Doctrine

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Salvation

1. Owing to universal death through sin, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless born again; and no degree of reformation however great, no attainments in morality however high, no culture however attractive, no baptism or other ordinance however administered, can help the sinner to take even one step toward heaven; but a new nature imparted from above, a new life implanted by the Holy Spirit through the Word, is absolutely essential to salvation, and only those thus saved are sons of God.
2. Our redemption has been accomplished solely by the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, who was made to be sin and was made a curse for us, dying in our room and stead; and that no repentance, no feeling, no faith, no good resolutions, no sincere efforts, no submission to the rules and regulations of any church, nor all the churches that have existed since the days of the Apostles can add in the very least degree to the value of the blood, or to the merit of the finished work wrought for us by Him who united in His person true and proper deity with perfect and sinless humanity (Lev 17:11; Isa 64:6; Matt 26:28; Jn 3:7–18; Rom 5:6–9; 2 Cor 5:21; Gal 3:13; 6:15; Eph 1:7; Phil 3:4–9; Titus 3:5; James 1:18; 1 Pet 1:18–19, 23).
3. The new birth of the believer comes only through faith in Christ and that repentance is a vital part of believing, and is in no way, in itself, a separate and independent condition of salvation; nor are any other acts, such as confession, baptism, prayer, or faithful service, to be added to believing as a condition of salvation (Jn 1:12; 3:16, 18, 36; 5:24; 6:29; Acts 13:39; 16:31; Rom 1:16–17; 3:22, 26; 4:5; 10:4; Gal 3:22).