THIS WE BELIEVE
Trinity
Baptist Church
Statement of Faith
The
Bible
The Scriptures, both Old
and New Testaments, are the inspired Word of God, without
error in the original writings, and complete revelation of
His will for the salvation of men, and the divine and final
authority for all Christian faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:19-21)
God
There
is one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and
eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy
Spirit. (Genesis 1:1; Acts 8;
7:24-28; Matthew 28:19)
Jesus
We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true
man, having been conceived of the Holy Ghost and born of
the virgin Mary. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our
sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily
from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right
hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and
Advocate. (1 Corinthians
15:3-7; Titus 2:13; Luke 1:34, 35; John 8:40; Acts 1:9;
Hebrews 9:27, 28; Hebrews 4:15, 16)
The Holy
Spirit
The ministry of the
Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and during
this age, to convict men of sin, regenerate the believing
sinner, indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer
for godly living and service. (John 16:7-14; John 14: 16, 17; Acts 1:8;
John 3:5)
The Human
Race
Man was created in the
image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost, and
only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation
and spiritual life be obtained. (Titus 3:5; John 3:1ff; Psalm 51:5;
Romans 3:23; 6:23)
Salvation
The shed blood of Jesus Christ and His
resurrection provide the only ground for the justification
and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive
Jesus Christ by faith are born of the Holy Spirit and thus
become the children of God. (1 Peter 1:17-19; Ephesians 2:8, 9; John
1:12; 3:14; 10:28, 29; Romans 8:1)
Eternal
Security
All true believers
once saved shall be kept saved forever, thanks to salvation
by grace, Jesus’ unending advocacy, God’s
faithfulness and the Holy Spirit’s presence in our
hearts. (John 5:24; 10:28;
14:16, 17; 17:11; Romans 8:1, 29, 38, 39; Philippians 1:6;
Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 2:1, 2; 5:13, Jude
24)
God’s
Plan for the Future
The
personal, premillenial, and imminent coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ is our “blessed hope” and has a
vital bearing on the personal life and service of the
believer. (Acts 1:11; John
14:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Matthew 24: 42-44)
Future
Life
There will be a bodily
resurrection of all the dead; of the believer to
everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, and of the
unbeliever to judgment and everlasting, conscious
punishment. (1 Corinthians
15: Revelation 20:11-15; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
The
Church
The true church is
composed of all such persons, who, through saving faith in
Jesus Christ, have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and
are united together in the body of Christ of which He is
the head. It is the primary vehicle through which God works
in this present age. (Ephesians 4:11-16; Matthew 28:18-20;
Acts 2:41, 42)
The
Ordinances
Water baptism by
immersion soon after accepting Christ as personal Savior is
a testimony of death to sin and resurrection to a new life,
and the Lord’s Supper is a memorial service, setting
forth in a sacred and symbolic manner the death of the Lord
Jesus Christ; all true believers and only believers should
share in it. (Matthew 28:19,
20; Acts 2:41; 8:38, 39; 1 Corinthians 11:23-34)