The Search for Peace in Times of Chaos—Volume Temperance in All Things: Remembering the admonition of scripture to be temperate in all things, they shall endeavor to look upon our bodies as temples of God’s spirit They are aware of the problems that can be caused by the intemperate use of such things as alcoholic beverages, food, tobacco, drugs, and other things They consider it the responsibility of every Christian to decide most carefully how they can be used in good conscience he elief of the Church With the whole of Christendom, they share faith in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit They believe and confess that God has revealed Himself once and for all in His Son Jesus Christ; that our Lord has redeemed them with the whole of humanity by His death and His resurrection; and that there is no salvation apart from Him In the light of divine grace, they recognize themselves to be a Church of sinners They require forgiveness daily and live only through the mercy of God in Christ Jesus our Lord He redeems them from their isolation and unites us into a living Church of Jesus Christ God’s Word and Doctrine: The triune God as revealed in the holy scripture of the Old and New Testaments is the only source of their life and salvation; and this scripture is the sole standard of the doctrine and faith of the Unitas Fratrum and, therefore, shapes our life But just as the holy scripture does not contain any doctrinal system, so the Unitas Fratrum also has not developed any of its own Also it is true that through the Holy Spirit, the recognition of God’s will for salvation in the Bible is revealed completely and clearly The Relationship with God: They recognize that it is the Lord’s will to confront and call to Himself each individual through His Spirit and that formal membership in a congregation is not a substitute for a personal encounter with the Savior, nor does it relieve any from making a personal decision to accept Him We learn from the scriptures, however, that it has pleased God to make the church the place where God’s fellowship with men and women becomes a reality A living church is the clearest witness for its Lord to the world