Statement of Faith

Holy Bible: The Old and New Testaments, infallible and inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice. They are the authoritative Word of God and alone are the final authority for determining all doctrinal truths.

圣经:旧约与新约是神起初口头启示的,是绝对正确、毫无错误的真理,完整(不能加多不能减少)启示了神救赎人的旨意。旧约与新约构成了基督徒信仰和实践的唯一神圣的准则,是神主权的道,是唯一确定教义真理的终极权威。

Trinity: There is one God, who is infinitely perfect and good, existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son (Jesus Christ) and Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and co-eternal.

三一真神:有一位无限完美、良善、永恒的神,存在于三个位格之中:圣父、圣子(耶稣基督)和圣灵。三位同权,永远并存。

Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He is the only man ever to have lived a sinless life. He died upon the cross for our sins according to the Scriptures, the Just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He was raised from the dead on the third day according to the Scriptures. He appeared to His disciples over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. He ascended to heaven before the very eyes of His disciples. He is now at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven and he always lives to intercede for us as our great High Priest. He will come again in power and glory to establish His kingdom of righteousness and peace.

耶稣基督:耶稣基督是神, 就是圣子,又是三一真神的第二位。 耶稣基督是完全的神,又是完全的人。『完全的神:耶稣基督与父原为一1;耶稣基督与神同等2』。(完全的人3,4:论到耶稣基督在世上的人性,第一是比天使微小一点5;第二是圣父比祂大6;第三祂是亲自成了血肉之体7;却没有犯罪8)

祂是由圣灵怀孕又是从童女马利亚出生的。 祂是活在世上唯一没有犯罪的人。 照圣经所说,耶稣为我们的罪死在十字架上,就是义的代替了不义的,作为代罪的羔羊,叫一切相信祂的人都因祂流的血而称义。又照圣经所说,第三天祂从死里复活了。在复活之后,祂在四十天里向门徒们显现,讲说神国的事。 祂在门徒的眼前自己升到天上。祂现在坐在高天至大者宝座的右边,长远活着,作尊荣的大祭司为我们祈求9,10。 祂将来必定在能力和荣耀11,12中再次降临,并要以公义与公平13建立祂的国度。

参考经文:

1. 约10:30
2. 腓2:6
3. 来2:9
4. 诗8:5
5. 约14:28
6. 来2:14
7. 来4:15
8. 林前15:26-27
9. 来4:14; 7:25
10. 罗8:34
11. 太25:31
12. 赛9:6-7
13. 诗85:10

Holy Spirit: Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. Jesus Christ promised to baptize us with the Holy Spirit to be born again. The Holy Spirit is sent by Jesus Christ from God the Father to do the following works: to move, baptize, indwell, guide, teach, comfort, encourage,empower the believer, to understand the Scriptures and remind us of the Scriptures, to bear good fruit, to live a godly life and to witness for Jesus Christ, and to convict the world of sins, of righteousness and of judgment. On top of that, the Holy Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express and intercedes for us in accordance with God’s will.

圣灵:圣灵是神, 是三一真神的第三位。耶稣基督应许用圣灵给我们施洗,叫我们得着重生14,15,16,17,18。圣灵是耶稣基督从父神那里差来,在我们身上做以下的工作19:感动20、施洗、内住21、引导、教导、安慰、鼓励,和加添能力给信徒,明白并且想起圣经, 结出好的果子,过敬虔的生活,为耶稣基督作见证,叫世人为罪、为义、为审判,自己责备自己。不但如此, 圣灵自己用说不出的叹息按着神的旨意替我们祷告22,23。

14. 太3:11-17
15. 约3:3-6;1:19-34
16. 可1:4-11
17. 路3:15-18
18. 林前12:13
19. 路24:49
20. 林前12:3
21. 约14:15-17
22. 罗8:26-27
23. 约15:26-27;16:8-13;14:25-27

Repentance: Repentance is the commitment to turn away from sin in every area of our lives and to follow Christ, which allows us to receive His redemption and to be regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Thus, through repentance we receive forgiveness of sins and appropriate salvation.

