• Article I. The Scriptures
• Article II. The True God
• Article III. The Holy Spirit
• Article IV. Sanctifiation
• Article V. The Devil, or Satan
• Article VI. The Creation
• Article VII. The Fall of Man
• Article VIII. The Virgin Birth
• Article IX. The Atonement
• Article X. Grace in the New Creation
• Article XI. The Cost of Salvation
• Article XII. Justification
• Article XIII. Repentance and Faith
• Article XIV. The Church
• Article XV. Baptism and The Lord’s Supper
• Article XVI. The Perseverance of the Saints
• Article XVII. The Righteous and the Wicked
• Article XVIII. Civil Government
• Article XIX. The Resurrection, Return of Christ and Related Events
• Article XX. The Family

We believe that

1. there is radical and essential difference between the righteous and the wicked (Malachi 3:18; Genesis 18:23; Romans 6:17-18; Proverbs 11:31; 1 Peter 4:18);
2. only those who, through faith, are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and sanctified by the Spirit of our God, are truly righteous in His sight (Romans 1:17; 1 Corinthians 15:22; Acts 10:34-35; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:7; Romans 6:16);
3. those who demonstrate unbelief and a lack of repentance for their sins are wickedin His sight, and under the curse (Romans 6:16; Romans 3:3; 1 John 5:19; Galatians 3:10; Romans 7:6; Romans 6:23); and
4. this distinction holds among men both in and after death, in the everlasting blessedness of the righteous and the everlasting conscious suffering of the wicked (Proverbs 14:32; Luke 16:25; Matthew 25:34, 41; John 8:21; Luke 9:26; John 12:25; Matthew 7:13-14).

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