THE BIBLE
I believe that the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, is the
inspired Word of God, infallible, God-breathed, and inerrant in the
original manuscripts; that the Bible is the supreme and final authority
in all matters of faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16)
GOD
I believe in one God eternally in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit; that God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable,
infinitely holy, and the Creator and Sustainer of all things; that the
Persons of the Triune God are co-equal in being, co-identical in
essence, and co-equal in power and glory. (Psalm 139; John 1:1-4;
Isaiah 44:6)
JESUS CHRIST
I believe Jesus Christ, the unique Son of God, was manifest in the
flesh, begotten by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary; that
He was and is both true God and true man. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-14)
I believe Jesus entered the world to redeem man by His death on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice and that my salvation is by being justified in the sight of God; that Christ’s bodily resurrection from death and the shedding of His blood were absolutely necessary for my justification. (John 3:16-17; Romans 3:23-24)
I believe the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven where He is now exalted at the right hand of the Father, and where He, as our High Priest, intercedes for believers. (Acts 1:9; Hebrews 4:14-16)
THE HOLY SPIRIT
I believe that all who receive Jesus Christ as personal Savior are born
again into the family of God by the regenerating and renewing power of
the Holy Spirit; and that the Holy Spirit dwells within every believer
to guide us into all truth, to lead us in life, and to empower and
enable us in testimony and service. (John 14:15-18; John 16:7-14;
Romans 8:9-11)
SALVATION
I believe that salvation is a gift of God which is unmerited and which
cannot be earned by ceremony or good works; that salvation must be
received by faith in the death and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ
resulting in a turning away from the sinful way of life; that only God
knows the true condition of man’s heart. (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans
10:9-10; 1 John 3:20)
THE DEPRAVITY OF MAN
I believe that mankind was created in the image of God and in His
likeness; but that in Adam’s sin, mankind fell, inherited a sinful
nature, and became alienated from God; that all men and women are
sinners by both nature and practice, and that mankind is utterly unable
to remedy this lost condition without Jesus Christ. (Genesis 1:26;
Genesis 3; Isaiah 59:2; Romans 3:10-18; Romans 3:19)
PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
I believe that all who have accepted God’s gift of salvation are kept
by the power of God until they receive their glorified bodies at the
rapture of the saints. (Philippians 1:6; 1 John 3:2)
INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURES
I believe that the Scriptures should be interpreted literally, that is,
in the normal sense in which the words are used. I believe that the
whole of Scripture is completely consistent with its parts and that its
parts should be interpreted in the light of the Scriptures as a whole.
THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST
I believe in the personal, physical, imminent, second coming of Jesus
for His saints and in His pre-millennial return to the earth with His
saints to rule the nations of the earth in peace for one thousand
years. (Matthew 24; Revelation 20)
ORDINANCES
I believe in the two ordinances of the Church given by the Lord Jesus;
water baptism symbolizing our identification with the death, burial,
and resurrection of Christ; and the Lord’s Supper observed in
remembrance of His sacrificial death until He comes. (Matthew 28:19-20;
Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
CHURCH
I believe that Jesus Christ instituted the Church, which is composed of
persons whom He has saved, to whom He gives spiritual life, in whom He
dwells, to whom and through whom He reveals God. (Matthew 16:18; 1
Corinthians 1:2)
The local church is composed of those persons who assemble voluntarily and in accordance with Christ’s commandments for the purposes of worship, education, evangelism, service, and fellowship. (Acts 2:42-47)
This statement found at Believers’ Church
