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- FINET STATEMENT OF FAITH
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- We believe:
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- The bible is the Word of God, inerrant, infallible and inspired
- (God-breathed) in its original autographs, a complete and final
- revelation of God;
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- In one God, personal and knowable, Who manifests Himself in the Persons:
- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit;
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- That Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh, born of a virgin,
- without sin and the chosen Messiah Who will one day set up His kingdom
- on earth;
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- That Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins, was buried, rose again
- from the dead, ascended back to heaven and will one day again return to
- this earth;
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- That all persons are sinners, guilty before God, deserving of judgment
- and in need of the Savior Jesus Christ our Lord;
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- That salvation from sin, death and hell is by God's grace, based on the
- work of Jesus Christ alone, and is received by faith apart from any
- human performance or merit;
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- That all believers in Jesus Christ are baptized, sealed and indwelt by
- the Holy Spirit and that He fills those believers who obey God and
- separate from sinful habits and life-styles;
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- That eternal life is a gift of God;
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- In the eternal punishment of the unbeliever and in the eternal life of
- the believer.
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- For further information and detail, I think the Westminster Confession
- of Faith, and the larger and shorter catechism is the most eloquent
- statement of the protestant faith, and I accept the 1646 A.D. text as
- representing me. The complete text can be obtained from most Christian
- bookstores and from Free Presbyterian Publications, 133 Woodlands Road,
- Glasgow, UK G3 6LE. The current printing is 1990 and ISN 0 902506 08 0.
- FINET and I are non-denominational.
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