悔改:悔改是我们在生命的各个方面离弃罪的承诺,从而跟随基督,使我们接受祂的救赎和藉着圣灵得重生。 因此,我们通过悔改,罪得赦免并且得到救赎。

Regeneration: No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. No one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

重生:人若不重生就不能见神的国,人若不是从水洗和灵洗的就不能进神的国。

Redemption: Humankind, originally created good and upright in the image and likeness of God, fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All people are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The destiny of the impenitent and unbelieving person is existence forever in conscious torment, but that of the believer is everlasting joy and bliss.

救赎:起初人是按照神的形象被造的,是良善真正的。但是人因悖逆而堕落,招致身体和灵魂的死亡。世人的罪性与生俱来,与神的生命分离,并且只能通过主耶稣基督的赎罪之工得救。 不义不信之人的归宿是永远存留在痛苦之中24,但信徒的归宿是永远的喜乐和蒙福。
24. 启14:11

The Church: The Universal Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Holy Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of the Greatest Commandment and the Great Commission. The universal Church, of which Christ is the Head, consists of all those who are born of water and the Holy Spirit, and who are called out to be His very own and are redeemed through His blood, regenerated by the Holy Spirit. There is a spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. The church cultivates fellowship and not sectarianism. The local church, the visible expression of the universal church, is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together to worship God, to observe the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, to pray, to be edified through the Word of God, to fellowship, and to testify in word and deed to the good news of salvation both locally and globally. The local church enters into relationships with other like-minded churches for accountability, encouragement and mission.

教会:普世教会是基督的身体25,是神藉着圣灵的居所26。教会存在的目的就是遵行神的命令,成全大使命27。普世教会的头是基督,教会是被神呼召归于耶稣基督28,经过水洗和灵洗重生的人组成的,基督的宝血救赎了我们,圣灵使我们重生。在主耶稣基督里全体信徒有属灵的合一29。教会培养团契精神,而不是宗派主义。地方教会的功用是:

1. 敬拜神;
2. 遵守浸礼和主的圣餐;
3. 祷告;
4. 藉着神的道得到建立;
5. 进行团契;
6. 为福音作见证,先在近处,后在远处。
当地教会与其他志同道合的教会建立相互负责、彼此鼓励、使命的关系。
25. 弗1:23
26. 弗2:19-22
27. 约一3:23
28. 约15:18
29. 罗15:5

Salvation: We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ: His death, burial and resurrection. Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or of any human effort. We are both saved and created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do. Salvation has been provided only through Jesus Christ. Those who believe in Jesus Christ by repentance from acts that lead to death and by baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins are united with Christ through the Holy Spirit and are thereby regenerated (born again), justified, sanctified and granted the gift of eternal life as adopted children of God.

救恩:我们得救是本乎恩典也因着相信耶稣是基督30:祂的死、埋葬和复活31。 救恩是神所赐的,不是出于我们的善行或是人的努力。在基督耶稣里我们被拯救和被创造,为要叫我们行善,就是神所预备叫我们行的32,33,34,35,36,37,38。 救恩已经通过耶稣基督预备了39,40。 那些懊悔死行,且相信耶稣基督的人,奉耶稣基督的名受洗,使罪得赦免,通过圣灵与基督联合41,得以重生、称义、成圣42、承受永生、得着神儿子的名份43。

30. 弗2:8-9
31. 林前15:3-4
32. 弗2:10
33. 太25:31-46; 16:16, 24-25
34. 罗5:1-5
35. 约一3:23
36. 腓1:29
37. 诗103:17-18
38. 雅2:14-26
39. 徒4:12
40. 约3:16; 14:6
41. 林前12:13
42. 罗1:17
43. 罗8:23

Sanctification: Sanctification is both a distinct event and progressive experience in the life of the believer. Sanctification is accomplished through being filled with the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. Sanctification is the ongoing process of yielding to God's Word and His Spirit in order to complete the development of Christ's character in us. It is through the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God that the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. It is the will of God that in union with Christ, through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, each believer should be sanctified thoroughly, thereby being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to God, receiving power for holy living and sacrificial and effective service toward the completion of the Greatest Commandment and the Great Commission.

