MCCF信仰宣言

MCCF信仰宣言
转载自曼城華人福音團契章程(MCCF Bylaw)

http://mccffellowship.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-post_26.html

1﹑聖經啟示論﹕我們相信全部新舊約聖經六十六卷書都是神所默示的 (提後3﹕16)﹐ 是神對人的啟示﹐是生命之道﹑救恩之路﹑真理之門。

2﹑三一神論﹕我們相信聖父﹑聖子﹑聖靈三位一體 (Triunity) 的獨一真神﹐是萬能的造物主﹐是昔在﹑今在﹑永在的神 (太3﹕16-17﹐28﹕19﹐ 創1﹐啟4﹕8b)。聖父是三位一體的第一位格﹐是至高無上的全能真神﹐創造天地的主﹐是我們的天父(出3﹕15﹐約1﹕12-13﹐3﹕16﹐ 羅8﹕15-16﹐ 林前8﹕6)﹔聖子是三位一體的第二位格﹐耶稣基督是完全的神﹑也是完全的人﹐是救贖的中保(約1﹕14﹐ 3﹕16﹐提前3﹕16﹐ 來8﹕6﹐9﹕15﹐ 12﹕24)﹔聖靈是三位一體的第三位格﹐是真理的聖靈﹑是保惠師﹐聖靈住在一切信他之人的裡面(約14﹕16-17﹐16﹕13﹐ 16﹕8﹐ 羅8﹕11﹐約一3﹕24)。

3﹑創造論﹕我們相信萬物和人都是神的奇妙創造﹐一切本是好的或甚好的 (創1&2)。

4﹑原罪論﹕我們相信世人的犯罪與墮落﹐始于亞當和夏娃受魔鬼引誘﹑違背神的命令 (創3﹐羅5﹕12)﹔世人都犯了罪﹐虧缺了神的榮耀(羅3﹕23)﹔罪的工價乃是死(羅6﹕23a)。

5﹑基督論﹕我們相信耶稣是童貞女馬利亞被聖靈感孕所生﹔他是真神﹐也是真人﹔他是基督﹑是人類的救主 (太1﹕18﹐路1﹕35﹐太16﹕16)。

6﹑十字架救恩論﹕罪的工價乃是死, 唯有神的恩賜﹐在主耶稣基督裡﹐乃是永生 (羅6﹕23)。我們相信耶稣基督以聖潔無罪之身﹑擔當世人的罪﹑被釘死在十字架上﹐成就了神對人類的救贖與挽回(來9﹕11-12﹐約3﹕16﹐10﹕10-11﹐彼前1﹕18-19﹐弗1﹕7)﹔我們相信耶稣從死裡復活升到天上﹐現今在父神的右邊作我們的大祭司和中保的事實(路24﹕46﹐徒3﹕15﹐林前15﹕3-20﹐羅4﹕25)﹔我們相信因信得救﹑因信稱義的道理(約3﹕16﹐弗2﹕8-9﹐羅3﹕22﹑28﹐5﹕1-2﹐ 10﹕9-10)。

7﹑ 教會論﹕教會就是在基督耶稣裡成聖蒙召作聖徒的﹐以及所有在各處求告我主耶稣基督之名的人 (林前1﹕12)。我們相信耶稣基督是教會的磐石﹑是教會的頭﹔教會是耶稣基督的身體﹐我們眾人是肢體並在基督裡互相聯絡成為一體(太16﹕18﹐ 彼前2﹕4-7﹐ 羅12﹕5﹐ 弗4﹕11-12﹐5﹕23b﹐西1﹕18)

8﹑末世論﹕我們相信耶稣將再來施行公義的大審判﹐以及千喜年和新天新地的應許 (徒1﹕11﹐啟20﹕11﹐22﹕12﹐21﹕1)

9﹑浸禮﹕我們相信浸禮和聖餐是教會遵行主耶稣的命令所必行的兩項聖禮。我們相信在接受耶稣基督為個人救主之後的浸禮是向罪死去﹑向神而活﹐並成為新生命的見證。浸禮預表信徒與基督同死﹑同埋葬﹑同復活﹐並與基督聯合﹑而成為屬於基督的﹑新造的人(太28﹕19﹐可16﹕16﹐羅6﹕4﹐ 林後5﹕17﹐ 加3﹕26-28 )。

