article 11

1833

The New Hampshire Confession of Faith

TRANSLATED INTO CHEROKEE

ca. 1880 by unidentified translators

published in 1880 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma

XI. Of Perseverance of the Saints ᎢᎬᏩᏍᏗᎭ ᎠᎾᎵᏂᎬᏁᎲ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏘ

We believe that such only are real believers as endure unto the end: that their persevering

attachment to Christ is the grand mark which distinguishes them from superficial

professors; that a special providence watches over their welfare, and that they are kept by

the power of God through faith unto salvation.

John 8:31; I John 2:27-28; I John 3:9; I John 5:18; I John 2:19; John 13:18; Matt. 13:20-

21; John 6:66-69; Job 17:9; Rom. 8:28; Matt. 6:30-33; Jer. 32:40; Ps.121:3; Ps. 91:11-12;

Phil. 1:6; Phil. 2:13; Jude 24:25; Heb.1:14; II Kings 6:16; Heb. 13:5; I John 4:4

XII. Of the Harmony of the Law and the Gospel

We believe that the law of God is the eternal and unchangeable rule of his moral

government; that it is holy, just and good; and that the inability which the scriptures

ascribe to fallen men to fulfill its precepts arises entirely from their love of sin; to deliver

them from which, and to restore them through a Mediator to unfeigned obedience to the

holy law, is one great end of the gospel, and of the means of grace connected with the

establishment of the visible church.

Rom. 3:31; Matt. 5:17; Luke 16:17; Rom. 3:20; Rom. 4:15; Rom. 7:12; Rom.7:7,14-22;

Gal.3:21; Ps. 119; Rom.8:7-8; Josh. 24:19; Jer. 13:23; John 6:44; John 5:44; Rom. 8:2-4;

Rom. 10:4; I Tim. 1:5; Heb. 8:10; Jude 20&21