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Therfield Chapel |
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Therfield Chapel |
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Therfield, Near Royston, Herts, United Kingdom
The
Living God
God is Almighty, Eternal and Unchanging.
He is just and holy, gracious and merciful.
He is the Maker and Ruler of all things and deserving of all praise and glory
for ever.
The
Written Word
God's greatness and holiness are such that, without His aid, man can neither
understand God nor find the way to a right relationship with Him. In His mercy,
however, God has made Himself known. He has done this, partially, through Creation,
but explicitly through the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. We therefore
accept all that was written in the Bible as not merely containing, but being,
the inspired and infallible Word of God and the final and sufficient authority
in all matters of Christian faith and life.
The
Trinity
God is one, existing through all eternity in three persons, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.
The
Sovereign God
God exercises sovereign power in Creation, Providence and Redemption
Man
the Sinner
God created man perfect, but, after being tempted by the Devil, man, by his
own free choice, disobeyed God and became a sinner. Man's whole nature is now
perverted by sin, and his fellowship with God is broken.
Jesus
the Saviour
God alone can deal with man's sin and bring about a reconciliation to Himself.
To achieve this, God became man in Jesus Christ. Jesus was conceived of the
Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless, human life and
taught entirely without error. He suffered and died in the place of sinners,
bearing their sin, and its guilt and punishment. He thus sets all believers
free from the domination of the Devil and the corruption of their own sinful
nature, and removes from them, for ever, sin's lasting consequences.
The
Grace of God
God, in his grace, forgives and reconciles to Himself all who turn to Him in
true repentance and who trust in Christ's atoning death. God imputes to them
the righteousness of Christ Himself, and adopts them as His own children.
The
Risen Lord
The Lord Jesus Christ was shown to be the Son of God by His miracles and by
His bodily resurrection from the dead. He has ascended in power and glory to
the presence of God, where He now pleads on behalf of those who call upon Him
in truth.
The
Holy Spirit
God the Holy Spirit must work in a man before he can enter into salvation. He
leads the sinner into the awareness of his sinfulness, and brings him to repentance
and trust in Christ. He brings to birth in him a new and eternal life, and,
by His continuing work, develops in this new life the fruits of love and holiness.
The
Second Coming
God is bringing all human history to a climax which will be marked by the visible
return to the Earth of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus
the Judge
God has appointed Jesus as Judge and there will be a final judgement. Those
who are saved will be raised in a glorified body and enjoy eternally and to
the full the presence of their Lord. Those who have rejected Christ will be
banished from God for ever.
The
One Church
All who have been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, and upon whom
God has bestowed His righteousness as a free gift, belong to Christ. They alone
may rightly be called Christians. They alone are members of the one universal
and eternal Church of Christ.
The
Gathered Church
Each local Church is a fellowship of believers gathered by Christ, and has no
need of, nor should acknowledge, any other authority than His. Through Him,
it has direct access to God and enjoys fellowship with other assemblies of His
people in a unity which transcends all barriers.
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