​God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit:

God the Father is the creator of heaven and earth. It is His will and desire that allows all of existence to exist. God exists without the bounds of time or space. He has no beginning and no end; He simply is. Jesus the Son is God incarnate. Jesus is fully God and fully man, never setting down His divine nature while taking on human nature and dwelling among us. He is the fullness of God in the flesh, who lived life as a human, and served as the propitiation of all sin of all mankind. When Jesus ascended into Heaven, He sent His Holy Spirit to dwell within us. The Holy Spirit is the manner in which God chose for believers to partake in His divine nature. The Spirit moves us, guides us, corrects us, teaches us, and convicts us of our sin that we may be driven to reconciliation to the Father. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit individually and collectively demonstrate the expression of God to His people.

 

The Bible:

The Bible is the complete revelation of God to His people. Being the very word of God expressed to His servants, preserved in written form, is infallible and the ultimate authority for truth and wisdom. It is the written standard that all knowledge and revelation must be tested by and conformed to. All Biblical accounts, such as creation, the flood, and the crucifixion, were intended to be interpreted literally. The protection and defense of God’s truth, as expressed in the Bible, should be the highest priority of any who professes Christ as Lord.

 

Salvation and Predestination:

In every way, God is greater than our ability to comprehend Him. He is the all-knowing, all-seeing creator of time, space, and matter. Nothing exists beyond His will for its existence. As evidenced repeatedly in Scripture, the Lord delights in obedience and offers man the ability to make choices, including the choice to receive salvation through belief in Christ. He is not subject to the choices of man, but rather His foreknowledge of our choices gives our choices life. Those who repent from sin and believe in Jesus as our Savior, the propitiation for our sin, and the author and finisher of our faith, will receive the free gift of salvation. Those who reject the gospel choose the wages of sin, namely, death and eternal separation from God. By our sinful nature, all men are born condemned, all men are offered salvation, but few choose true submission to Christ. The Lord reigns supreme. The fact that He knows our choices does not negate the fact that He has given us the ability to choose.

 

The Family:

God created the institution of family. By His design, marriage is between one man and one woman. Further, God is infallible; He does not make mistakes. As such, all people should espouse their biological sex as their identified gender. Doing otherwise denies the deity and perfection of our Creator and his intention for human partnership and procreation. Procreation, or the act leading to such, is reserved for consensual acts between a husband and his wife. Any sexual activity outside the bounds of marriage is immoral. Believers ought to make every effort to resist sexual temptations and protect the sanctity of this Holy institution.

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The Church:

Christ established His church through His personal bodily ministry. The early church grew in Christ’s work through His apostles and the countless disciples who followed through the generations. The church exists to edify, educate, and equip believers to carry the Gospel message throughout the world. The gathering of the Church body for joint worship and learning is imperative as we work to grow in our knowledge of Christ, in spiritual maturity, and in our ability to share the Gospel. The church building is a training center. The Lord’s disciples are His church, and the community around each congregation is the mission field, that we may fulfill the Great Commission as we go through our daily lives serving Christ in every word and deed. Our actions should be evidence of our faith that the Father may be glorified through our lives.

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This summary of Biblical positions is not exhaustive, but a sampling of deeply held personal beliefs. For more information, please refer to the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.   CLICK HERE