PREAMBLE
The disciples of Jesus Christ which came to be called “Baptists” were characterized by their loyalty to the Holy Scriptures and for they only received as active members in their communities, those who were converted by the Holy Spirit of God. Only these kind of people were baptized as they didn’t recognized as valid any baptism administrated in childhood by any Christian group, for they believed that new born children couldn’t have consciousness of sin, regeneration, faith and salvation. To adopt this position they were very well founded in the Holy Gospels and in the other New Testament books. They had the same biblical fundament for all other doctrines they professed. Though their exigency of only believers baptism was their characteristic that brought more attention to them by people and authorities, as such they received the designation of “Baptist” that many suppose I’s a simplified form of “Anabaptist”, “that who baptizes again”. The designation came in the seventh century, but those Jesus Christ disciples were spiritually connected to everyone who looked for remain faithful to the Holy Scriptures Toughs through centuries, repudiating human originated additions and corruptions, even risking their own life. Throughout time, the Baptists have been known by the defense of these principles:

1. Acceptance of the Holy Scriptures as the only rule of faith and conduct
2. The concept of church as a democratic, autonomous and local community, comprised of regenerated people and biblically baptized.
3. Separation of Church and State.
4. The absolute freedom of conscience.
5. Individual responsibility before God.
6 - The authenticity and apostolic churches.

The Baptists are also characterized by intensive and active cooperation in between their churches. If there is no power that can constrain the local church, unless God's will, manifested through his Holy Spirit, Baptists, based on this principle of voluntary cooperation of the churches, held a general work of missions, as they were among the evangelicals pioneers in modern times; in evangelization, theological education, religious and secular education, social and charitable work action. To implement these goals they organize regional and national associations and state conventions, however they don’t have any authority over the churches, its resolutions should be understood as suggestions or appeals. For the Baptists the Holy Scriptures, particularly the New Testament, constitute the only rule of faith and conduct, but from time to time, circumstances demand that doctrinal statements are made to clarify the spirits, dispel doubts and reaffirm positions. We believe we are living a moment like this in Brazil, when such a statement should be formulated, with the indispensable requirement of been strictly Word of God based. That’s exactly what the Brazilian Baptist Convention made in the 19 articles as  follows:

I – HOLY SCRIPTURES
The Bible is the Word of God in human language (1). It is the record of the revelation that God made of himself to men (2). Since God is its true author, was written by men inspired and directed by the Holy Spirit (3). Aims to reveal God's purpose, to bring sinners to salvation, edify believers and to promote the glory of God (4). Its content is the truth, without mixture of error and therefore is a perfect treasure of divine instruction (5). Reveals the ultimate fate of the world and the criteria by which God will judge all men (6). The Bible is the sole authority in matters of religion, true standard by which they measured their doctrine and conduct of men (7). It must always be interpreted in light of the person and teachings of Jesus Christ (8).

II – GOD
The only true and living God is spirit, personal, eternal, infinite, immutable, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, is perfect in holiness, justice, truth and love (1). He is creator, sustainer, redeemer, judge and master of history and the universe, who rules by his power, featuring all things according to his eternal purpose and grace (2). God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections (3). Therefore, to Him we all love, worship and obedience (4). In his triunity, the eternal God reveals Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, distinct persons but without division of essence (5).

(1) Deuteronomy 6.4; Jeremiah 10.1; Psalms 139; I Corinthians 8.16; I Timothy 2.5,6; Exodus 3.14; 6.2,3; Isaiah 43.15; Matthew 6.9; John 4.24; I Timothy 1.17; Malachi 3.6; James 1.17; I Peter 1.16,17.
(2) Genesis 1.1; 17.1; Exodus 15.11-18; Isaiah 43.3; Acts 17.24-26; Ephesians 3.11; I Peter 1.17.
(3) Exodus 15.11; Isaiah 6.2; Job 34.10.
(4) Matthew 22.47; John 4.23,24; I Peter 1.15,16
(5) Matthew 28.19; Mark 1.9-11; I John 5.7; Romans 15.30; II Corinthians 13.13; Philippians 3.3.

1. GOD THE FATHER

God as Creator, expresses fatherly willingness toward all men (1). Historically He first revealed himself as Father to the Israel’s people, who He chose according to the purposes of His grace (2). He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom he sent into this world to save sinners and make their children by adoption (3). Those who accept Jesus Christ and believe in Him are children of God, born by his Spirit, and thus come to have him as a heavenly Father, receiving from him the protection and discipline (4).

