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The Baptist Faith and Message
(1962) is a booklet with a more complete statement
about what Southern Baptists believe. The
following statements are summaries taken from that booklet.
1. About
the Bible
We believe that the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are inspired by God and without error
in the original writings, and that they are our supreme and final authority in
faith and life.
2. About
God
We believe in one God,
the Creator, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. About
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus
Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary and was and
remains true God and true man.
4. About
Human Beings
We believe that God
created Adam and Eve in the divine image; that they sinned, and thereby incurred
not only physical death, but also spiritual death--which is separation from God;
and that, as a result of Adam's sin, all human beings are now born with a sinful
nature and stand guilty before God.
5. About
Salvation
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 ground of His shed blood.
We believe that all who by faith receive the Lord Jesus Christ are born
again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God
6. About
the Resurrection
We believe in the
resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven,
and in His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate.
7. About
Christ's Return
We believe in the
blessed hope of the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ.
8. About
the Holy Spirit
We believe that the
Holy Spirit indwells and gives spiritual life to all believers, enables them to
understand biblical truth, empowers them for godly living, gives them spiritual
gifts and equips them for service and witness.
9. About
Eternity
We believe in the
bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the
saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.
10. About
the Church
We believe that the
New Testament church is a local body of baptized believers with Christ as its
head and the Holy Spirit as its guide. New
Testament churches promote God's work by cooperating together for missions and
many other joint efforts. The local
church is to be governed independently of outside persons, bodies, groups, or
authorities.
11. About
the Ordinances
We believe that the
local church observes two ordinances - Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
We believe that all who have received Christ as Savior and Lord should be
baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; that baptism
is by immersion as a picture of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ;
and that the Lord's Supper should be observed in remembrance of Him as a
testimony to His death for our sins until He comes again.
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