10﹑聖餐﹕我們相信聖餐是紀念主耶稣為我們死而設立的。凡已接受主耶稣基督﹑並明白領聖餐的意義的﹐或決志信主並受洗的弟兄姐妹﹐都應遵行。 聖餐預表信徒接受基督為我們所立的新約﹑領受基督在十字架上成就的救恩功效﹐以及宣告基督之死而復活和將再來的確據﹐並表明信徒與主及屬主的人一起團契聯絡(Fellowship in Communion)(太26﹕26-29﹐可14﹕22-24﹐路22﹕14-20﹐約6﹕53-54﹐林前11﹕23-29)。

Belief Statements---We believe the followings:

1. The Bible. We believe in the Bible accepting fully the writings of the Old and the New Testaments as the very Word of God verbally inspired in all parts and therefore wholly without error in the original writings. We believe that they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life. [II Tim. 3:16-17; II Pet. 1:21; John 13:35; 17:17; Psalm 19:7; Isa. 8:20]. We believe that the Scriptures teach that Christians should set their minds on things above, not on things on the earth. [I Thess. 5:22; II Tim. 2:11-22; Col. 3:2-17]

2. The God of Trinity. We believe in one Triune God eternally existing in three persons, Holy Father, Holy Son, and Holy Spirit. [Matt. 28:19; John 1:1; 4:24; 5:25-26; 10:30; Matt. 3:17; Isa. 45:21; Jere. 10:10]. We believe in the Holy Spirit as the third person of the Triune God, who convicts of sin, regenerates, indwells, enlightens, empowers, baptizes, guides, teaches, and sanctifies all who become children of God through Christ. [Matt. 28:19; Gen. 1:2; John 16:8-11; I Cor. 3:16; 6:19; Rom. 8:14]

3. The Creation. We believe in God’s wonderful creation that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth in His Word, and created man in His own image (Gen 1)

4. The Sin. We believe that Adam was created in the spiritual image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred upon the human race not only the physical death but also spiritual death which is separation from God. We believe that all those descended from Adam are born with sinful natures and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, becomes sinners in thought and deed. [Gen. 1:26-28; 3:1-24; Eph. 2:3; Rom. 3:23; 5:12; 3:19; John 8:42-44]. We recognize the existence and personality of Satan as the powerful supernatural enemy of God, and his evil influence in the world. [Job 1:6; Jude 9; Rev. 20]

5. The Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man, that He died for our sins and on the third day arose from the dead and was glorified in the same body in which he suffered and died. He is now our High Priest in Heaven appearing before the presence of God as our advocate and intercessor. [Isa. 53:6; Gal. 3:13; John 1:1,14; 20:25-26; Heb. 9:24; I John 2:1; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38; Gal. 4:4; I Tim. 2:5]

6. The Salvation. We believe in salvation by grace through faith. Men are justified on the single ground of personal acceptance of the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. [John 3:16; Acts 13:38; 16:31; Eph. 2:8-9]

7. The Church. We believe in the Church, which consists of all those who have been born again during this dispensation of grace and that they are members of the Body of Christ whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. [Eph. 1:10; 22-23; 2:21-22; I Peter 2:5, 9, 10]. We believe that a local New Testament Church is a group of born-again baptized believers bound together for the purpose of doing the will of Christ, including fellowship, worship, mutual edification, and the winning of souls. We believe that a local New Testament Church is a self-governing body subject only to Jesus Christ and His Word. [Acts 4:18-19; 6:3-6; 5:29; 13:24; 15:22-31; I Cor. 12:12; Acts 2:41-47]

8. The Judgment Days. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust in the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost. [I Thess. 4:13; I Cor. 15; Rev. 20:1-6; 11:15; Phil. 1:21-23; I John 3:2; II Cor 5:8; Matt. 25:46; Jude 13]. We believe in: a. "That blessed hope" - the Rapture [Titus 2:11-13; John 14; I Thess. 4:14-18] b. The personal and visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ to earth to establish His Kingdom. [Psalm 24; Isa. 9:6; 24:22-23; Zech. 14:4; Acts 1:10-11; Jude 14-15; Rev. 20]

