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LINDFIELD
EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH believe and preach the
(Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches - for Basis of Faith see Website:http://www.fiec.org.uk)
L.E.F.C.
Statement of Faith
1.
The full inspiration of all the Holy Scriptures, their authority and
sufficiency as not only containing, but being in themselves, the Word of God;
the reliability of the New Testament in its testimony to the character and
authorship of the Old Testament; and the need of teaching by God the Holy Spirit
to give a true and spiritual understanding of the whole.
2.
The unity and eternity of the Godhead and the divine
3.
The total depravity of mankind in consequence of the fall, and the
necessity for regeneration.
4.
The complete Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ; His virgin birth; His real
and perfect manhood; the authority of His teaching, and the infallibility of all
His utterances; His work of atonement for sinners by His vicarious sufferings
and death; His bodily resurrection and His ascension into Heaven; and His
present priestly intercession for His people at the right hand of the Father.
5.
The justification of the sinner solely, by grace through faith, in the
atoning work of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
6.
The necessity of the work of the person of the Holy Spirit in
regeneration, conversion, sanctification, and the giving of the fruits and gifts
within the Church.
7.
The ordinance of Believers' Baptism by immersion as being instituted by
our Lord Jesus Christ, but not as conveying regenerating grace.
8.
The ordinance of the Lord's Supper as being an act of remembrance of our
Lord's sacrifice for sin but not
9.
The glorious personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
10.
The resurrection of the body to immortality; the judgment of the world by
our Lord Jesus Christ with the eternal blessedness of those written in the
Lamb's Book of Life in Heaven and the eternal separation of the wicked to Hell.
Statement
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