Big's Doctrines, 1p, 2000

2012-3-13 06:51

Created on ?, revised on 2000-02-24

信仰告白
•         我相信圣经是人类作者被圣灵感动圣经时所写成的(提前3:16;彼后1:21);它全部的字词和语意都是出于神(约10:35;提前3:16);只有透过圣经,人才能认识神的救恩(路24:44;约5:39)。圣经也包含了基督徒的信仰以及生活规范(提前3:16)。
•         我相信圣经里的神是唯一真神(使14:15)。祂创造了宇宙和万物(创1),祂不受限制于祂所创造的(诗113:5-6);祂是圣洁(利11:44),全能(创18:14),良善(太19:17),公义(赛45:21),怜悯(出34:6-7;约壹4:8,16),和全知(约壹3:10)的神。我相信神的三位一体,神只有一个(申6:4)但是有三个独立,同等的位格:父,子,和灵(太28:19)。我相信神是从空无中创造出万物(创1),并不用进化方式造出任何新生物。
•         我相信基督耶稣是真神,也是真人。祂本是神(腓2:6),却顺服父而取了人的样式(腓2:7-8);祂藉著圣灵从童贞女玛利亚而生(太1:18;路1:34),祂没有原罪;祂也没有犯罪(彼前2:22)。祂为众人的罪死在十架上(罗5:6;彼前3:18);祂死了的身体如所预言的在第三日复活了(路24:6-7;林前15:20)。我相信基督在末了会再来(帖前4:15)。
•         我相信圣灵藉著洗礼把信徒归入教会(林前12:13),祂给信徒属灵的恩赐来建造教会(罗12:6,林前12:4),祂是信徒得救有永生的记号(弗1:13-14),祂协助信徒了解圣经里的教导(约14:26,林前2:10),祂也永远居住在信徒里(约14:16,弗2:22)。被圣灵充满的信徒是有能力,能理性地教导神的信息(使2:4-7)。
•         我相信天使是神所造来服事祂的灵(伯1:2),他们大有能力,也与邪灵争战(但10:13)。撒但原是天使长(结28:12-15),后来因骄傲而敌对神(结28:16-17),而带领一群天使成为邪灵(启12:4),他们试著诱惑人来敌对神(启12:9)。
•         我相信人是神亲手所造,祂给人体和灵(创2:7)。我相信人是彻底败坏,无法救自己脱离罪(罗3:10)。元祖亚当不顺服神,犯了罪,人就得罪了神,就受神咒诅(罗5:16-17)。犯罪的人与神的关系是破裂的,生命是没希望的,唯有基督的救恩才能救人脱离罪(约1:29;使2:38;10:43)。这救恩是出于神的恩典,不是基于个人的行为(弗2:8-9)。
•         我相信地方教会是一群信主的人,有组织地敬拜神,学习神的教导(使2:42-47),彼此建造(林前12:25),差派人去传扬福音(使13:1-3),和连系其他教会(使11:27-30)。教会和政府都是神所设立的,信徒应当服从他们所被赐与的权柄(罗13:1-7)。洗礼是象徵信徒与基督同死同生(罗6:4-5),守圣餐是为了纪念基督宝血的救赎,和等待基督的再来(林前11:24-26)。教会有权柄来训诫和隔离偏离主道的信徒(太18:17-20)。信主的家长可以藉著婴儿洗礼把自己的小孩归与神。
•         我相信信徒是因信称义(罗3:28),相信基督的救恩的人被神认定是义人(罗3:25)。信徒的生活包含过分别圣化的生活(帖前4:7),施与和分享(雅2:16-17),以及对神的祷告和赞美(西1:3)。信徒是神的祭司(彼前2:5,9),是可以直接向神求;只要认罪,神应许祂必赦免(约壹1:9)。我相信新约里的方言是人使用的语言(使2:4,11)。
•         我相信这世代的末了神会降大灾难给全地不信的人,然后基督会再降临到地上,建立一千年的国度,和祂的信徒治理全地(启20:4,6)。一千年后,基督将彻底击败撒但(启20),然后开庭审判活人和死人,死人也都要复活来受审判(启20:13-14;21:8)。只有在生命册上有名的才能与神同在直到永远(启20:15)。

