我们的信仰
信仰声明
简介: Learn 更多的 about our beliefs and read through our 信仰声明.
概述
我们相信
我们相信圣经是神所默示的、无误的、无谬的、有权威的话语. 它是我们理解上帝和他所有创造的唯一最重要的来源. 它塑造了我们的信仰, 指引我们的人生, and gives us a lens in which to view and understand the world around us. It is the book through which 神 has chosen to reveal the way to Heaven. As John Wesley said, “O give me that book! At any price, give me the book of 神.”
We believe that the Bible stands alone as the source for absolute truth. The Bible is the only reliable moral compass that we have. 我们是道德和精神的生物，生活在一个由道德和精神价值观控制的世界里. 我们不能, either individually or collectively, 决定什么是真理，或者什么应该被接受为道德行为的真正标准，而不需要圣经中给我们的超越的绝对真理. 否认圣经是绝对真理的标准，就是去除道德行为和推理的绝对标准.
我们的 Core Values, Mission and 愿景 capture 我们的信仰 神 has called us to do.
The Word of 神—the Bible—is the basis for all of our beliefs.
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of 神, and is profitable for doctrine, 的责备, 为校正, for instruction in righteousness.“
提摩太后书3:16
我们的 信仰声明 does not exhaust the extent of our faith. The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe.
我们相信, 然而, 我们的信仰宣言准确地代表了圣经的教导, 因此, is binding upon all Board Trustees, 军官, 员工, and activities of the Corporation.
所有在事工中使用的权威文献必须与信仰声明完全一致.
神
We believe that there is one 神, 自我存在和永恒, 造物主, 支撑的, 是万物的主宰, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, 父亲, 儿子, 和圣灵.
Their glory is equal, their majesty co-eternal.
圣经
我们相信旧约圣经和新约圣经都是神的话语, written and inspired by the 圣灵, and inerrant in the original manuscripts.
它们包含了我们得救所必需的一切，是信仰和实践的最高权威.
耶稣基督
We believe that 我们的 Lord 耶稣基督, the eternal and only begotten 儿子 of 神, became man without ever ceasing to be 神; that He was conceived by the 圣灵, 圣母玛利亚所生, 过着无罪的生活.
他死在十字架上, 为全人类的罪作了圆满的赎罪, then rose bodily the third day from the grave and ascended into Heaven, where He is enthroned at 神’s right hand as our intercessor.
圣灵
We believe that the 圣灵, the Third Person of the 神head, 是赐生命的主吗, who continually glorifies our Lord 耶稣基督, convicts men and women of sin, and regenerates all who repent and trust in Christ for salvation.
It is by the 圣灵 that believers are sanctified, indwelt, and guided into all truth; and it is also by Him that Christ lives in the church, 福音被宣讲, and the Kingdom of 神 is advanced in the world.
人类的本性
We believe that man was created in the image of 神; but as the result of Adam’s sin, the entire human race was alienated from 神 and plunged into sin.
By nature we are thus corrupt and fallen, 敌视上帝和他的律法, and utterly unable of ourselves to remedy our lost condition.
借着他先前的恩典, 神 restores moral sensibility to all mankind, enabling each of us to respond to His offer of salvation.
救恩
We believe that 救恩 is the provision of 神’s grace alone, but it is a gift which we must freely accept. 因此，神恩典地称义并重生所有悔改他们的罪并相信耶稣基督为主和救主的人.
作为神的儿女, they are restored to fellowship with Him, delivered from the penalty of sin, as well as from its willful practice, and are initially sanctified by the 圣灵 who dwells in them.
整个神圣化
我们相信神呼召所有的信徒，在他们在耶稣基督里重生之后，在一个完全奉献和信心的时刻，完全成圣.
By the 圣灵’s filling, their hearts are purified from inherited depravity, 他们在与基督的关系中不断成长, 胜利的生活, 和卓有成效的服务.
Entire sanctification is both preceded and followed by growth in grace, 动态地表现在推进圣洁和增加属灵成熟上.
保证
我们相信信徒因神话语无误的应许而确信个人得救, confirmed by the inward testimony of the 圣灵, 又有无亏的良心，和圣灵所结的果子，在他们的生命中作见证.
