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Statement of Faith
Nutrioso Bible Church 
 

 

 

1.  The Bible. We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as being verbally inspired and completely inerrant in the original writings and of supreme and final authority in faith and life. (Matthew 5:17-18; Luke 24:27, 44; John 10:35; II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:21)

 

2.  The Godhead. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 12:29; John 6:27; Acts 5:3-4; Hebrews 1:8; II Corinthians 13:14)

A. God the Father. God is Creator and Sustainer of all that has been created. He is Sovereign Ruler of all the universe. (Genesis 1:1; Exodus20:2-3)
B. God the Son. We believe that Jesus Christ, begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, and is one with the Father. (Matthew 1:16, 18, 20-25; John 3:16; John 12:44-50; John 14:6-11; Philippians 1:6-7)
C. God the Holy Spirit. We believe the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts, regenerates and then indwells the believer to guide, instruct, comfort and help in every way. (I Corinthians 12; Ephesians 1:13-14; John 1; John 16:13-15)
3. Virgin Birth. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:16, 20-25; Luke 2:40, 52; Luke 7:48; John 11:35; Philippians 2:5-8)
 
4. Sin. We believe that all human beings are born sinners, separated from God, and become sinners in thought, word and deed, and unless born again, will be separated from God’s blessing and “condemned to eternal punishment”. (John 3; Revelation 20)
 
5. Salvation. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative, substitutionary and all and all sufficient sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood sanctified and partakers of the abundant life here and through eternity. (Deuteronomy 6; John 1:29; John 3:16, 10:10; Romans 3:25-26; II Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 2:18-3:29; Rev. 21, 22)
 
6. Resurrection of Jesus. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and His present life for us as High Priest, Mediator and Advocate. (John 20:20; Acts 1:9-11; Hebrews 7:25; I John 2:1)
 
7. The Blessed Hope. We believe in “that blessed hope”, the personal, premellennial and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; I Corinthians 15:51-57; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Revelations 1:7; 20:4-6)
 
8. New Birth. We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God, a relationship in which they are called to walk in obedience as new creations of God’s making by his grace, and not of man’s own work. (John 1:12; John 10:28-30; Acts 16:31; Romans 8:28-39; II Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:8-10; Matthew 7:13-28; Titus 3:5; Jude 24)
 
9. Evidence of New Birth. We believe that through the spirit, one is born again as a new creation, and will evidence the fruit of the Spirit. (II Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:16-25; Galatians 6:7-10; Ephesians 4-6)
 
10. Evidence of Belief. We believe that a person is ”born again” (John 3; Romans 8), faith and belief, and the evidence of such new birth is an obedient walk evidencing the fruit of the Spirit; the presence or absence of Spiritual gifts is not a criteria of whether one is “born again”. (Matthew 7:13-28; I Corinthians 13)
 
11. Baptism. We believe that every believer should be baptized by immersion as soon as possible following his/her receipt of Christ. (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; John 3:22; Acts 2:38, 39; Acts 8:31; Acts 10:47, 48) This shall be hereinafter referred to as “Believers Baptism”.
 
12. Priesthood of the Believer. We believe in the Priesthood of the believer, who has access to the Father through Jesus, our High Priest and only mediator. (John 14:6; I Timothy 2:5-6; Hebrews 6:10-10:25; Rev. 1:5-7)
 
13. The Church. We believe that the local Church is a body of believers, organized for worship, service and fellowship. Its two ordinances are baptism and the Lord’s Supper. (By this we understand that the Church will provide both baptism and the Lord’s Supper for all believers who desire them.) The Church shall practice open communion and accept believers’ baptism from other Bible believing churches. Believers should not willingly absent themselves from the fellowship. (Acts 2:41-42; I Corinthians 11:2, 25; Ephesians 5:23; Matthew 28:19, 20; Hebrews 10:25)
 
14. Tithes and Offerings. We believe that Members should bring their tithes and offerings into the Church in obedience to God’s Word, and to do so joyfully and in love. (Malachi 3:10-18; Luke 11:12, II Corinthians 8:1-5)
 
15. God’s Commission. We believe in the commission of the Lord Jesus Christ under the authority of God the Father, to the believer to, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)
 
16. Resurrection of the Believer. We believe in the “bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost. (Luke 16:19-26; John 5:25-29; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21-22)
 
17. Spiritual Gifts. We believe that God endows a variety of spiritual gifts for the common good of the fellowship (I Corinthians 12:1-6). We believe a person may receive one or more such spiritual gifts (I Corinthians 12), but one gift is not to be considered “superior” or “lesser”, unless it be considered that prophecy is the gift most desired (I Corinthians 11:1-4). We believe that speaking in other languages (sometimes called “tongues”), has no good purpose in an English speaking Church, and thus due to its divisiveness should not be exercised as a part of the Church’s services (I Corinthians 14). We believe the gift of other languages may be exercised for the purpose of communicating with those unsaved persons who speak in other languages, and where there is proper interpretation for those not speaking the foreign language (I Corinthians 14).