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灣區歸正福音教會 Bay Area
Reformed Evangelical Church
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本會基本信仰
1.
本堂全体會眾堅守正統基督教之信仰,
就是啟示与記載於新舊約聖經之中,
並認信於歷代基督教大公信經(Creeds),
及更正教(Protestant)改革宗(Reformed)之信條內。
2.
我們相信三位一体的上帝,
聖父,
聖子,
聖靈。(太28:19,
林後13:14)
3.
我們相信上帝,
三位一体之聖父,
全能的父,
創造天地的主。(創1:1-5,
約1:1-3)
4.
我們相信耶穌基督,
三位一体之聖子,
我們的主,
上帝的獨生子(羅1:3-4),
因聖靈感孕,
由童貞女馬利亞所生(太1:21-23),
在本丟彼拉多手下受難,
被釘於十字架上,
受死,
埋葬(林前
15:3-4), 降在陰間 (彼前3:18),
第三天從死裡復活,
後升天,
坐在無所不能的父的右邊,
將來必從那裡降臨,
審判活人死人(約5:22)。
5.
我們相信聖靈,
三位一体之第三位,
為聖經之啟示者 (提後3:16-17),
及救恩之施行者(羅馬書
8:14-15, 多3:6 )。
6.
我們相信一,
聖,
大公,
本於使徒教訓而建立純正信仰之教會,
就是古往今來聖徒相通之團体,
基督之身体。
(弗2:19-22,
提前 3:15)
7.
我們相信耶穌基督之福音,
使人罪得赦免(約3:16),
並且在末後身體復活(約11:25),
得著永生(林前
15:20)。阿們。
8.
我們相信和接受新舊約聖經是上帝啟示之真理,
由聖靈默示,
藉先知与使徒而寫成。聖經主要教導的就是人對于上帝所當信的真理,
和上帝所要人當盡的本份。
9.
我們本於「和眾聖徒一同明白基督的愛」(弗
3:18), 由此按照及接受歷代正統教會之信經与信條:
使徒信經,
尼西亞信經 (Nicene
Creed, 325A.D.), 亞他那修信經
(Athanasian Creed),
迦克頓信經 (Chalcedonian
Creed, 451A.D.), 及威斯敏特信條
(Westminster Confession, 1647)。
Statement
of Faith
1.
This congregation confesses the Christian faith, recorded in the Holy Scriptures
and confessed in the classical Christian creeds and Reformed
confessional writings.
2. We believe in the
Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in God the
Father, creator of heaven and earth.
4. We believe in Jesus
Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On
the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right
hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
5. We believe in the
Holy Spirit, the third Person of God, who revealed the Bible to us and bestows
upon us the grace of salvation.
6. We believe the one,
holy, universal, and apostolic church, which is the body of Christ, the
communion of all saints, and witness for the Gospel.
7. We believe in the
forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
8. We believe and accept
the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of
God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.
Through the Bible, the Holy Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian
faith and fellowship for service in the world.
9. We accept the
Apostles’, Nicene, Athanasian Creeds and the
Westminster Confession as true declarations of the faith of this congregation.
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