First Baptist Church of Iron River Doctrinal Statement

 

 

 

Holy Scriptures: We believe the Bible, Old and New Testaments, to be the verbally inspired, authoritative infallible Word of God, and a sufficient rule for faith and practice.

Triune God :We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in God the Father, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, measureless in power, who is merciful, just, loving and able to save through His Son, Jesus Christ. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His Virgin Birth (making Him truly man), in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His literal and bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of God the Father, in His present intercession for the saints before the Throne of God, and in His personal, bodily premillenial and imminent return to earth. We believe in the personality of the Holy Spirit who came forth from God to convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; and to regenerate, sanctify and comfort those who believe in Jesus Christ.

Man: We believe that man was created in innocence, but fell in Adam, that by nature and choice man is a sinner, and that he is totally unable to do anything to save himself.

Salvation:We believe that man is justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ, that his regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential to this salvation.

Church: We believe that those saved in his dispensation of grace are members of the Body of Christ, the Church.

Ordinances: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, Head of the Church, instituted the ordinances of Baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper; that these are neither sacramental of means of grace, but that they should be observed till He comes again.

Missions: We believe it is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and word to the Grace of God and to proclaim this witness throughout the whole earth.

Separation: We believe that all the saved are called into a life of separation from all worldly and sinful practices.

Satan and Hell: We believe in the personality of Satan and the eternal, conscious punishment of the unsaved forever separated from God.

Resurrection: We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the unsaved; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

Freedom: We believe that every human being has direct relationships with God and is responsible to God alone in all matters of faith; that each church is independent and autonomous and must be free from interference by any ecclesiastical or political authority; that, therefore Church and State must be kept separate as having different functions, each fulfilling its duties free from the dictation or patronage of the other



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