STATEMENT  OF  FAITH
•         I believe that the Bible is written by human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit (1 Tim.3:6; 2 Pet. 1:21) verbally and plenarily (John 10:35); only through the Bible man may knowGod旧 salvation (Luke 24:44; John 5:39).  The Bible also contains faith and living regulations ofbelievers (1 Tim. 3:16).
•         I believe that the God described in the Bible is the only true God (Acts 14:15).  Hecreated the universe and all things (Gen. 1); He is unlimited in His creation (Psalm 113:5-6),holy (Lev. 11:44), omnipotent (Gen. 18:14), good (Matt. 19:17), righteous (Is. 45:21), merciful(Ex. 34:6-7; 1 John 4:8, 16), and omniscient (1 John 3:10).  I believe the trinity of God.  God isone being (Deut. 6:4) but three independent and co-equal persons: Father, Son, and Spirit (Matt.28:19).  I believe that God created everything from the emptiness (Gen. 1), and He did not usethe evolutional method to make a new creature.
•         I believe that Christ Jesus is both the true God and the true man.  He was God (Phil. 2:6)but He submitted Himself to the Father and took the form of man (Phil. 2:7-8); He was born bythe virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit (Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:34), and He has no original sin; Henever committed sin (1 Pet. 2:22).  He died on the cross for the sin of man (Rom. 5:6; 1 Pet.3:18); His dead body was risen on the third day as predicted (Luke 24:6-7; 1 Cor. 15:20).  Ibelieve that Christ will come again in the end of this age (1 Thess. 4:15).
•         I believe that the Holy Spirit baptizes the believer into the church (1 Cor. 12:13), givesthe spiritual gifts to the believers to edify the church (Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 12:4), is the seal of thebelievers (Eph. 1:13-14), helps the believer to understand the teachings in the Bible (John 14:26;1 Cor. 2:10), and also dwells in the believer (John 14:16; Eph. 2:22).  The believer filled by theHoly Spirit is able to teach the message of God consciously (Acts 2:4-7).
•         I believe that angels are the spirits created by God to serve Him (Job 1:2), and they aremighty and fight with the evil spirits (Dan. 10:13).  Satan was the archangel (Ezek. 28:12-15),but turned against God because of his arrogance (Ezek. 28:16-17), and led away a group ofangels to be evil spirits (Rev. 12:4).  They try to tempt man to disobey God (Rev. 12:9).
•         I believe that man was made by God Himself, and given the body and the spirit (Gen.2:7).  I believe that man is totally corrupted and cannot save himself from sin (Rom. 3:10).  SinceAdam disobeyed God and committed sin, man offended God and was condemned by God (Rom.5:16-17).  The sinner has a broken relationship with God, and his life is hopeless.  Only thesalvation of Christ can save man from sin (John 1:29; Acts 2:38; 10:43).  This salvation is thegrace of God instead of the reward of the work of man (Eph. 2:8-9).
•         I believe that a local church means a group of believers who organizedly worship God,learn the teachings of God (Acts 2:42-47), edify each other (1 Cor. 12:25), sent people toproclaim the gospel (Acts 13:1-3), and connect to other churches (Acts 11:27-30).  The churchand the civil government are established by God, and the believers should obey both authoritiesgiven to them (Rom. 13:1-7).  Baptism symbolizes that the believer dies and lives again withChrist (Rom. 6:4-5).  Observance of the Lord旧 table is to commemorate the substitutional deathof Christ, and wait His second coming (1 Cor. 11:24-26).  The local church is given the authorityto discipline and isolate the believer who becomes apart from the teachings of God (Matt.18:17-20).  The believing parents may commit their children to God through infant baptism.
•         I believe that the believer is justified through faith (Rom. 3:28).  Whoever has faith in thesalvation of Christ is counted by God a righteous person (Rom. 3:25).  The life of believerscontains a sanctified life (1 Thess. 4:7), giving and sharing (James 2:16-17), and prayer andpraise unto God (Col. 1:3).  The believers are priests of God (1 Pet. 2:5, 9), and they can ask Goddirectly.  God promises that He will forgive whoever confesses his own sin (1 John 1:9).  Ibelieve that the tongues in the New Testament is languages used by human beings (Acts 2:4, 11).
•         I believe that at the end of this age God will punish the unbelievers over the earth.  ThenChrist will return to the earth, establish His one-thousand-year-long kingdom, and reign with Hisbelievers over the earth (Rev. 20:4, 6).  A thousand year later Christ will defeat Satan ultimately(Rev. 20), and then open the court to judge the living and the dead who will be risen again fortheir judgment (Rev. 20:13-14; 21:8).  Only those whose names are in the book of life will livewith God for ever (Rev. 20:15).