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We
Belive in
One God, existing in three persons:: God the
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit -- the same in
substance attributes and essence and equal in power and
glory. God is both infinite and personal.
The Bible. Since God is personal He has
spoken. The Bible is the Word of God. It contains no errors
as given originally, and it is the single written authority
for our lives not only in matters of faith and practice but
also in every area to which it speaks, including history,
geography and science.
Creation and the Fall. Man was created
morally good by God, male and female in God's image, but
man freely chose to sin and thereby plunged himself and
mankind into spiritual death and separation from God. This
was an actual historic event with detrimental consequences
to man both spiritually and physically including his moral
and volitional abilities. The fall also had detrimental
consequences to the physical universe and the environment
and introduced for the first time suffering, death, and
natural disasters.
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, God in the
flesh, as the only savior of men. The death of Christ was
given as the substitution for what we, who are believers,
deserve due to our sin. His obedient life and
substitutionary death accomplished redemption from the fall
and salvation for those who believe. Whereas the first Adam
failed, Christ as the second Adam succeeded and secured a
spiritual people of His own. Christ also redeemed the
physical universe and the environment, but these will not
be re-created until His second coming as "the new heavens
and the new earth".
The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead. This historic time-space event not only
completed His work of salvation on the cross but
demonstrated the truth of His claims and of His Word to a
watching world and the certainty of His second coming to
judge the world and take believers unto Himself into
eternity.
God's gift of salvation. Men and women
cannot earn salvation; rather they receive salvation as a
free gift by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ
alone. Men and women receive this gift through faith
involving repentance leading to a changed heart, attitude,
and behavior. This change is done by God's Spirit and will
continue throughout a believer's life but will not be
completed until we receive new resurrected bodies like
Christ's upon his return at His second coming. Saving faith
is a free gift from God to those of His sovereign choosing.
The sovereignty of God. God is in control
of, and has authority over all events of the world and our
personal lives notwithstanding our human responsibility and
accountability to God and the fact that our choices do make
a difference both in time and in eternity.
See: Statement of Faith
of Campus Crusade for Christ and the Westminster
Confession of Faith.
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