The Following is a brief Statement of Faith of Heritage Baptist Church. For more detailed information visit our online library under the Articles section of this site.
We
believe that the Bible is the Word of God and without error. The
Bible is the supreme and final authority in faith and life.
We
believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit.
We
believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, was born of
the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.
We
believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby
incurred not only physical death but also the spiritual death which is
separation from God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature
and are now sinners by birth and by choice, positively inclined to evil,
and are therefore under just condemnation to eternal ruin without defense
or excuse.
We
believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe
in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.
We
believe in the bodily resurrection of our Lord, His bodily
ascension into heaven and His bodily presence there for us as High Priest
and Advocate.
We
believe in "the blessed hope," the personal bodily, pretribulational, premillennial,
and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We
believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again
of the Holy Spirit and are thereby children of God and are eternally saved.
We
believe that Satan is literal and personal, the agent of the fall, the
prince and power of this world, and that he shall be judged and eternally
punished.
We
believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
We believe in a literal heaven and a literal hell; that the spirits of
the unsaved at death descend immediately into Hades where they are kept
under punishment until the final day of judgment, at which time their bodies
shall be raised from the grave, they shall be judged according to their
works, and cast into the place of final and everlasting punishment.
We
believe that immersion is the only form of baptism revealed and commanded
in the Scriptures, that it has NO saving power, but is only for those who
are already saved; and that the new birth, which comes through faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ, is the Scriptural prerequisite to baptism. Therefore,
only those who are old enough to believe for themselves should be baptized.
We
believe that the Lord's Supper is a memorial of the death of Christ and
that only those who have been saved through faith in His atoning blood
and are walking in obedient fellowship with Him ought to partake of it.
We
believe that a New Testament church is a body of baptized believers, organized
for worship, service, and the spread of the Gospel in all the world.
We
believe that all the saved are called into a life of separation. This separation
is in at least three areas: moral, personal, and ecclesiastical. |