(1) Isaiah 64.8; Matthew 6.9; Acts 17.26-29; I Corinthians 8.6; Hebrews 12.9.
(2) Exodus 4.22,23; Deuteronomian 32.6-18; Isaiah 1.2,3; Jeremiah 31.9.
(3) Psalms 2.7; Matthew 3.17; Luke 1.35; John 1.12.
(4) Matthew 23.9; John 1.12,13; Romans 8.14-17; Galatians 3.26; 4.4-7; Hebrews 12.6-11.

2. GOD THE SON

Jesus Christ is one in essence with the Father, He is the eternal Son of God (1). In Him, by Him and for Him all things were created (2). In the fullness of times He became flesh, in the real and historical person of Jesus Christ, begotten by the Holy Spirit and born from Virgin Mary, He is in his person the true God and true man (3). Jesus is the express image of his Father, the supreme revelation of God to man (4). He honored and fulfilled the law of God and obeyed all the will of God (5). Identified entirely with men, suffering the punishment and the blame atoning for our sins, even though he had not sinned (6). To save us from sin died on the cross, was buried and the in third day rose from the dead and, after appearing often to his disciples, ascended into heaven, where by the right hand of the Father, exercises his eternal High Priesthood (7). Jesus Christ is the One Mediator between God and man enough and the One Savior and Lord (8). By his Spirit he is present and dwells in the heart of every believer and the Church (9). He will return visibly to this earth in great power and glory, to judge men and to consummate His redemptive work (10).

(1) Psalms 2.7; 110.1; Matthew 1.18-23; 3-17; 8.29; 14.33; 16.16,27; 17.5; Mark 1.1; Luke 4.41; 22.70; John 1.1,2; 11.27; 14.7-11; 16.28.
(2) John 1.3; I Corinthians 8.6; Colossians 1.16,17.
(3) Isaiah 7.14; Luke 1.35; John 1.14; Galatians 4.4,5.
(4) John 14.7-9; Mattew 11.27; John 10.30, 38; 12.44-50; Colossians 1.15-19; 2.9; Hebrews 1.3.
(5) Isaiah 53; Matthew 5.17; Hebrews 5.7-10.
(6) Romans 8.1-3; Philipians 2,1-11; Hebrews 4.14,15; I Peter 2.21-25.
(7) Acts 1.6-14; John 19.30,35; Matthew 28.1-6; Luke 24.46; John 20.1-20; Acts 2.22-24; I Corinthians 15.4-8.
(8) John 14.6; Acts 4.12; I Timothy 2.4,5; Acts 7.55,56; Hebrews 4.14-16; 10.19-23.
(9) Matthew 28.20; John 14.16,17; 15.26; 16.7; I Corinthians 6.19.
(10) Acts 1.11; I Corinthians 15.24-28; I Thessalonians 4.14-18; Titus 2.13.

3. GOD THE HOLY GHOST

The Holy Spirit, one in essence with the Father and the Son is a divine person (1). He is the Spirit of Truth (2). Worked in creating the world and inspired men to write the Scriptures (3). He enlightens and enables men to understand God's truth (4). On the Day of Pentecost, in the final fulfillment of the prophecy and the promises about the descent of the Holy Spirit, He manifested Himself in singular and unrepeatable way, when the first disciples were baptized in the Spirit, becoming part of the Body of Christ that is the Church. His other events listed in the book Acts, provide further evidence of the universality of the gift of the Holy Spirit to all believers (5). The baptism in the Holy Spirit always occurs when sinners turn to Jesus Christ, that integrates, regenerated by the Him, the church (6). He bears witness of Jesus Christ and glorify Him (7). Convinces the world of sin, righteousness and judgment (8), operates the regeneration of the lost sinner (9), seals the believer unto the final day of redemption (10), dwells in the believer (11), guides you throughout truth (12), enables him to obey the will of God (13). Distributes gifts to the children of God for the edification of the Body of Christ and the Church's ministry in the world (14). His fullness and His fruits in the believer's life are conditions for a victorious Christian life and witnessing (15).

