ETERNAL SECURITY

We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever (Jn. 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1, 38-39; 1 Cor. 1:4-8; 1 Pet. 1:4-5).  Therefore, we reject the doctrinal deviation commonly referred to as Arminianism (Jn. 10:27-28; 1 Jn. 5:13).  We believe that justification is the judicial act of God whereby He declares us to be righteous through faith in Christ Jesus; that justification includes the pardon of sin and the imputation of God’s righteousness; that it is bestowed, not in consideration of any works of righteousness which we have done, but solely through faith in the Redeemer’s blood (Isa. 53:11; Acts 13:39; Rom. 5:1-9; Rom. 8:1-2; 2 Cor. 5:18-21; Eph. 1:7).

We believe that it is a privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occassion to the flesh (Rom. 13:13-14; Gal. 5:13; Tit. 2:11-15).