GETHSEMANE CHURCH

Jesus Christ is the Son of God

Church Doctrine


GETHSEMANE NON-DENOMINATIONAL
BIBLE BELIEVING CHURCH DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

                   

I.The Bible clearly teaches the personal and literal return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Mt. 24:37-47; Lk. 21:25-28; Acts. 1:11; I Thes. 4:16,17; II Thes. 1:7,8; Rev. 1:7.

II.The Old and New Testaments called the Bible are the inerrant, infallible Word of God. They are verbally and plenarily inspired of God. Ex. 7:1; Ps. 12:6,7; 119:89; Mt. 5:17-19; Mt. 24:35; II 3:16; Rev.22:18,19.

III.The Bible teaches the sanctity of the Lord’s Day (Sunday), and that Christians are to refrain from work and worldly pleasures on this day. Ex. 20:8; Mt. 28:1-8, Acts. 20:7; I Cor. 16:2; Rev. 1:10.

IV.The Bible teaches that every Christian should be a soul winner. Mt. 28:19,20; Mk. 1:17; Jn. 15:1-2; II Tim. 2:2.

V.The Bible teaches holy living. Christians should strive to love all men, but they should be clearly separated from worldliness in appearance, speech and walk of life. Mt. 5:8; 23:26; Rom. 12:1,2; Gal. 5:25; Eph. 1:4; I Thes. 5:22; Heb. 12:14, I Cor. 11;1-16; I Tim. 2:9-10. Rev. 1:12-18; 7:9.

VI.The Bible teaches that debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, and doctrinal disputes are wrong, because they detract from the glorification of the Lord Jesus Christ. I Tim. 6:4; II Tim. 2:24. James 3:16; 4:1,2.

VII.The Bible teaches that there is only one God whose Divine essence encompasses the Father, The son and The Holy Spirit. Dt. 6:4; Mt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14; Col. 2:9; (The Father ) Matt. 6:26; (The Son) Jn. 20:28,29; (The Holy Ghost) Acts 5:3,4.

VIII.The Bible teaches that all men are lost, and depraved without God, and can only be saved through the Lord Jesus Christ. Ps. 51:5; Rom. 3:23; Lk. 19:10; Jn. 14:6; I Jn. 5:1.

IX.The Bible teaches that salvation, justification, sanctification and redemption are by The life, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Rom. 3:24; I Cor.1:30; 6:9; 15:1-4; I Tim. 2:5; Heb. 4:14-16; 9:12.

X.The Bible teaches a literal Heaven for those who are saved, and a literal Hell for Those who are lost. Both are eternal. Mt. 25:34; Jn. 5;28,29; 14:1-3, Mt. 25:46; Mk. 9:46-48; Lk. 16:19-31; Rev. 20:11-15.

XI.The Bible teaches three ordinances of the church. 1. Baptism by immersion to symbolize the newness of life in Jesus Christ. Rom. 6:4; I Pet. 3:21. 2. Communion to symbolize the vicarious atonement, and to remind the Christian that Christ will return. Mt. 26:26-29; I Cor. 11:22-26. 3. Feet washing to symbolize the service of the Christian life. Jn. 13:14.

XII.The Bible, because of the finished work of Christ, and the insistence of grace, teaches the eternal security of the faithful; however, because grace is not coercive, and because man is a free moral agent, warns about the possibility of the child of God backsliding , apostatizing, and being finally lost. Jn.10:28-31; Rom. 2;6-10; 8:35-39; Mt. 18:21-35; Jn. 15:2; Heb. 6;4-6; 10:29; Rev. 22:19.