Reformed

A brief and simple statement

by Dr. Benjamin B. Warfield

• THE BIBLE I believe that my one aim in life and death should be to glorify God and enjoy him forever; and that God teaches me how to glorify him and enjoy him in his holy word, that is, the Bible, which he has given by the infallible inspiration of his Holy

Spirit in order that I may certainly know what I am to believe concerning him and what duly he requires of me.

• GOD I believe that God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal and incomparable in all that he is; one God but three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—my Creator, my Redeemer, and my Sanctifier: in whose power and wisdom, righteousness, goodness and truth I may safely put my trust.

• CREATION I believe that the heavens and earth, and all that is in them is the work of God’s hands; and that all that he has made he directs and governs in all their actions; so that they fulfill the end for which they were created, and I who trust in him shall not be put to shame but may rest securely in the protection of his al-mighty love. believe that if I die in Christ, my soul shall be at death made perfect in holiness and go home to the Lord; and when he shall re-turn in his majesty I shall be raised in glory and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoyment of God to all eternity: encouraged by which blessed hope it is required of me willingly to take part in suffering hardship here as a good soldier of Christ Jesus, being assured that if I die with him I shall also reign with him.