1. The words of God are to be the final authority in all matters of life, both spiritual and temporal. Of the words of God, we know that He has perfectly preserved His words for mankind throughout all the ages. He has done this for the Church of Jesus Christ in the Authorized Bible of 1611, also commonly known at the King James Bible.
2. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Founder and ONLY recognized HEAD of the Church.
3. That being found just before God has been different during each of the successive dispensations of God during human history and we know that our Salvation is, during the Church period, by the grace of God the Father. It is offered as a free gift, received by exercising faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ. This work being His death, burial, suffering in Hell and resurrection from the dead as was foretold in the Scriptures.
4. The trinity of the Godhead. The perfect union of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Three separate and distinct persons, co-equal to one another and yet eternally bound the one to the other.
5. Our salvation in the church age is eternally and unconditionally secure at the very moment that the lost sinner believes, by the numerous irreversible acts of the Holy Spirit.
6.In the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, thus making Him the only begotten Son of the Father.
7. In full immersion baptism as soon after salvation as is practical in obedience to the Lord. This ordinance is pictorial in nature and has no bearing upon one's salvation. It is intended as a public declaration of salvation in Jesus Christ and acts as a visual demonstration of the divine actions performed by the Holy Spirit to the believer at the moment of being born again.
8. That the celebration of the Lord's Supper is, likewise, a pictorial ordinance conducted as a memorial of the sacrifice made by the Lord Jesus Christ on behalf of all mankind. That it in itself contains no saving grace and that it is to only be partaken of by professing believers who have carefully examined themselves to insure they have no unconfessed sin in their lives. That it is an ordinance whose purpose is the memorializing of the Lord's sacrifice and the unifying of the body of Christ, the Church.
9. A fallen, depraved, and unregenerate nature; along with a dead spirit, due to inheriting of the sin of our mortal father Adam and thus being alienated from, and the enemies of God; does not hinder a man from being a free mortal agent as God, indeed, created man to be. That they are capable of, and expected of God, to will, believe, and to respond to the admonition of the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ.
10. That Satan, the Devil; once known as Lucifer; is a literal created being. Having been placed over the creation of Genesis 1:1, in pride he rebelled against God. His corrupting of the creation by sin resulted in God's destruction of that initial creation by a universal flood which destroyed the Earth leaving it. "...without form and void." Satan and the angels who followed him in his rebellion were cast out of their positions and the Earth and Heavens were recreated and a new king placed over the Earth, being Adam. Since that time Satan has dedicated himself to attempting to thwart the divine plans of God and the persecution of mankind.
11. The Blessed Hope, the pre-tribulation catching up of the Church by the Lord Jesus Christ. Also known as the Translation and the Rapture, The Great Catching Up event precedes and is the initiation of the period known as the Great tribulation. This seven year period in which the Antichrist becomes the Beast, reigns and God's great wrath is poured out upon the world.
12. In a literal, burning Hell and eternal Lake of Fire as well as a literal Heaven. We believe in the Judgment Seat of Christ where the redeemed of the Church will be judged for their service to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Great White Throne Judgement where the righteous of the other dispensations, as well as the damned of all ages, will be judged according to their works that have been recorded in Heaven.
13. That all men are eternal souls. That they will exist forever in either one of two conditions of existence, living or dead. Both conditions of existence are fixed once one's mortal body is deceased. We believe in a literal, bodily resurrection of all men. the righteous to life eternal and the unrighteous to the eternal death of damnation. We believe that the soul and spirit of the redeemed, upon death of the physical body are "...absent from the body and present with the Lord."
14. We believe that the Lord created the present Earth, Universe and all that they contain in six literal solar days of 24 hours each. This was done by the person of the Word of God. We know from God's words that the first Earth, ruled over by the 5th cherub Lucifer, and populated by the race of angels was destroyed by God due to the rebellion and sin of Lucifer. This was done by a flood across the entire Universe and that this flood preceded, and is not the same as, that flood sent upon the earth only in Noah's time. We utterly reject and repudiate the theories of evolution, the Day/Age theory and theistic evolution as unscriptural and the false misleading lies of Satan, the father of lies and liars.
15. That God has established three separate spheres of authority, under Himself, among mankind. These being the family, church and civil government. Each institution answers to God according to the sphere of authority it has been granted. Each is to respect and to support the others under God. None are to intrude, impose upon, or to interfere in the other's sphere of authority. In any case where any of these institutions are in disobedience to the clear commands of God; or that by obedience to their requirements one would themselves be in disobedience to God; the believer is under no obligation to submit to that authority. The believer is to politely and peacefully refuse on those grounds and to accept the consequences.
16, Having been given the Great Commission by our Savior to proclaim His Gospel of salvation to the whole world so that all people of every race, ethnicity, tribe, language, and nation might hear of and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and trust in Him and Him alone for their redemption. We firmly believe that it is our sacred responsibility to carry out this commission with zeal and fervor. To use every legitimate means at our disposal. This is to be done both locally and overseas in foreign lands as well.
These articles are not meant to be the complete and comprehensive record of our beliefs according to the Holy Scriptures. Only as a help and guide to clarify our doctrinal positions on those items which we feel to be most critical in relation to what others do or do not believe or practice in spite of the clear teachings to be found in God's words. We the members of the Bible Believers Baptist Church of Fitchburg MA reserve the right to edit these articles or add to them as is necessary to further clarify our positions on the critical doctrines of the Christian faith as given to us by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through the revelations contained in the Bible.
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