ARTICLES OF FAITH

OF

   SARDIS ASSOCIATION   

        OF         

OLD REGULAR BAPTIST

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ARTICLE  1.   We believe in only one true and living God; the Father,  the Son and Holy Ghost; and these three are one, equal in power, essence and glory.

ARTICLE  2.   We believe the scripture of the Old and New  Testaments  of  the  Authorized  King James Version of the Bible are the written words of  God  and  are the only rules of faith and practice.

ARTICLE  3.   We believe in the doctrine of election by grace, for by grace  are ye saved through faith.

ARTICLE  4.   We believe in the doctrine of original sin and of man's inability  to  recover himself from the fallen state he is in by nature, therefore the Saviour is needed for our redemption.

ARTICLE  5.   We believe that sinners are called to repentance and  believe  in  the  Gospel  and regeneration of the soul and sealed with the Holy  Spirit  of  promise, and none shall fall away and be lost.

ARTICLE  6.   We believe that sinners are justified in the sight of God only  by  the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ.

ARTICLE  7.   We believe that baptism is the ordinance of God's Church on  earth  and the mode IMMERSION, back foremost, so as to cover all over.

ARTICLE  8.   We believe that the Lord's Supper is the command of the  Saviour,  and that by use of bread and the fruit of the vine, and feet washing should be  kept up until his second coming by his believers.

ARTICLE  9.   We believe in the resurrection of the dead, both of the just  and  the  unjust,  and  that the joys of the righteous and the  punishment  of  the  wicked shall be eternal.

ARTICLE 10. We believe that no Minister has the right to administer the  ordinances  and commands of the Gospel except such as are  regularly  ordained  and  baptized,  and that by immersion by a legal administrator of the Gospel comes under the hands of a regularly chosen presbytery of the Church.

ARTICLE 11.  We believe it to be the duty of all Church members to  contribute  for defraying all reasonable expenses of the Church, never forgetting the poor  according to their several abilities.

ARTICLE 12.  We believe that every doctrine that goes to encourage or  indulge  people in their sins or cause them to settle down on anything short of  saving  faith  in  Christ  for  salvation is erroneous, and  such  doctrine  shall  be  rejected by us.

ARTICLE 13.  We believe that the Church of Jesus Christ is a congregation  of  faithful  believers in Christ who have obtained fellowship with the  Lord  and  one another, and have given themselves to the Lord and have agreed to keep  up  a Godly discipline according to the rules of the Gospel.

ARTICLE 14.  We believe that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church  and  the  government thereof is upon His Shoulders.

ARTICLE 15. We believe that a sanctioned marriage of God is between a man and a woman only. Also, we believe in receiving members into our fellowship that follow the natural dating relationship that leads to holy matrimony between a man and a woman only: thereby, preserving the family unit of father, mother and children. Ephesians 5:22,23 and 28, St. Mark 10:6,7,8 and Romans 1:26 and 27.

ARTICLE 16.  None of the above Articles shall be considered as to  hold  with  particular  election  and reprobation so as to make God partial,  directly  or  indirectly,  nor to injure any of the children of men, nor shall any of  those  Articles be altered without legal notice and free consent.