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Lighthouse
Baptist Church of Greater Flint
Doctrinal
Statement
SCRIPTURES – We believe in the verbal, plenary inspiration
of the Bible. The Old and New Testaments are definitely
inspired word for word. We accept the Textus Receptus
manuscripts from which came the King James Bible. The
Scripture is the final authority in all matters of faith
and practice.
(II Tim. 3:16)
SOVEREIGN GOD – God is a Person, eternally
existing as a Trinity in unity – Father, Son and Holy
Spirit – three Persons and yet but one God. (Deut. 6:4;
Matt. 28:19; I Cor. 8:6)
SON – Jesus Christ,
eternally existing, is the only begotten Son of God, Who
became a man totally apart from sin, being conceived by
the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, and is true
God and true man. (Luke 1:30-35; John 1:1-15; Phil. 2:5-8;
Col 1:15)
SIN – Man was created in
the image of God, but fell through sin, bringing not only
physical death, but also spiritual death – separation
from God. Now all mankind is totally depraved, having
inherited a sinful nature; is bent toward sinning; and has
become sinful in thought, word and deed. (Gen. 1:26, 27;
2:16, 17; 3:6-19; Rom. 3:10-23; 6:23 |
SACRIFICE
– The Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died as a
substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. He arose from the dead in the body in which He was
crucified; He ascended into Heaven in the glorified body
where He is seated at the right hand of God the Father as
the Head of the Church, making intercession for the saints
as our High Priest. (Luke 24; Acts 1:9-11; Rom. 5:8-10;
Eph. 1:20-23; I Peter 3:18)
SALVATION
– Man is lost and must be born again to enter the
kingdom of God. Salvation is by grace alone, through
personal faith in the finished work of Christ on the
cross. We believe in the eternal security of the believer.
(John 1:12; 3:3-7; Eph. 2:8, 9)
SERVICE
– The local church is a group of believers baptized by
immersion in water; banded together for edification,
exhortation, and evangelism as commanded by Christ in the
Great Commission; preaching the Gospel to every creature.
(Mark 16:15; I Cor. 12:12; Eph. 1:22, 23)
SECOND
COMING – The Lord Jesus Christ Himself is coming again
in the air at any moment to catch up His Church and to
reward their service. The unbelievers left behind will go
through a period called the Tribulation, after which
Christ shall return visibly to the earth to set up His
Kingdom of one thousand years of righteous rule. After
this, the unbelievers of all ages will stand at the Great
White Throne to be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire,
separated from God forever, while the believers spend
eternity in the fullness of joy in Heaven with the Lord.
(Matt. 24:29-42; I Thes. 4:16-18; Rev. 19:11-20:15 |
