Zion Statments
   
 
 
 
 

1. We Believe- in the doctrine of eternal and practical election of a definite number of human race chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, and that they should be holy and without blame before him in love. Reference: John 6:37, 7:2, 13:18-19, 15:16; Acts 13:48; Romans 8:28-30, 11:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:4 Ephesians 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:9.

2. We Believe- in the covenant redemption between God the Father and God the Son. Reference: Genesis 3:15; Psalms 111:9; Roamns 5:17; Galatians 4:4; Ephesians 1:17; Hebrews 9:11-12, 10:57.

3. We Believe- in the fall of man an the commuinication of Adam’s sinful nature to his prosperity by ordinary generation and their impotencey to recover themselves tfrom the fallen state they are in by nature and are in need of a redeemer. Jeremiah 13:23; John 6:44; Romans 3:23; Ephesians 2:8.

4. We Believe- that all chosen in Chirst shall hear the voice of the Son of God and be effctually calld, regenerated and born again. Reference: Psalms 37:28; John 10:28; Acts 2:39; Romans 8: 29-30; Colossians 3:3; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; Jude 1:1.

5. We Believe- that sinners thus born are justified in the sight of God alone by righteousness of Jesus christ imputed to them by faith. Reference: Romans 3:24, 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesisans 2:8; Titus 3:5.

6. We Believe- that faith is the gift of God, and gookd works are the fruit of faith, which justify us in the sight of mena nd angels as evidence of our gracious state. Reference Matthew 5:16; Romans 3:20-24, 8:1; James 2: 14-19.

7. We Believe- that all the Saints of God justified by the righteousness of Christ shall be preserved in grace and none of them finally fall away so as to be lost. Reference: Deuteronomy 32:6; Psalms 12:5-7; Jon 1:12, 10:27-30 Romans 3:24-25, 3:38-39, Philippians 1:6; Ephesians 1:4; 2 Timothy 2:19; 1 Peter 1:5.

8. We Believe- in a gerneral judgment, both of the just and the unjust, and that joys of the righteous shall be eternal and the punishment of the wicked shall be everlasting. Reference: Genesis 3:11, Ecclesisastes 12:14; Daniel 12:2 Matthew 25:32-34; John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:11-15.

9. We Believein only one true and living God and the trinity of persons in the God- head, Father Son, and Holy Ghost, and yet they are not three, but one. Reference: Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 3:16-17: 28:19; John 1:1, 14, 16; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Cosossians 2:9; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 John 5:7.

10.We Believe- that the visible church of Christ is a congregation of Baptized Believers in Christ adhering to a special covenant, which recongnizes Christ as their only lawgiver and ruler and his Word their exclusive guide in all religious matters. It is conplete in itself and independent under Christ of every other Church organization. It is alone a religious assembly, selected and called aout of the world by the donctrine of the Gospel to worship the ture God according to His word. Reference: Acts 2:41-42; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; Ephesians 4:3-7, 5:23, 28-32; Colossians 1:18; Revelation 2:7.