Article 31

"Shiloh Baptist Church is a Sovereign Assembly"

"We believe and preach the doctrines of God's sovereign grace"

In Christ Jesus

What is it that truly satisfies the longing soul in the land of the living? It is God's revelation of Christ in covenant and the covenant in Christ. In the covenant we are one with Christ and Christ hesitates not to acknowledge His oneness with us.

"In union with the Lamb,

From condemnation free,

The saints from everlasting were,

And shall for ever be."

This is not according to our faith, repentance, or shortsighted gasp of the truth of God's salvation; but according to His purpose of love in Christ Jesus. Only in Him can we read or understand God's choice of us. In Him God hath graced and accepted us. "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace" (Eph. 1: 7). In Him the Father's "grace hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence." In Him we are gathered together as children of the same family, sheep of the same flock, members of the same body to enjoy the same glory to eternal ages (v. 10). In Him we have obtained an inheritance of grace and glory, enjoyed by the working of the Father's mighty power, wrought in Him when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places (v. 11, 19, and 20). "In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory" (Isa. 45: 25).