I believe -
1. In one Holy,
Almighty God, eternally existing in three persons, the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit, co-eternal in being, coidentical in nature, co-equal in
power and glory, each with distinct personal attributes, but without
division of nature, essence or being.
Biblical Reference: Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, John 1:1-2, II
Corinthians 13:14, Philippians 2:6
3. That the Lord
Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, without ceasing to be God, became man
by the Holy Spirit and virgin birth; that he lived a sinless life on earth;
that he died at Calvary as a satisfactory substitutionary sacrifice for
sinners; that his body was buried in and arose from the tomb; that he
ascended to Heaven and was glorified as a man at God’s right hand; that He
is coming again for His own and then to set up His Kingdom.
Biblical Reference: John 1:1, Matthew 1:20-23, II Corinthians 5:21, Hebrews
1:3, Hebrews 10:12, John 16:7-11, Matthew 19:28, Matthew 25:31, II Timothy
2:8
2. In the verbal
and plenary inspiration of the Old and New Testaments; that they are
infallible, inerrant in the original writings, and the final authority for
faith and life.
Biblical Reference: II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1 20-21, Matthew 5:18, John
16: 12-13
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The Isaac Backus Memorial Baptist Church
"Worshipping God and proclaiming His Kingdom
in the church and to the world..."
5. That God
created man in His own image and in the state of innocence. Through Adam’s
transgression “sin entered the world, and death through sin;” and
consequently, mankind inherited a corrupt nature, being born in sin and
under condemnation. As soon as men are capable of moral action, they become
actual transgressors in thought, word and deed.
Biblical Reference: Genesis 1:26-27, Romans 5:12, Romans 3:23, I John 1:8,
Ephesians 2:3
4. That the Holy
Spirit is a divine person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness
and of judgment; that He is that supernatural agent in regeneration by whom
all believers are baptized into the body of Christ; that he indwells and
seals them until the day of redemption. He is the divine teacher and helper
who guides believers into all truth; it is the privilege of all believers to
be filled with the spirit.
Biblical Reference: John 16:7-15, I Corinthians 12:13, II Corinthians 1:22,
Ephesians 1:13
7. In the
bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life and the
unsaved to everlasting punishment. That the souls of the redeemed are,
at death absent from the body and present with the Lord where, in
conscious bliss they await the first resurrection when spirit, soul, and
body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord.
Biblical Reference: Revelation 20, Acts 24:25, John 5:28-29, Luke
16:19-31, II Corinthians 5:8, I Thessalonians 4:14-17, I John 3:2
6. That
salvation is a gift of God brought to men by grace and received only through
personal repentance for sin and faith in the person and the finished work
and atoning blood of Jesus Christ.
Biblical Reference: Ephesians 1:7, 2:1-10, John 1:12
8. That the
church universal is a spiritual organism composed of the regenerated who are
baptized into that body by the Holy Spirit at the time of the new birth and
that the local church, the visible manifestation of the body, has the
responsibility to provide for the fellowship and edification of believers
and to propagate the Gospel into the world.
Biblical Reference: Acts 2, I Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 5:27, Mark 16:15
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