1. THE BIBLE SCRIPTURES

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is god's revelation of
himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its
author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its
matter. Therefore, all scripture is totally true and trustworthy. it reveals the
principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of
the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which
all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All scripture is a
testimony to Christ, who is himself the focus of divine revelation. exodus 24:4;
Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 17:19; Joshua 8:34; Psalms 19:7-10; 119:11,89,105,140;
Isaiah 34:16; 40:8; Jeremiah 15:16; 36:1-32; Matthew 5:17-18; 22:29; Luke 21:33;
24:44-46; john 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; acts 2:16ff.; 17:11; Romans 15:4; 16:25-26;
2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21 verses.

2. GOD

There is one and only one living and true god. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and
personal being, the creator, redeemer, preserver, and ruler of the universe. God is
infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing;
and his perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future,
including the future decisions of his free creatures. To him we owe the highest
love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune god reveals himself to us as
father, son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division
of nature, essence, or being.

3. GOD THE FATHER

God as father reigns with providential care over his universe, his creatures, and
the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of his grace.
He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is father in truth to
those who become children of god through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in
his attitude toward all men. Genesis 1:1; 2:7; exodus 3:14; 6:2-3; 15:11ff.; 20:1ff.;
Leviticus 22:2; Deuteronomy 6:4; 32:6; 1 Chronicles 29:10; psalm 19:1-3; Isaiah
43:3,15; 64:8; Jeremiah 10:10; 17:13; Matthew 6:9ff.; 7:11; 23:9; 28:19; Mark 1:9-
11; john 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; 17:1-8; acts 1:7; romans 8:14-15; 1 Corinthians 8:6;
Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 4:6; Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 11:6; 12:9;
1 Peter 1:17; 1 John 5:7.

4. GOD THE SON

Christ is the eternal son of God. In his incarnation as Jesus Christ he was
conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed
and did the will of god, taking upon himself human nature with its demands and
necessities and identifying himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He
honored the divine law by his personal obedience, and in his substitutionary
death on the cross he made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was
raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to his disciples as the
person who was with them before his crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is
now exalted at the right hand of god where he is the one mediator, fully god, fully
man, in whose person is effected the reconciliation between god and man. He will
return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate his redemptive
mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever presents lord.
Genesis 18:1ff.; psalms 2:7ff.; 110:1ff.; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 1:18-
23; 16:16,27; 17:5; 27; 28:1-6,19; mark 1:1; 3:11; Luke 1:35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46;
john 1:1-18,29; 10:30,38; 16:15-16,28; 17:1-5, 21-22; 20:1-20,28; acts 1:9; 2:22-
24; 7:55-56; 9:4-5,20; romans 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 5:6-21; 8:1-3,34; 10:4; 1 Corinthians
1:30; 2:2; 8:6; 15:1-8,24- 28; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; 8:9; Galatians 4:4-5; Ephesians
1:20; 3:11; 4:7-10; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:13-22; 2:9; 1 Thessalonians
4:14-18; 1 timothy 2:5-6; 3:16; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 1:1-3; 4:14-15; 7:14-
28,12:2; 13:8; 1 peter 2:21-25; 3:22; 1 John 1:7-9; 3:2; 4:14-15; 5:9; 2 John 7-9;
Revelation 1:13-16; 5:9-14; 12:10-11; 13:8; 19:16verses.

5. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit is the spirit of god, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to
write the scriptures. Through illumination he enables men to understand truth.
He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He
calls men to the savior, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration
he baptizes every believer into the body of Christ. He cultivates Christian
character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve
god through his church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. He
enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism,
and service. Genesis 1:2; judges 14:6; job 26:13; psalms 51:11; 139:7ff.; Isaiah
61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32; Matthew 1:18; 3:16; 4:1; 12:28-32; 28:19; mark 1:10,12;
Luke 1:35; 4:1,18-19; 11:13; 12:12; 24:49; john 14:16-17,26; 15:26; 16:7-14; acts
1:8; 2:1-4,38; 10:44; 13:2; 15:28; 16:6; 19:1-6; romans 8:9-11,14- 16,26-27; 1
Corinthians 2:10-14; 3:16; 12:3-11,13; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30;
5:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; 1 timothy 3:16; 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:14; 3:16; Hebrews
9:8,14; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 4:13; 5:6-7; Revelation 1:10;22:17verses.

