the Bestower of spiritual
fruit and gifts, and the abiding Advocate who empowers believers for godly
living and service.
(5)
In Adam human beings were created in the image of God (i.e., they share in
a finite way the communicable attributes of God, including personality,
spirituality, rationality, and morality). Through the fall of Adam that
image of God in humanity has been defiled, although not eradicated. Every
human being is radically corrupt and estranged from God. Human beings are
condemned by God because of their descent into sin, both through their
relationship to Adam and through individual choice. The desperate need of
humanity is forgiveness of sins and consequent restoration of fellowship
with God; yet humans remain totally unable to atone for and restore
themselves.
(6)
Jesus’ death on the cross provided a penal substitutionary atonement for
the sins of humanity. In salvation we are rescued from God’s wrath by
His unmerited grace alone, through faith alone, on account of Christ
alone.
(7)
Those who have received the free gift of salvation will live forever in
the fellowship and Kingdom of God (heaven). Eternal, conscious punishment
apart from the fellowship and Kingdom of God (hell) is the ultimate
destiny of unredeemed humanity, Satan, and his entire angelic host.
(8)
The Christian church, which is the body and bride of Christ, is composed
of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been
regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Corporately and individually, its members
strive to worship, serve, and glorify God through prayer and praise,
diligent study and application of the Scriptures, evangelism, sanctified
living, good works, and observance of the rites of baptism and the Lord's
Supper. The ultimate mission of the church is the discipleship of all
nations — not only the saving of souls (which is primary) but also
bringing the gospel to bear on every aspect of life and thought — until
the Lord returns.
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