WHAT WE BELIEVE

The following paragraphs simply summarize what we believe as a church family. You could summarize our beliefs this way: we believe the Bible and teach it to be perfectly true. Every belief and teaching of Neuse Baptist Church comes directly from God’s Word.

SCRIPTURES

We believe in the verbal, complete inspiration of the Bible. We believe the Scriptures to be the inerrant, infallible Word of God, as found within the 66 books from Genesis to Revelation. We believe God not only inspired every word but has preserved them through the ages. We believe the King James Version is the preserved Word of God for the English-speaking people (Psalm 12.6-7; 2 Timothy 3.15-17; 1 Peter 1.23-25; 2 Peter 1.19-21).

SOVEREIGN GOD

God is a Person, eternally existing, as a Trinity in unity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – three Persons and yet but one God. (Deuteronomy 6.4; Matthew 28.19; 1 Corinthians 8.6)

SON

Jesus Christ, eternally existing, is the only begotten Son of God, who became a man totally apart from sin, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Luke 1.30-35; John 1.1-15; Philippians 2.5-8; Colossians 1.1-15)

SPIRIT

We believe the Holy Spirit of God is a person who has personality and all the attributes of Deity. We believe the Holy Spirit has always been involved in the affairs of mankind. We believe the Holy Spirit was sent to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment; to regenerate, sanctify, seal, and fill all who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ (John 3.5-6; 14.16; Acts 1.5; 11.15; 1 Corinthians 3.16; 6.19-20; 12.13).

SIN

Man was created in the image of God but fell through sin, bringing not only physical death but also spiritual death – separation from God. Now all mankind is totally depraved, having inherited a sinful nature, is bent toward sinning, and has become sinful in thought, word, and deed. (Genesis 1.26-27; 2.16-17; 3.6-19; Romans 3.10-23; 6.23)

SACRIFICE

The Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. He arose from the dead in the body in which He was crucified; He ascended into Heaven in the glorified body where He is seated at the right hand of God the Father as Head of the Church, making intercession for the Saints as our High Priest. (Luke 24; Acts 1.9-11; Romans 5.8-10; Ephesians 1.20-23; 1 Peter 3.18)

SALVATION

Man is lost and must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God. Salvation is by grace alone through personal faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross. (John 1.12; 3.3-7; Ephesians 2.8-9)

SERVICE

The local church is a group of believers baptized by water, banded together for edification, exhortation, and evangelism as commanded by Christ in the Great Commission: preaching the Gospel to every creature. (Mark 16.15; 1 Corinthians 12.12; Ephesians 1.22-23)

SECOND COMING

The Lord Jesus Christ Himself is coming again in the air at any moment to catch up His Church and to reward their service; the unbelievers left behind will go through a period called the tribulation, after which Christ shall return visibly to the earth to set up His Kingdom of one thousand years of righteous rule; after this the unbelievers of all ages will stand at the Great White Throne to be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire separated from God forever, while the believers spend eternity in the fullness of joy in Heaven with the Lord. (Matthew 24.29-42; 1 Thessalonians 4.16-18; Revelation 19.11-20.15)