Man

We believe that all men by nature and choice are sinful and lost. We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but by personal disobedience to the revealed will of God became a sinful creature and incurred the penalty of spiritual and physical death for all mankind. We believe man is universally sinful in nature and practice, as well as by divine declaration; thus alienated from the life and family of God and under the righteous judgment and wrath of God. We believe that men are born spiritually dead and are utterly unable to choose or to do that which is acceptable to God. We believe that the natural man will never seek after God, is enslaved to sin, and is completely blinded to spiritual things. (Gen. 1:26-27, Gen. 2:7; Jam. 3:9; Ps. 14:1-3; Jer. 17:9; Rom. 3:10, Rom. 22-23, Rom. 5:12; 1 Cor. 1:18, 1 Cor. 2:14)