4 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
are inerrant, and are the only infallible rule of
faith and practise.
4. That baptism is an ordinance of the (hris-
tian church, to follow faith and repentance,— an
ordinance by which we commemorate the resur-
rection of Christ, as by this act we show our
faith in his burial and resurrection, and through
that, our faith in the resurrection of all the
saints at the last day; and that no other mode
fitly represents these facts than that which the
Scriptures prescribe, namely, immersion. Rom.
6:3-5; Col. 2:12.
5. That the new birth comprises the entire
change necessary to fit us for the kingdom of
God, and consists of two parts: First, a moral
change wrought by conversion and a Christian
life (John 3:3, 5); secondly, a physical change
at the second coming of Christ, whereby, if dead,
we are raised incorruptible, and if living, are
changed to immortality in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye. Luke 20:36; 1 Cor. 15:
51, 52.
6. That prophecy is a part of God’s revelation
to man; that 1t is inciuded in that << all serip-
ture” which is profitable for instruction (2 Tim.
3:16); that it is designed for us and our children
(Deut. 29:29); that so far from being enshrouded
in impenetrable mystery, it is that which espe-
cially constitutes the word of God a lainp to our
feet and a light to our path (Ps. 119:105;
2 Peter 1:19); that a blessing is pronounced