THE BIBLE
BELIEVER’S CREED
I believe that the canonical books of Holy
Scripture,
although written by men are of divine origin and nature; that they are
the
intrinsic Word of God with the same divine authority as words written
by the
finger of God Himself.
I believe that the purpose of Holy
Scriptures is to reveal God’s plan of redemption for mankind through
Jesus
Christ.
I believe that since all other
portions of His Word are to support the Gospel, they contain no errors
or
contradictions and that they are in all their parts and words
infallible –
absolute truth (this includes authorship, history, geography, and other
secular
matters). Amen
I believe that Scripture explains itself.
I believe that every sentence in the Bible
has a
meaning; that Holy Writ does not contain phrases which say nothing
I believe that the meaning intended by the
Holy Spirit
is that which is demanded by the text and context.
I believe that a Scripture text can have but
one
divinely intended sense and meaning; that the Bible does not allow a
two or
even four-fold sense as some theologians have dreamed.
I believe that Scripture must be taken at
face value;
that it is to be understood as it reads, and that we may only depart
from the
first, literal meaning of a word and sentence when the context or the
totality
of Scripture forces us to do so.
I believe that Scripture either explains
itself
immediately (that the interpretation sometimes follows right upon a
statement
which has been made) or through parallel passages which speak of the
same
matter, or through the analogy of faith, which is the sum-total of all
other
clear passages of Scripture – the complete body of doctrine.
I believe that since God is the real author
of the
Bible, the matter is settled when He has spoken on any subject.
I believe that God breathed every thought and
word of
Scripture into the hearts and minds of its human writers; that the
Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost do not err, and therefore the explanation given
by the
Godhead is always right and final.