5. The total depravity of human nature in consequence of the fall of man from the original state of perfection in which he was created. By this fall all mankind is in a state of condemnation and separation from God. Deliverance is only by the divine work of regeneration and conversion.
6. The sovereign grace of God, by which we mean His free and unmerited favour. That by His sole choice, certain sinners (the elect) have been predestinated to salvation.
7. The salvation of the elect not by their own free will and power but as a result of the irresistible grace of God, through the work of the Holy Spirit.
8. The justification of the sinner solely by faith, through the atoning merits and of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. The final perseverance of all those who are chosen by the Father, redeemed by the Son and sanctified by the Holy Spirit, so that not one of them shall ever perish but shall have everlasting life.
10. The resurrection of the body. The judgement of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ. The eternal blessedness of the redeemed. The conscious eternal punishment of the impenitent.
11. The sole authority and prerogative of Christ, through the Holy Spirit speaking in His inspired scriptures, in all matters pertaining to the government of the local church.
12. The observance of the ordinance of baptism of believers by immersion, as being instituted by Christ, in loving obedience and as an act of witness, but not as conveying any regenerating grace.
13. The observance of the Lord's Supper as a commemoration of our Lord's death but not as being a sacrifice for sin nor involving any change in the substance of the bread and wine.
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