1. Genesis 1:2; Job 23:13; Psalms 51:11; 139:7-12; Isaiah 61:1-3; Luke 4:18,19; John 4:24; 14:16,17; 15:26; Hebrews. 9:14; I John 5:6,7; Matthew. 28:19
2. John 16:13; 14:17; 15:26
3. Genesis 1:2; II Timothy. 3:16; II Peter 1:21
4. Luke 12:12; John 14:16,17,26; I Corinthians 2:10-14; Hebrews. 9:8
5. Joel 2:28-32; Acts 1:5; 2:1-4; Luke. 24:29; Acts 2:41; 8:14-17; 10:44-47; 19:5-7; I Corinthians. 12:12-15
6. Acts. 2:38,39; I Corinthians. 12:12-15
7. John 14:16,17; 16:13,14
8. John 16:8-11
9. John 3:5; Romans 8:9-11
10. Ephesians 4:30
11. Romans 8:9-11
12. John 16:13
13. Ephesians. 5:16-25
14. I Corinthians 12:7,11; Ephesians 4:11-13
15. Ephesians 5:18-21; Galatians 5:22-23; Acts 1:8

III – THE MAN
By a special act, the man was created by God in His own image and according to his own likeness so that derive its value and dignity (1). His body was made from dust and to dust it will return (2). His spirit comes from God and to Him will return (3). The Creator has ordered the man to dominate, develop and retain the work He created (4). The man was created for the glorification of God (5), its purpose is to love, understand and be in communion with his Creator and fulfill his divine will (6). The Man is a personal and spiritual being and he is capable of perceiving, knowing and understanding, even in part, intellectually and experimentally, the truth revealed, and to make decisions in religious matters, without mediation, interference or imposition of any other human power, whether civil or religious (7).

(1) Genesis 1:26-31; 18:22; 9:6; Psalms. 8:1-9; Matthew. 16:26
(2) Genesis 2:7; 3:19; Ecl. 3:20; 12:7
(3) Ecclesiastes. 12:7; Daniel 12:2,3
(4) Genesis 1:21; 2:1; Psalms 8:3-8
(5) Acts 17:26-29; I John 1:3,6,7
(6) Jeremiah 9:23,24; Micah. 6:8; Matthew 6:33; John 14:23; Romans 8:38,39
(7) João 1:4-13; 17:3; Ecclesiastes. 5:14; I Timothy 2:5; Job 19:25,26; Jeremiah 31:3; Acts 5:29; Ez. 18:20; Daniel 12:2; Matthew 25:32,46; John 5:29; I Corinthians 15; I Tess. 4:16,17; Revelation 20:11-30

IV – THE SIN
In the beginning man was living in a state of innocence and had perfect communion with God (1). But yielding to Satan’s temptation, a free act of disobedience against his Creator, man fell into sin and thereby lost his fellowship with God from whom was separated (2). As a result of the fall of our first parents, we all are by nature sinful and prone to evil-doing (3). All sin is committed against God, his person, his will and his law (4). But the evil committed by man also reaches its next (5). The greatest sin is to not believe in Christ, the Son of God as personal Savior (6). As a result of sin, unbelief and disobedience of man against God, he is subject to death and eternal damnation, and became enemy of God and His creation (7). Separated from God, man is totally unable to save himself and thus depends on the grace of God to be saved (8).

(1) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:8-10; Ecclesiastes 7:29
(2) Genesis. 3; Romans 5:12-19; Ephesians. 2:12; Romans 3:23
(3) Genesis. 3:12; Romans. 5:12; Psalms 51:15; Isaiah 53:6; Jeremiah 17:5; Romans 1:18-27; 3:10-19; 7:14-25; Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 2:1-3
(4) Psalms 51:4; Matthew. 6:14,15; Romans 8:22
(5) Matthew 6:14, 15; 18:21-35; I Corinthians 8:12; James 5:16
(6) John 3:36; 16:9; I John 5:10-12
(7) Romans 5:12-19; 6:23; Ephesian 2:5; Genesis 3:18; Romans 6.22
(8) Romans 3:20,23; Galatians 3:10,11; Ephesian 2:8,9

V – SALVATION
Salvation is granted by God for His grace through the sinner's repentance and faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord (1). The price of eternal redemption of the believer was paid once and for all by Jesus Christ by the shedding of his own blood on the cross (2). Salvation is individual and it means the redemption of man in his wholeness of being (3). It is a gift that God offers all men and which includes regeneration, justification, sanctification and glorification (4).

