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Short Statement of Faith
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We believe the whole Bible from Genesis
1:1 to Revelations 22:21, as the verbally
inspired and infallible Word of God. (KJV)
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We believe Jesus Christ was born of Mary the
Virgin, and is the Son.
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We believe that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures.
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We believe that He arose from the grave the
third day according to the Scriptures.
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We believe that He only, is the great High
Priest and we need not the intercession of any man, but that
Christ ever liveth to make intercession for us.
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We believe that Christ will come again in
person, bodily. visibly, to establish His Kingdom on the earth.
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We believe that in order to be saved, the
soul must be born again. John 3:16
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We believe that every truly born again soul
should declare his faith by the act of baptism (immersion in
water), by setting forth the Lord's death, burial and
resurrection.
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We believe that Christ keeps those who are
truly born again. II Tim. 1:12; John 10:28
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We believe that all Christians are called
unto a life of separation from worldly and sinful practices and
to a life of usefulness for Christ.
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We believe that the Church is a body of
baptized believers whose only mission is, not to reform the
world but to preach and teach the gospel of Salvation to the
individual soul.
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We believe that at Christ's coming in the
air, the bodies of the dead in Christ shall be raised
incorruptible and reunited with soul and spirit, the bodies of
Christians who are alive shall be changes and glorified and
without dying, shall be caught up to be with the Lord. I
Thess. 4:13-17; I Cor. 3:11-15 After these things Christ
will return bodily and visibly to the earth with His Saints and
shall rule the world in righteousness for a thousand years at
the end of which, the condemnation shall take place. Matt.
24:30-31; Rev. 19:11-16; Lev. 26:5-6, 11, 15
Summary
A Bible
Baptist is one who believes in a supernatural Bible,
which tells of a supernatural Christ, Who had a supernatural birth,
Who spoke supernatural words, Who performed supernatural miracles,
Who lived a supernatural life, Who died a supernatural death, Who
rose in supernatural power, Who ascended in supernatural splendor,
Who intercedes as a supernatural priest and Who will one day return
in supernatural glory to establish a supernatural kingdom on the
earth. |