What We
Believe at Little Creek Baptist Church
Doctrine of the Scriptures
We believe in the verbal (every word)
and plenary (complete) inspiration of
the Scriptures in the original
manuscripts, that the Old and New
Testament are equally inspired and
without error or contradiction; that we
have the complete and only written
revelation by God to man in the
sixty-six books of the Old King James
Bible; and that anyone who adds to or
takes way from this completed revelation
is cursed by God.
Doctrine of God
We believe in the one true and living
God, eternally existing as one in
essence yet three in person. We believe
that God the Father is Father in His
relationship within the Trinity and in
His relationship with those who receive
Jesus Christ as their Saviour, that He
orders all things after the counsel of
His own will and in so doing concerns
Himself mercifully in the affairs of man
that He hears and answers prayers; that
He is omnipotent, omniscient, and
omnipresent; and that He is the object
of our worship and praise.
Doctrine of Jesus Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus is
coequal and coeternal with the Father.
He was conceived of the Holy Ghost and
born of the virgin Mary; that He is God
manifest in the flesh; that He was sent
by the Father for the purpose of being
the perfect sinless sacrifice for the
sins of mankind; that He died in our
stead, was buried and rose bodily the
third day according to the Scriptures
having victory over death for us; that
He is the object of our faith; that He
is the only way to the Father; that He
is imminently coming for the believer.
Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a
person; that he was sent by the Lord
Jesus Christ from God the Father to
reprove the world of sin, righteousness,
and judgment; that we are born again by
the Spirit of God and that after this,
He becomes our teacher and our guide
indwelling us and empowering us to live
a victorious Christian life; and that He
seals the believer unto the day of
redemption.
Doctrine of Creation
We believe the Genesis account of
creation as being neither allegory or
myth, but a literal, historical account
of the direct immediate creative acts of
God without any evolutionary process;
that man (Spirit, soul, and body) was
created by a direct work of God.
Doctrine of Man
We believe that man was created by God
in His image, sinless and innocent, but
that by disobedience to his Creator he
incurred both physical and spiritual
death; that all men through choice and
an inherited evil nature and totally
depraved, and if not saved will endure
eternal punishment in the lake of fire.
Doctrine of Sin
We believe that sin is the transgression
of the Law of God; we believe in the
universality of sin, that is, everyone
has sinned; that it separates man from
God; that there is no remission of sin
apart from the shed blood of Jesus
Christ.
Doctrine of Salvation
We believe that the salvation of sinners
is by grace through faith and is a free
gift of God in the person of Jesus
Christ; that salvation is received
individually by repentance from sin and
personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ;
that He honored the divine law by his
personal obedience and by the willful
shedding of his blood in death made a
vicarious atonement for our sins.
Doctrine of Heaven
We believe in literal Heaven, a place
for all people who have put their trust
in Jesus Christ!
Doctrine of the Church
We believe that the church exists in two
aspects:
1) An organism…….We believe that the
church as an organism is the body of
Christ composed of all the redeemed. We
believe that Christ gave Himself for the
church; that He is its only true Head.
2) An organization…..We believe that the
establishment and continuation of local
churches are clearly taught and defined
in the New Testament. We believe that
the church as an organization is an
assembly of baptized believers,
voluntarily associated by covenant in
the faith for fellowship, worship and
service; that its mission is the spread
of the Gospel to all men and to
earnestly contend for the faith. We
believe that its officers are pastor and
deacons who qualifications, claims and
duties are clearly defined in the
Scripture. We hold that the local church
has the absolute right of
self-government, free from the
interference of any hierarchy of
individuals r organization. God is the
Good Shepherd.
Doctrine of Church Ordinances
Baptism
We believe that Christian baptism is the
immersion of a believer in water, in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost; that it sets forth in
picture the essential facts in
redemption, the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. We believe
that it gives testimony to what has
taken place in the heart of the
believer. The believer is now dead to
sin and resurrected to walk in newness
of life. Baptism after salvation is an
act of obedience and is a prerequisite
for church membership. It should be made
clear that there is no saving power in
water baptism.
Lord’s Supper
We believe that the Lord’s Supper is a
commemoration of the Lord’s death to be
observed until He comes; that the
elements, the bread, and fruit of the
vine (grape juice to be used), are only
symbolic of His broken bod and sed blood
and that our observance of it is
pictorial testimony of the believers’
fellowship with the crucified Saviour
and should be preceded by solemn heart
search and self-examination and
confession of any unconfessed sin within
the believer.
Doctrine of Satan
We believe that the Scriptures teach
that Satan once held a high place in
Heaven, but was lifted up with pride and
sinned, and thus was cast out. He is now
the prince of the air and the god of
this world system; that he is the open
and declared enemy of God and man; that
his final doom along with his hosts
shall be eternal punishment in the lake
of fire.
Doctrine of Hell
We believe that Hell is a literal place
of eternal punishment. Originally, it
was prepared for the devil and his
demons; however, since man has also
rebelled against God, all unbelievers
will spend eternity in hell. Hell is
described as everlasting punishment,
torment, the lake of fire and the second
death. Hell is also a place of eternal
separation from God.
Doctrine of Separation
We believe that we are mandated by God
in the Scriptures to separate ourselves
unto Christ and from any participation
in or endorsement of sin; from
ecclesiastical organization and
religious personalities that deny the
faith r compromise its message; from
brethren that walk disorderly or who
unrepentantly continue in sin or engage
in the compromise aforementioned.
Believers are not to enter into marriage
with unbelievers which create an unequal
yoke. We therefore urge every member to
abstain from every questionable thing,
keeping himself from even the appearance
of evil in religion, dress,
conversation, amusement, business,
habit, music, etc., according to the
teachings of God’s Word.
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