1. Psalms 37:39; Isaiah 55:5; Zephaniah 3:17; Titus 2:9-11; Ephesians 2:8,9; Acts 15:11; 4:12
2. Isaiah 53:4-6; I Peter 1:18-25; I Corinthians 6:20; Ephesians 1:7; Revelation 5:7-10
3. Matthew16:24; Romans10:13; I Thessalonians 5:23,24; Romans 5:10
4. Romans 6:23; Hebrew 2:1-4; John 3:14; I Corinthians 1:30; Acts 11:18

Regeneration is the initial act of salvation that God gives birth again to the lost sinner, making him a new creature in Christ. It is by the Holy Spirit work that the sinner receives forgiveness, justification, adoption as children of God, eternal life and the gift of the Holy Spirit. In this act the new believer is baptized in the Holy Spirit, for it is sealed for the day of final redemption, and is freed from eternal punishment for their sins (1). There are two conditions to be a regenerated sinner, repentance and faith. Repentance involves a radical change of the inner man, by virtue of which he turns away from sin and turn to God. Faith is the confidence and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior and total surrender of personality to it by the sinner (2). In this conversion experience the lost man is reconciled to God, who grants him forgiveness, justice and peace (3).

1. Deuteronomy 30:6; Ezekiel 36:26; John 3:3-5; I Peter 1:3; James 1:18; I Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:20-24
2. Titus 3:5; Romans 8:2; John 1:11-13; Ephesians 4:32; Acts 11:17
3. II Corinthians 1:21,22; Ephesians 4:30; Romans 8:1; 6:22

The justification, which occurs simultaneously with regeneration is the act by which God, considering the merits of the sacrifice of Christ, absolve, in forgiveness, the man of their sins and declares him fair, enabling him to a life of righteousness before God and correction before men (1). This grace is granted not because of any meritorious works practiced by man, but through faith in Christ (2).

(1) Isaiah 53:11; Romans 8:33; 3:24
(2) Romans 5:1; Acts 13:39; Matthew 9:6; II Corinthians 5:31; I Corinthians 1:30

Sanctification is the process that, beginning in regeneration, leads man to the realization of God's purposes for your life and enables him to move in search of moral and spiritual perfection of Jesus Christ through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him (1). It occurs through the believer’s dedication and manifests itself through a character which is marked by the presence and Spirit’s fruit in faithful life of witness and service devoted to God and neighbor (2).

(1) John 17:17; I Thessalonians 4:3; 5:23; 4:7
(2) Proverbs 4:18;Romans 12:1,2; Philippians2:12,13;II Corinthians 7:1; 3:18; Hebrews. 12:14; Romans 6:19; Galatians 5:22; Philippians 1:9-11

Glorification is the culmination of the work of salvation (1). It's the final, permanent happiness of those who are redeemed by the blood of Christ (2).

(1) Romans 8:30; II Peter 1:10,11; I John 3:2; Philippians 3:12; Hebrew 6:11

(2) I Corinthians 13:12; I Thessalonians 2:12; Revelation 21:3,4

VI – ELECTION
Election is the choice made by God in Christ from everlasting, of people to eternal life, not by any merit, but according to the riches of his grace (1). Before the creation of the world, God, in the exercise of His sovereignty and the divine light of His foreknowledge of all things, elected, called, predestined, justified and glorified those who, in course of time, freely accept the gift of salvation (2 ). Although based on the sovereignty of God, this election is completely in line with the freewill of each and every man (3). The salvation of the believer is eternal. The saved persevere in Christ and are saved by God's power (4). No force or circumstance has the power to separate the believer from the love of God in Christ Jesus (5). The new birth, forgiveness, justification, adoption as sons of God, the election and the gift of the Holy Spirit saved to ensure the stay on the grace of salvation (6).

(1) Genesis 12:1-3; Exodus 19:5,6; Ezekiel 36:22,23,32; I Peter 1:2; Romans 9:22-24; I Thessalonians 1:4
(2) Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:3-14; II Thessalonians 2:13,14
(3) Deuteronomy 30:15-20; John 15:16; Romans 8:35-39; I Peter 5:10
(4) John 3:16,36; John 10:28,29; I John 2:19
(5) Matthew 24:13; Romans 8:35-39; I John 2:27-29; Jeremiah 32:40
(6) John 10:28; Romans 8:35-39; Jude 24; Ephesians 4:30

VII – GOD’S KINGDOM
The kingdom of God is the sovereign domain of God, universal and eternal (1). It is also the rule of God in the hearts of men who voluntarily submit themselves to him by faith, accepting him as Lord and King is thus the invisible kingdom in regenerated  hearts, which operates worldwide and is manifested by the testimony of His subjects (2). The consummation of the kingdom occurs with the return of Jesus Christ at a date that only God knows, when evil will be completely defeated and the new heaven and earth will emerge to the eternal abode of the redeemed with God (3).