6. MAN

Man is the special creation of god, made in his own image. He created them male
and female as the crowning work of his creation. The gift of gender is thus part of
the goodness of god's creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was
endowed by his creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned
against god and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of
Satan man transgressed the command of god, and fell from his original innocence
whereby his posterity inherits a nature and an environment inclined toward sin.
Therefore, as soon as they are capable of moral action, they become
transgressors and are under condemnation. Only the grace of god can bring man
into his holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of god.
genesis 1:26-30; 2:5,7,18-22; psalms 1; 8:3-6; 51:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 17:5;
Matthew 16:26; acts 17:26-31; romans 1:19-32; 3:10-18,23; 5:6,12,19; 6:6; 8:14-
18,29; 1 Corinthians 1:21-31; 15:19,21-22; Ephesians 2:1-22; Colossians 1:21-22;
3:9-11verses.

7. SALVATION

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all
who accept Jesus Christ as lord and savior, who by his own blood obtained eternal
redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration,
justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from
personal faith in Jesus Christ as lord.

A. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of god's grace whereby believers
become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by the Holy
Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance
toward god and faith in the lord Jesus Christ. Repentance and faith are
inseparable experiences of grace.

B. Justification is God’s gracious and full acquittal upon principles of his
righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings
the believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God.

C. Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the
believer is set apart to god's purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral
and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling
in him.

D. Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding
state of the redeemed. Genesis 3:15; exodus 3:14-17; 6:2-8; Matthew 1:21;
27:22-28:6; Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; john 1:11-14,29; 3:3-21,36; 5:24; 17:17; acts
2:21; 4:12; 20:32; romans 1:16-18; 2:4; 3:23-25;4:3ff.; 5:8-10; 6:1-23; 8:1-18,29-
39; 1 Corinthians 1:18,30; 6:19-20; 15:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Galatians 2:20;
3:13; 5:22-25; 6:15;ephesians 1:7; 2:8-22; 4:11-16; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians
1:9-22; 3:1ff.; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; 2 timothy 1:12; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews
2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11:1-12:8,14; James 2:14-26; 1 Peter 1:2-23; 1 john 1:6-2:11;
Revelation 3:20; 21:1-22:5.verses.

8. GOD’S PURPOSE OF GRACE

Election is the gracious purpose of god, according to which he regenerates,
justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of
man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is the glorious
display of god's sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and
unchangeable. It excludes boasting and promotes humility. Those whom god has
accepted in Christ, and sanctified by his spirit, will never fall away from the state
of grace, but shall persevere to the end. Believers may fall into sin through
neglect and temptation, whereby they grieve the spirit, impair their graces and
comforts, and bring reproach on the cause of Christ and temporal judgments on
themselves; yet they shall be kept by the power of god through faith unto
salvation.

Genesis 12:1-3; Exodus 19:5-8; 1 Samuel 8:4-7,19- 22; Isaiah 5:1-7; Jeremiah
31:31ff.; Matthew 16:18-19; 21:28-45; 24:22,31; 25:34; Luke 1:68-79; 2:29-32;
19:41-44; 24:44-48; john 1:12-14; 3:16; 5:24; 6:44-45,65; 10:27-29; 15:16;
17:6,12,17-18; acts 20:32; romans 5:9-10; 8:28-39; 10:12-15; 11:5-7,26- 36; 1
Corinthians 1:1-2; 15:24-28; Ephesians 1:4-23; 2:1-10; 3:1-11; Colossians 1:12-14;
2Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2:10,19; Hebrews 11:39–12:2; James
1:12; 1 Peter 1:2-5,13; 2:4-10; 1 John 1:7-9; 2:19; 3:2.

9. THE CHURCH

While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of
pastor is limited to men as qualified by scripture. The New Testament speaks also
of the church as the body of Christ which includes all of the redeemed of all the
ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. Matthew
16:15-19; 18:15-20; acts 2:41-42,47; 5:11-14; 6:3-6; 13:1-3; 14:23,27; 15:1-30;
16:5; 20:28; romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 3:16; 5:4-5; 7:17; 9:13-14; 12;
Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 3:8-11,21; 5:22-32; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:18; 1
Timothy 2:9-14; 3:1-15; 4:14; Hebrews 11:39-40; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Revelation 2-3;
21:23verses.

10. BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the
father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the
believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen savior, the believer's death to sin,
the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ
Jesus. The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the
church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the
death of the redeemer and anticipate his second coming.
Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26; Luke 3:21-22;
22:19-20; john 3:23; acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 16:30-33; 20:7; romans 6:3-5; 1
Corinthians 10:16,21; 11:23-29; Colossians 2:12.

11. THE LORD’S WORSHIP DAY

The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It is a Christian institution for regular
observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and
should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and
private. Activities on the Lord’s Day should be commensurate with the Christian’s
conscience under the lordship of Jesus Christ. Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 12:1-12;
28:1ff.; mark 2:27-28; 16:1-7; Luke 24:1-3,33- 36; John 4:21-24; 20:1,19-28; Acts
20:7; Romans 14:5-10; I Corinthians 16:1-2; Colossians 2:16; 3:16; Revelation 1:10.

12. THE KINGDOM OF GOD

The kingdom of god includes both his general sovereignty over the universe and
his particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge him as king.
Particularly the kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by
trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and to
labor that the kingdom may come and Gods will be done on earth. The full
consummation of the kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of
this age. Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 9:6-7; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Matthew 3:2; 4:8-10,23;
12:25-28; 26:29; mark 1:14-15; 9:1; Luke 4:43; 8:1; 9:2; 12:31-32; 17:20-21; 23:42;
john 3:3; 18:36; acts 1:6-7; 17:22-31; romans 5:17; 8:19; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28;
Colossians 1:13; Hebrews 11:10,16; 12:28; 1 Peter 2:4-10; 4:13; Revelation 1:6,9;
5:10; 11:15; 21-22verses.

13. SECON COMING / LAST THINGS

God, in his own time and in his own way, will bring the world to its appropriate
end. According to his promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in
glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in
righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to hell, the place of everlasting
punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive
their reward and will dwell forever in heaven with the Lord. Isaiah 2:4; 11:9;
Matthew 16:27; 18:8-9,24:27,30, 25:31-46; 26:64; mark 8:38; 9:43-48; Luke
12:40,48; 16:19-26; 17:22-37; 21:27-28; john 14:1-3; acts 1:11; 17:31; romans
14:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 15:24-28,35- 58; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Philippians 3:20-21;
Colossians 1:5; 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 5:1ff.; 2 Thessalonians 1:7ff.; 2; 1
timothy 6:14; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:27-28; James 5:8; 2 Peter
3:7ff.; 1 John 2:28; 3:2; Jude 14; Revelation 1:18; 3:11; 20:1-22:13verses.

14. EVANGELISM AND MISSIONS

It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the
lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of
man's spirit by god's Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary
effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life,
and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The lord
Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. genesis
12:1-3; exodus 19:5-6; Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 9:37-38; 10:5-15; 13:18-30, 37-43;
16:19; 22:9-10; 24:14; 28:18-20; Luke 10:1-18; 24:46-53; john 14:11-12; 15:7-8,16;
17:15; 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2; 8:26-40; 10:42-48; 13:2-3; Romans 10:13-15; Ephesians
3:1-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 timothy 4:5; Hebrews 2:1-3; 11:39-12:2; 1 Peter
2:4-10; Revelation 22:17.

15. EDUCATION

The new birth opens all human faculties and creates a thirst for knowledge.
Moreover, the cause of education in the kingdom of Christ is co-ordinate with the
causes of missions and general benevolence, and should receive along with these
the liberal support of the churches. An adequate system of Christian education is
necessary to a complete spiritual program for Christ’s people. Deuteronomy
4:1,5,9,14; 6:1-10; 31:12-13; Nehemiah 8:1-8; job 28:28; psalms 19:7ff.; 119:11;
proverbs 3:13ff.; 4:1-10; 8:1-7,11; 15:14; Ecclesiastes 7:19; Matthew 5:2; 7:24ff.;
28:19-20; Luke 2:40; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Ephesians 4:11-16; Philippians
4:8;colossians 2:3,8-9; 1 timothy 1:3-7; 2 timothy 2:15; 3:14-17; Hebrews 5:12-
6:3; James 1:5; 3:17verses.

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Kathmandu Nepal
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