成圣:成圣是信徒生活中独特的和不断发展的经历。成圣是通过被圣灵44和神的话语45充满来成就46,47。成圣是不断服从神话语和圣灵的过程,以便在我们里面完全建立基督的品德。圣灵和神的话语使基督徒有能力过圣洁的生活48,49。与基督联合是神的旨意,通过重生的洗和圣灵的更新50,51使每个信徒彻底成圣,从而与罪和世界分离,完全献给神,获得过圣洁的生活的能力、为完成大诫命和大使命而有效的侍奉。

44. 弗5:18
45. 西3:16
46. 徒13:2-3; 9:13-52; 14:19-20
47. 诗119:69, 71
48. 腓4:13
49. 加2:20
50. 约3:3-6
51. 多3:5

Healing of the Sick: Healing of the sick is illustrated in the life and ministry of Jesus, and included in the commission of Jesus to His disciples. It is given as a sign that is to follow Jesus Christ. It is also a part of Jesus' work on the cross and one of the gifts of the Spirit. Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing the sick with oil in the name of the Lord, as commanded in the Scriptures, are privileges for the Church in this present age.

病得医治:病人得医治在耶稣的生平和侍奉中得到了体现,并且病得医治是包括在耶稣对门徒们的使命中52,53。医病作为一个神迹使信徒跟随耶稣。这也是耶稣在十字架上作工的一部分54,55,也是圣灵的恩赐之一56。以主耶稣的名给必死的身体提供医治救赎的工作。按照圣经所示,以主的名为病人祷告并且膏抹病人是当代教会的特权57,58,59,60。

52. 可16:17-18
53. 徒9:32-43; 14:8-10; 20:7-12; 28:7-10
54. 赛53:5; 8:18
55. 彼前2:24
56. 林前12:9
57. 约5:17; 14:12-14
58. 雅5:13-18
59. 赛44:26
60. 代下16:9; 20:20

Second Coming: Jesus Christ will physically and visibly return to earth for the second time to establish His kingdom. This will occur at a date undisclosed by the Scriptures. But His second coming is imminent and will be personal and visible. As the believer's blessed hope, this vital truth is an incentive for holy living and sacrificial service toward the completion of the Greatest Commandment and the Great Commission.

主第二次再来: 耶稣基督将会第二次以不朽坏的身体来到地上,建立千禧年神的国。祂再来的年日时圣经没有明显的指示61。但是主的二次降临是不可避免的,主必亲自降临,是可见的62,63,64,65,66。主第二次再来作为信徒蒙福的盼望,这至关重要的事实是对信徒的激励,使信徒过圣洁生活和有牺牲的侍奉,为要成全大诫命和大使命。

61. 太24:36
62. 太24:30
63. 徒1:10-11
64. 帖后2:8
65. 彼后3:3-10
66. 启1:7

Resurrection: Jesus Christ was physically resurrected from the dead in a glorified body three days after His death on the cross. As a result, there shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto judgment of eternal life; for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment of eternal damnation.

复活:耶稣基督在十字架上死后的第三天,以一个荣耀的身体复活67,68,69,70,71。由于耶稣基督的复活,义人和不义的人都要从死里复活并会有不同的身体72,73,74,75;义人复活面对审判得永远的生命,恶人复活面对审判得永远的定罪。

67. 罗6:9
68. 林前15:20-28; 15:42-44
69. 腓3:21
70. 启1:18
71. 约5:29
72. 来9:27
73. 林前15:35-41
74. 诗49
75. 启20:11-15

Heaven & Hell: Heaven is the eternal dwelling place for all believers in the gospel of Jesus Christ. After living one life on earth, the unbelievers will be judged by God and sent to hell where they will be eternally tormented with the devil and the fallen angels.

天堂和地狱:在耶稣基督的福音书里,天堂是所有信徒的永久居所76,77,78。在地上过完一生后,不相信的人必定受到神的审判,并被扔到地狱,就是神为魔鬼和堕落的天使所预备的地方79,80,81,82。

76. 太25:34, 46下
77. 启22:1-6; 14:12-13
78. 来11:13-16
79. 太25:41, 46上
80. 赛66:22-24
81. 可9:48-49
启14:9-11