VIII – CHURCH
Church is a congregation of local people regenerated and baptized after a profession of faith. In this sense, the word "church" is used in as many times in the New Testament books (1). These congregations are formed by free will of those people with the purpose to worship God, observe the ordinances of Jesus, meditate on the teachings of the Bible for mutual edification and to spread the gospel (2). The New Testament churches are autonomous, have democratic government, practice and discipline; they are governed in all matters, spiritual and doctrinal, solely by the Word of God under the guidance of the Holy Spirit (3). There are in churches, according to the Scriptures, two kinds of officers: pastors and deacons. The churches should relate to other churches of like faith and order and cooperate voluntarily in the activities of the kingdom of God. The relationship with other entities, be they ecclesiastical or otherwise, should not involve the violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and His Word. Each church is a temple of the Holy Spirit (4). There is also another sense in the New Testament to the word "church" in which it appears as the universal meeting of the redeemed of all time, established and built by Jesus Christ, and it is also the spiritual body of the Lord, which he is the head. His unit is spiritual in nature and is expressed by brotherly love, harmony and voluntary cooperation in achieving the common purpose of God's kingdom (5).

IX – THE BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER
The Baptism and the Lord's Supper are two ordinances of the church established by the Lord Jesus Christ, both being symbolic in nature (1). Baptism is the immersion of a believer in water, after his public profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour, and sufficient personnel (2). It symbolizes the death and burial of the old man and the resurrection to new life in identification with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and harbinger of the resurrection of the redeemed (3). Baptism, which is a prerequisite for membership in a church, should be administered under the invocation of the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (4). The Lord's Supper is a ceremony of the church together, and making claims to commemorate the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, symbolized by the elements used, the bread and wine (5). In this memorial bread represents his body given for us on Calvary and the wine symbolizes the blood shed (6). The Lord's Supper should be celebrated by the churches until the return of Christ and his baptism celebration requires careful examination of Biblical and intimate participant (7).

X – THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, Lord's day, is the Christian day of rest, fully satisfying the requirement of divine and the human need to one day in seven for the rest of the body and spirit (1). With the advent of Christianity, the first day of the week became the day of the Lord, because Jesus had risen that day (2). It must be for Christians a day of real rest in what, by frequency of worship in churches and the greater time devoted to prayer, Bible reading and other religious activities they can be preparing for "that rest that remains only for the people of God" (3). That day Christians should refrain from all secular employment, excepted that it is indispensable and essential to community life. They should also refrain from recreation to divert attention from the spiritual activities (4).

XI – WORD’S MINISTRY
All believers were called by God to salvation for Christian service, to be witness of Jesus Christ and advance his kingdom, to the extent of the talents and gifts bestowed by the Holy Spirit (1). However, God chooses, calls and separates some men, especially for distinguished service and unique set of the ministry of His word (2). The preacher of the Word is a spokesman for God among men (3). He is responsible for a similar mission that Old Testament prophets and the apostles of the New Testament held, and Jesus himself as an example and supreme standard (4). The work of the God’s spokesman has a twofold purpose: to proclaim the good news to the lost and to feed the saved (5). When a converted man gives evidence of having been called and is set apart by God for this ministry, and meet the qualifications set forth in Scripture for its exercise, it’s the local church the responsible to, formally and publicly, separates him in recognition of the existing God’s vocation verified in his Christian experience (6). This solemn act of consecration is accomplished when members of a presbytery or council of ministers, convened by the church, laid hands on oriented (7). The minister of the Word must dedicate himself fully to the work for which he was called, depending on everything from God Himself (8). The preacher of the gospel should live from the gospel (9). The churches have a responsibility to care for and to maintain their pastors properly and dignified them (10).

XII – STEWARDSHIP
Stewardship is a biblical doctrine that acknowledges God as Creator, Lord and Possessor of all things (1). All temporal and spiritual blessings come from God and so men owes Him the support what they are and also have (2). The believer belongs to God because God has created and redeemed him in Jesus Christ (3). Belonging to God, the believer is steward or trustee of life, skills, time, property, influence, opportunities, personality, natural resources and all that God entrusts to his infinite love, wisdom and providence (4). It is for the believer a duty to live and communicate the gospel to the world that he received from God (5). Scripture teaches that God's specific plan for the financial support of their cause is the delivery by the believers of tithes and offerings (6). They should bring to church and its systematic contribution commensurate with joy and generosity for the support of the ministry, the work of evangelization, charitable and other (7).