9. The Baptism. We believe that baptism is the immersion of the believer in water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, setting forth the essential facts of redemption - the death, burial, and resurrection to newness of life. All members of a local new Testament Church are to be baptized believers. [Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 8:34-39; 16:30-33; Rom. 6:1-11]

10. The Communion. We believe that the Lord's Supper is a memorial service and is the setting forth in a sacred and symbolic manner the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on our behalf. The emblems of the memorial service are not literally the body and blood of Christ, nor do they contain His blood and flesh. The service is for the participation of believers only. It shall be observed on a regular basis. [Matt. 26:26-29; I Cor. 11: 20-34]

使徒信經(Apostles' Creed)

使徒信經(Apostles' Creed)（轉載自網絡）

1。我信上帝，全能的父，創造天地的主。
2。我信我主耶穌基督，上帝的獨生子；
3。因著聖靈感孕，從童貞女馬利亞所生；
4。在本丟彼拉多手下受難，被釘在十字架上，受死，埋葬；
5。降在陰間；第三天從死裡復活；
6。他升天，坐在全能父上帝的右邊；
7。將來必從那裡降臨，審判活人，死人。
8。我信聖靈；
9。我信聖而公之教會；我信聖徒相通；
10。我信罪得赦免；
11。我信身體復活；
12。我信永生。阿們！

CWC STATEMENT OF FAITH

MCCF作為基督工人中心（CWC）下屬的校園分支團契，我們持守與CWC完全一樣的純正信仰。
CWC STATEMENT OF FAITH

http://cwcnet.org/cwc/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27

The Scriptures:
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally and plenarily inspired Word of God (Matt. 5:18; II Tim 3:16-17). We hold the Bible to be inerrant in the original writings, infallible, God-breathed, and the complete and final authority for faith and practice (II Peter 1:20-21) We believe that the Scripture should be interpreted in their normal, literal sense.

The Godhead:
We believe in one Triune God, Creator of all (Deut. 6:4; Col. 1:16), eternally existing in three distinct person – Father, Son and Holy Spirit (II Cor. 13:14), yet one in being, essence, power, and glory, having the same attributes and perfection. (John 10:30).

The Person and Work of Christ:
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is very God, the express image of the Father, who, without ceasing to be God, became man in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man (Matt. 1:21; John 1:18; Col. 1:15)
We believe that God the Son became incarnate in the person Jesus Christ; that He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and was born of the virgin Mary; that He is truly God and truly man; that He lives a perfect, sinless life; that all His teachings and utterances are true (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for all mankind (I John 2:2) as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice (Isa. 53:5-6). We hold that His death is efficacious for all who believe (John 1:12; Acts 16:31); that our justification is grounded in the shedding of His blood (Rom 5:9; Eph. 1:170; and that it is attested by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Matt. 28:6; I Peter 3)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven in His glorified body (Acts. 1:9-10) and is now seated at the right hand of God as our High Priest and Advocate (Rom. 8:34; Heb. 7:25).

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit:
We believe in the deity (Acts 5:3-4) and the personality of the Holy Spirit.
We believe that Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8-11). He regenerates sinners (Titus 3:5) and indwells believers (Rom. 8:9). He is the agent by whom Christ baptizes all believers in to His body (I Cor. 12:12-14). He is seal by whom the Father seals believers unto the day of redemption (Eph. 1:13-14). He is the Divine Teacher who illumines believers’ hearts and minds as they study the Holy Scripture (Rom. 12:2; I Cor. 2:9-12).
We believe it is the duty and privilege of all the saved to be continually filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts. 4:31). This filling is commanded (Eph. 5:18). Conditions for being filled are yieldedness to the Spirit’s control (Rom. 8:14), victory over sin, and a dependent life (Gal. 5:16). The results of filling are Christlike character, worship, submissiveness, and service (Gal. 5:22-23).
We believe that the Holy Spirit gives gifts to each member of the body of Christ (I Cor. 12:11; Eph. 4:7) The Son of God sovereignty assigns the place of the gifts in the body, and the Father provides the energy in the outworking of the gifts (I Cor. 12:4-6). Each believer is to exercise his spiritual gift(s) for the common good to the building up of the body of Christ (Eph. 4:7-12).

