Statement of
Faith
From Campas
Crusade for Christ
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Christting
is not affiliated with any Spacific
Church denomanation. The
sole basis of our beliefs is the Bible, God's infallible written
Word, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. We believe
that it was uniquely, verbally and fully inspired by the Holy
Spirit and that it was written without error (inerrant) in the
original manuscripts. It is the supreme and final authority in
all matters on which it speaks.
We accept
those areas of doctrinal teaching on which, historically, there
has been general agreement among all true Christians. Because of
the specialized calling of our ministry, we desire to allow for
freedom of conviction on other doctrinal matters, provided that
any interpretation is based upon the Bible alone.
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There is one true God,
eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -
each of whom possesses equally all the attributes of Deity and the
characteristics of personality.
Jesus Christ is God,
the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous conception by
the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He is perfect Deity and
true humanity united in one person forever.
He lived a sinless
life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by dying on the cross as
their substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and accomplishing
salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
He rose from the
dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He lived and died.
He ascended bodily
into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He,
the only mediator between God and man, continually makes intercession
for His own.
Man was originally
created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying God; thus, he was
alienated from his Creator. That historic fall brought all mankind under
divine condemnation.
Man's nature is
corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please God. Every man is in
need of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
The salvation of man
is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not the work, in whole or in
part, of human works or goodness or religious ceremony. God imputes His
righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their
salvation, and thereby justified them in His sight.
It is the privilege
of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of their salvation
from the very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior. This
assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit, but is produced by
the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the
testimony of God in His written word.
The Holy Spirit has
come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving
work of Christ to men. He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts
new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual
birth and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness, power
and control are appropriated in the believer's life by faith.
Every believer is
called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that he will not
fulfill the lust of the flesh but will bear fruit to the glory of God.
Jesus Christ is the
Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of all men, living and
dead, who have been joined to Him through saving faith.
God admonishes His
people to assemble together regularly for worship, for participation in
ordinances, for edification through the Scriptures and for mutual
encouragement.
At physical death
the believer enters immediately into eternal, conscious fellowship with
the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body to everlasting glory
and blessing.
At physical death
the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal, conscious separation
from the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body to everlasting
judgment and condemnation.
Jesus Christ will
come again to the earth - personally, visibly and bodily - to consummate
history and the eternal plan of God.
The Lord Jesus
Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the
world and to disciple men of every nation. The fulfillment of that Great
Commission requires that all worldly and personal ambitions be
subordinated to a total commitment to "Him who loved us and gave Himself
for us."
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