信徒的安全
我们相信信徒因神话语无误的应许而确信个人得救, confirmed by the inward testimony of the 圣灵, 并有无亏的良心，和圣灵所结的果子，在我里面作见证
基督徒的生活
We believe that it is the joy and duty of all Christians, through the power of the 圣灵, 正直地生活, 获胜地, 和牺牲地, 顺服神的律法, faithful in the use of the means of grace, continually sharing the hope that is in them, and ministering compassionately to human need.
教会
我们相信耶稣基督的真正教会是由所有在得救的信心中与他联合的人组成的，因此他们是以他为头的身体的肢体.
All Christians should live in fellowship with the church, uniting in its worship of the Triune 神, supporting its great task of world evangelism, and loving one another with pure and fervent hearts.
基督的回报
我们相信我们的主耶稣基督会在世界的末了亲自在荣耀中再来, 正如他所应许的, 又要成全他的国、按公义审判世界.
他的到来, 正如我们所承认的, 这“有福的盼望”摆在我们面前，我们必须时时喜乐准备好迎接吗.
天堂与地狱
We believe that those who die in Christ are immediately present with Him, while those who die in sin suffer the torments of hell, 等待最后的判决.
All shall be raised from the dead, those who have died in Christ to eternal blessedness, 弃绝他的人，要自觉地在火湖里受永远的刑罚.
创建
We believe that for His own glory and by His own decree, 三位一体的上帝创造了天地和一切可见和不可见的事物, 有生命和无生命.
Thus we reject all unscriptural theories of origin.
分离
我们相信所有得救的人都应该这样生活，不要羞辱他们的救主和主.
神 commands His people to separate from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, 实践, 和协会, and to refrain from all immodest and immoderate appearances, 首饰的佩戴, 穿孔, 以及身体上的标记.
人类性行为
我们相信神赐给我们性的恩赐，惟有在圣约的范围内才能行使, 终身, 异性婚姻. 婚姻之外的亲密性关系和同性之间的性关系是不道德和有罪的.
Specifically we condemn homosexuality, 女同性恋, 双性恋, 人兽交, 乱伦, 淫乱, 通奸, 色情, 以及其他形式的淫乱都是对性这一神圣礼物的罪恶曲解.
家庭关系
我们相信上帝已经建立了家庭作为人类社会的基本单位，它始于一男一女的合法婚姻.
在其结构中, 正如他所命定的, 父母有责任在基督教信仰和行为上教导他们的孩子, to set before them godly and consistent examples of the same, 凡事照著主的教训和警戒养育他们.”
In the ordering of family life, Scripture requires: “Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, 至于主 . . . 你们作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱教会，为教会舍了自己 . . . children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
人类生活
人类生命的神圣和尊严要求尊重所有人的生命, especially in its most vulnerable stages and conditions. 我们相信人的生命始于受孕，未出生的孩子是一个有生命的人.
堕胎是对未出生生命的不正当的、不可原谅的剥夺. 堕胎是谋杀.
We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, 乱伦, 出生缺陷, 性别选择, 生育或人口控制, or the physical or mental well being of the mother are acceptable.
We further believe that the killing of the weak, 残疾人士, 精神病患者, 或者老年人, 无论是通过蓄意行为还是通过强迫或协助某人自杀, 是不道德的.
民事诉讼
我们认为，禁止基督徒对其他基督徒或基督教组织提起民事诉讼，以解决个人纠纷.
我们相信基督教团体拥有解决个人纠纷所需的一切资源.
我们相信, 然而, 一个基督徒可以向另一个基督徒的保险公司寻求伤害赔偿，只要索赔没有恶意或诽谤.
主日
We believe that the Lord’s Day, 星期天庆祝, 一周的第一天, throughout the Christian church, 是基督教的安息日, 我们虔诚地遵守这一天，作为休息和崇拜的日子，并作为我们救主复活的持续纪念.
出于这个原因, we abstain from secular work and from all merchandising on this holy day, except that required by mercy or necessity.
药物滥用
We believe that the production, 出售, 购买, and use of alcoholic beverages, 烟草, 毒品, 和其他有害药物, 除非是机械的, 化学, 或者药用目的, 违背了神的要求，把我们的身体当作圣灵的殿.