Angels, Good and Evil:
We believe in the reality and personality of angels. We believe that God created an innumerable company of these sinless, spiritual beings who were to be His messengers (Neh, 9:6; Psa. 148:2; Heb. 1:14).
We believe in the personality of Satan. He is a fallen angel who led a great company of angels into rebellion against God (Isa. 14:12-17); Ezek. 28:12-15). He is the great enemy of God and man, and his angels are his agents in the prosecution of his unholy purposes. He shall be eternally punished in the Lord of Fire (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:10).

Man:
We believe that man came into being by direct creation of God and that man is made in the image and likeness of God (Gen. 1:26-27).

Sin:
We believe that human race sinner in Adam (Rom. 5:12), that sin is universal in man (Rom. 3:23), and that it is exceedingly heinous to God. We believe that man inherited a sinful nature, that he became alienated from God, that he became totally depraved, and that of himself, he is utterly unable to remedy his lost estate (Eph. 2:1-5, 12). We believe that all men are guilty and in a lost condition apart from Christ (Rom. 2:1).

Salvation:
We believe that salvation is a gift of God’s grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ of the cross (Eph. 2:8-9). Christ shed His blood to accomplish justification through faith propitiation to God, redemption from sin, and reconciliation of man. “Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8-9) and “bore our sins in His own body on the tree” (I Peter 2:24).
We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are secure in Christ forever (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1; 38-39; I Cor. 4:8; I Peter 1:5, Jude 24).
We believe that it is the privilege of all who are born again to rejoice in the assurance their salvation through the testimony of God’s word (Rom. 8:16; I Tim. 1:12; I John 5:13). We also believe that Christian liberty should never serve as an occasion to the flesh (Gal. 5:13).
We believe that the Scripture disclose several aspects of sanctification. In addition to God’s work of bringing a sinner to Christ (II Tim. 2:130), he is set apart to God. This is positional sanctification and refers to his standing. He then undergoes a process whereby the Holy Spirit quickens his affections, desires, and attitudes, enabling him to respond in faith to live a life of victory over sin. This is progressive sanctification and refers to his state (II Cor. 3:18; 7:1; gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 4:22-29; 5:25-27; Col. 3:10). Some day his standing and his state will be brought into perfect accord. This is prospective, or ultimate, sanctification. (I Thess. 5:23; I John 3:2).

The Church:
We believe that the Church, which is the body and espoused bride of Christ, began at Pentecost and is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of this present age (I Cor. 12:12-14; II Cor. 11:2); Eph. 1:22-23, 5:25-27).
We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches in clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures (Acts. 14:27, 20:17; 28:32; I Tim. 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11).
We believe in the autonomy of the local church, free of any external authority or control (Acts 13:1-4; 15:19-31; 28:28; Rom 16:1, 4;1 I Cor. 3:9, 16; 5:4-7,13; I Peter 5:1-4).
We believe in the ordinances of believer’s water baptism by immersion as a testimony and the Lord’s Supper as a remembrance in this age of Christ’s death for the Church. (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 18:8; I Cor. 11:23-26).
We believe that the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord, and that separation from religious apostasy, sinful pleasures, practices, and associations is commanded by God. (Rom. 12:1-2; II Cor. 6:14-7:1; II Tim. 3:1-5; I John 2:15-17; II John 9-11).
We believe in the Great Commission as the primary mission of the Church. It is the obligation of the saved to witness, by word and life, to the trues of Holy Scripture. The gospel of the grace of God is to be preached to the entire world (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; II Cor. 5:19-20). Converts are to be taught to obey the Lord and to testify concerning their faith in Christ as Savior in water baptism and to honor Christ by holy living and observance of the Lord’s Supper (Matt. 28:19; I Cor 11:23-29).