The work of the Holy Spirit is to manifest the active presence of God in the world and especially in the church. The Holy Spirit (1) empowers by giving life (John 6:63) and power for service (Acts 1:8). He also (2) purifies (1 Corinthians 6:11), (3) reveals (2 Peter 1:21), including
Jesus’ physical resurrection body affirms the goodness of God’s original creation of man as a creature with a physical body that was “very good.” Christ’s resurrection insures our regeneration (1 Peter 1:3), justification (Romans 4:25), and our perfect resurrection bodies as well. Christ’s resurrection power in our lives should lead to
The Doctrine of Atonement The atonement is the work Christ did in his life and death to earn our salvation. The ultimate cause of the atonement was the love and justice of God (John 3:16, Romans 3:25-26). As a consequence of God’s loving decision to save some human beings the
The Person of Christ Jesus Christ was fully God and fully man in one person and will be so forever. Christ’s virgin birth shows salvation comes from the Lord, made possible the uniting of full deity and humanity in one person, and enables Christ’s humanity to be without inherited sin
The doctrine of man would say that God did not need to create man, yet he created us for his own glory (Isaiah 43:7). Man is made in God’s image, which means that man is like God and represents him (Genesis 1:26). The image of God in man is distorted but
