We believe that faith is not the product of regeneration, but rather, that faith precedes regeneration (John 1:12).

 7          The Two Natures  We believe that, through the power of the Holy Spirit, the regenerate man is able to overcome his sin nature in this lifetime (Romans 6:5-19), but that the old nature of sinful man remains after regeneration, that it is at war within the members of the regenerate man, and that this battle will continue until death or rapture separates the regenerate nature from the fallen nature (Romans 7:15-25).  Because of this, we believe that no man, other than Jesus Christ, has achieved, or will achieve "sinless perfection" in this lifetime, and that any man who claims to achieve sinless perfection is self-deceived (1^st John 1:8).  We believe that every motive and every action of all men remains tainted by sin, even after salvation through Christ (Romans 7:17).  However, we believe that, because sin, both inherent and realized, is resident only in the old man (Romans 7:17) and because the regenerate man is holy and incapable of sin (1^st John 3:9) that regenerate man may present works of righteousness to God that are untainted by sin in God's sight, and therefore worthy of reward (1^st Corinthians 3:11-15).