WHAT WE BELIEVE
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Our Beliefs
For a more details about our beliefs and goverance, check out the following BVBC documents:
We Believe
The Bible is the inerrant Word of God, supernaturally inspired and the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine and conduct. (Mark 12:26, 36; Acts 17:2,3; Rom. 15:5; II Tim. 3:16,17; II Pet.1:19-21)
We Believe
There is only one God who exists eternally in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that these are One God. (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19-20; John 1:1-4; II Cor. 13:14; Heb. 1:1-3)
We Believe
That God, from a heart of love for people, sent Christ into the world to save sinners, and that in His death, the Lord Jesus made a perfect sacrifice and atonement for sin. (John 1:29; John 8:34-36; Rom. 5:8; Rom. 3:23-26; II Cor. 5:21)
We Believe
That Jesus Christ was both God and man, born of a virgin, and lived a sinless life. He was crucified and died for our sins, was raised from the dead on the third day, and ascended into heaven where He now intercedes for all who believe. (John 5:58; John 10:30; Col. 1:15; Col. 2:9; Mark 9:31; Heb. 4:15-16; Acts 7:55-56)
We Believe
That the Holy Spirit is a Person, is God, and possesses all the divine attributes. He indwells all believers, baptizes, seals all believers at the moment of their conversion, and fills them in response to confessions of sin and yieldedness. He guides, instructs, comforts, and gives spiritual gifts as He wills and empowers believers for godly living. (Acts 5:3-4; John 16:7-11; I Cor. 12:3,11; Rom. 5:5; I Cor. 6:19; II Cor. 1:22; Eph. 1:13-14, 4:30)
We Believe
That man was created in the image of God, with a free will to make moral choices. But man sinned, and willfully disobeyed God, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit, and personal repentance, can salvation and spiritual life be realized on the basis of personal faith in Christ. (Gen. 1:26, 2:15-17, 3:6-24; John 3:3; Matt. 19:28; John 1:12-13; Titus 3:5)
We Believe
That once a person has salvation, through Jesus Christ, one is still capable of disobedience of God (sin) which interrupts one's fellowship with God, but this does not result in a loss of salvation. (John 1:12; Rom. 10:9,10; II Cor. 1:20-22; I John 5:11,12)
We Believe
That all who receive Christ become joint-heirs with Christ, and, at death, their spirits depart to be with Christ. These together form the True Church, the Body of Christ. (Rom. 8:17; Gal. 3:29; 4:7; II Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:21-23)
We Believe
In personal, bodily and imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is our "blessed hope" and which has vital bearing on the personal life, witness, and service of the believers. (I Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:6; John 14:1-3; I Cor. 15:51; Tit. 2:11-14)
We Believe
That water baptism by immersion, after accepting Christ as personal Savior, is a testimony of death to sin and resurrection to a new life. The Lord's Supper is a living memorial service setting forth, in sacred and symbolic manner, the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. All true believers, and only believers, should share in it. (Luke 3:21,22; Matt. 28:19,20; 26:26-29; Luke 22:19,20; I Cor. 11:27-29)
We Believe
that the aim of every Christian is growing in spiritual maturity through obedience to the Word of God and the indwelling Holy Spirit. (I Pet. 2:2; Heb. 5:12-14; 4:12; I Cor. 3:16; 6:19)