These Things We Believe:
Raleigh Avenue Baptist Church is a fellowship of believers who find the following beliefs to be absolutely essential:
God We believe that there is one God who exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
II Corinthians 13:14
Jesus We believe that Jesus is God the Son, was born of a virgin, was wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died in our place as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose bodily from the grave, and ascended into Heaven. Matthew 1:18, John 1:14, I Peter 2:24, I Corinthians 15:3-4
Christ's Return We believe that Jesus Christ will literally return to earth. Acts 1:11
Holy Spirit We believe that God the Holy Spirit is active in convincing unbelievers of their need for salvation, and is the Comforter and Guide Who lives in every believer. John 16:8, John 14:16-18
Bible We believe that the Bible is the Word of God without any error, the sole authority for life and faith.
II Timothy 3:16
Man We believe that man is a special creation of God, made in His image, but that through the sin of the first man, Adam, mankind fell so that all men are sinners and need salvation. Genesis 1:26, Romans 5:12, Romans 3:23
Salvation We believe that salvation is a gift received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9, Mark 1:15, Acts 20:21
Assurance We believe that every person who is truly saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 10:28-29
Eternity We believe that those persons who die in their sins without Christ spend eternity in hell and those persons who die with their sins forgiven through Christ spend eternity in heaven. II Thessalonians 1:8, John 14:1-6
Baptism We believe that water baptism is an act of obedience to the command of Christ and is by immersion after salvation. Matthew 28:19, Acts 8:36-38
Church We believe that the church is a local body of baptized believers with the Lord Jesus Christ as the Head. Colossians 1:18
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