1951-1952 Baptist Bible Institute Catalog

2. We believe in one God, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, manifesting Himself in Three Persons-Father, Son and Holy Spirit--one in nature, attributes, power and glory. 3. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and that He is true God and true man. 4-. We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also that spiritual death which is sepa ration from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word and deed. 5. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sa<'rifi<'e, and rose again for ou r ju tification; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood and are saved by grace through faith wholly apart from human merit and works. 6. ~ ·e believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus are born again h~· the Holy Spirit through the word of God and thereby become the children of God, possessing eternal divine life. 7. ,ve believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person-the Administrator of the Godhead-convicting of sin, revealing Christ, teaching truth, restraining e, ii, energizing believers in prayer, worship and sen ice, and is ever present in the believer as Comforter and Helper. 8. ,ve believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension into Heaven, His present life there as our High Priest and Advocate, and H is per onal, bodily, visible, premillennial return to e tablish His kingdom on earth and to reign as the Only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords. 9. We believe that at any moment the rapture of the saved may OC'cur, when "the Lord shall descend from heaven" to catch up His people to meet Him in the air, and "so shall we ever be with the Lord." 10. ,ve believe in the bodily resurrection of all the deacl- the sa"ecl to a life of eternal glory and bliss in Heaven with God; the unsa\'ed to eternal judg– ment of conscious suffering and woe in the lake of fire. 11. ~·e believe in separation from all worldly practices and in wholehearted devotion to the cause of Christ as the only scriptural basis for a happy and 11 eful Christian life. For this reason we oppose all indulgences in intoxicating liquors, in dancing, card playing, the narcotic use of tobacco in any form, theatre going, membe rship in secret societies, and all similar practices which detract from a separated lfe. 12. We believe that it is the privilege and responsibility of every beJiever to h a personal soul-winner and to do his utmost to give the Gospel of Christ to th whole world. 13. We believe that the true, universal Church includes all believers in hrist <luring this pr sent dispen. ation :ind is the body and bride of Christ of whi('h He is the Head. We beli ve that the local church is a congregation of i111111 r!-. d heliev rs, associated by CO\'enant, ohserving the ordinances of Cliri. t, e. er<·ising th gift , privileges and r spon!-.ihilities gi\'en in the New Testament, r. n<l followng a d mo<'ratic and congregational type of government. 14, \\'e b lieve that there ar two church ordinances: Baptism and the Lor<!'. Supper. Bapti<,m is th immersion of a h lie r in water to show forth in n sul 1110 and l> :rntiful emblem om fnith in the crudfi d, buried and ri sen :a\'ior, 1rnd our d nth to ~in and r . urr c·tion to R new lif , and t~at it is pre– rrqui it t o local C'hurch r lation. The Lord's Supper is a m morial ser\'i ee <'0111111 111oratinj! His death until H co111es, and should h preced <l a lways by ole11U1 If. xau1ination. - II -