XIII – EVANGELISM AND MISSIONS
The people of God’s primary task is the world’s evangelization, seeking reconciliation with God (1). It is the duty of every disciple of Jesus Christ and all the churches proclaim by example and by words, the reality of the gospel, seeking to make new disciples of Jesus Christ in all nations, leaving to churches to baptize them and teach them to observe all things that Jesus commanded (2). The responsibility of evangelization extends to the ends of the earth and so the churches should promote the work of missions, always beseeching the Lord to send laborers into His harvest (3).

XIV – RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The teaching ministry of the church, under the aegis of the Holy Ghost, understands the relationship of master and disciple, between Jesus Christ and the believer (1). The Word of God is the essence and fundamental in this process and the program of Christian learning (2). The program of religious education in churches is required for education and development of its members in order to "grow in everything in who is the head, Christ." The churches take care of it proper indoctrination of the believers, for their training and spiritual development, moral and ecclesiastical, as well as their motivation and training for Christian service and performance of their tasks in fulfilling the world’s mission of the church (3).

XV – RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
God and God alone is the Lord of conscience (1). Religious freedom is a fundamental right of man and is inherent in his moral and spiritual nature (2). By virtue of this nature, religious freedom should not suffer interference from any human power (3). Each person has the right to worship God according to what dictates their conscience, free from constraints of any kind (4). Church and State should be separated because they are different in their nature, objectives and functions (5). It is the duty of the State ensure the full enjoyment and exercise of religious freedom, without favor to any group or belief (6). The state must be secular and the Church free. Recognizing that the state government is of divine appointment for the welfare of citizens and just order of society, it is the duty of believers to pray for the authorities and to respect and obey the law and honoring the powers that be, except what opposes will and God's law (7).

XVI - SOCIAL ORDER
As the salt of the earth and light of the world, the Christian's duty is to participate in every effort that tends to the common good of society in which they live (1). However,  the main benefit it provides is to announce the gospel’s message; the welfare and the establishment of righteousness among men depends basically on the regeneration of each person and the practice of the gospel’s principles in individual and collective life (2). However, as Christians, we must reach out to help orphans, widows, the elderly, the sick and other who need as well as to those who are victims of any injustice and oppression (3). This will make the spirit of love, never appealing to any means of violence or discordant standards of life exposed in the New Testament (4).

XVII – FAMILY
The family was created by God for the good of mankind, is the first institution of society. Its base is monogamous marriage and lasting throughout life and can only be broken by death or by marital infidelity (1). The immediate purpose of the family is to glorify God and provide the satisfaction of human needs for fellowship, education, companionship, security, preservation of our species as well as the perfect adjustment of the human person in all its dimensions (2). Fallen because of sin, God provides for it through faith in Christ, the blessing of the temporal and eternal salvation, and when it’s save it’ll be able to fulfill its temporal goal to promote the glory of God (3).

XVIII – DEATH
All men are marked by finitude of time and in consequence of sin death extends to all (1). The Word of God assures the continuity of consciousness and personal identity after death and the need of all men accept the grace of God in Christ while they are in this world (2). With the death is the eternal destiny of every man (3). By faith in the merits of the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the cross, the believer's death ceases to be tragic, because it transports you to a state of complete and constant happiness in the presence of God. The Scriptures calls this state of bliss "sleep in the Lord" (4). The unbelievers and unrepentant come from the death, a state of permanent separation from God (5). In God's Word we find the clearly expression of the divine prohibition of seeking contact with the dead, and the denial of the efficacy of religious acts with regard to those who have died (6).

XIX - RIGHTEOUS AND WICKED
God, in the exercise of its sovereignty, is leading the world and history to its final term (1). In fulfillment of his promise, Jesus Christ will return to this world, personally and visibly in great power and glory (2). The dead in Christ will be resurrected and believers still living with them will be transformed, caught up and join the Lord (3). The dead without Christ also raised (4). While believers already justified by faith, all men will appear before the tribunal of Jesus Christ to be judged, each according to his works, for through them is manifest that the fruits of faith or of unbelief (5). The wicked condemned and destined to hell will suffer eternal punishment there, the separation from God (6). The righteous, with glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in heaven with the Lord (7).