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Soteriology (the Doctrine of Salvation)
The Provision for Salvation:
We believe that the salvation of sinners is entirely a work of God and wholly of grace, accomplished through the sacrificial death of the Son of God and by personal faith in Him as the only means of salvation. The death of Christ, in which He shed His blood for us, fully satisfied the just demands of a holy, righteous God for the payment of sin; and since Christ was a voluntary substitute in the sinner's place, the Just for the unjust, faith in Him becomes the only condition for salvation (John 3:16, 36; 14:6; Acts 4:12; Rom. 3:21-28; Gal. 2:16; Eph. 2:8-9; I Pet. 2:21-24).
The Results of Salvation:
We believe that when any person places his faith in Christ and His completed work on the cross, he is born into the family of God, delivered from condemnation to justification, receives divine life, becomes separated from the world unto God, and is reconciled to God (I Cor. 1:2; II Cor. 5:17, 21; Gal. 3:13; Eph. 2:4-7; Col. 1:13-14, 20-21; Titus 3:5).
We believe that justification is the judicial act of God whereby He pardons sin and declares the person righteous on the basis of the imputed righteousness of Christ. It is accompanied by sanctification, which is the work of God in setting apart the believer unto Himself. This is accomplished in a threefold manner: positionally - each believer is established in a position of holiness at the moment he trusts Christ as Savior; progressively - each believer enters a process of continued spiritual growth throughout his lifetime as the Holy Spirit applies the Word of God to his life; and ultimately - each believer will be freed from the presence of sin at the return of the Lord (Rom. 5:1-11; II Cor. 7:1; Titus 2:11-13; Heb. 10:10, 14; II Pet. 3:18; I John 3:1-2).
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