Statement of Beliefs
1. We believe that the Bible is the infallible, inerrant, verbally inspired word of God and that it is, therefore, our final authority in matters of faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, Psalm 119:8)
2. We believe in the eternally existing, triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1, John 10:30, John 14:20, John 15:26)
3. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, and His ascension to the right hand of the Father, where He now acts as mediator and advocate. (Matthew 16:16, Luke 1:34, Hebrews 4:15, John 5:1-9, 1 Peter 2:24, Luke 24:36-43, Acts 1:9-11)
4. We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God but voluntarily fell from his sinless state. As a result, all men are sinners and hopelessly sinful in themselves apart from God (Genesis 1:27, 9:6; Romans 3:23, 5:12; Ephesians 2:1)
5. We believe salvation involves the redemption of the whole man and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. (John 1:11-14, 3:3-21; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 2:11-14)
6. We believe that every believer, born of the Spirit, can have full assurance of salvation and is eternally secure in Christ. (John 3:5-6, 10:28-29; 1 John 3:12-13)
7. We believe in the personal imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ for His own, His later return in power and glory with His own to reign in righteousness over the earth, and in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of the damnation. (Acts 1:11, 2 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Hebrews 9:28)
8. We believe that heaven is the place of eternal blessedness for the saved and that hell is the place for eternal conscious punishment for the lost. (Revelation 20:11-21, John 5:28)
9. We believe that regeneration is by the Holy Spirit whose indwelling enables all believers to live godly lives. (John 16:7-8, 1 Corinthians 3:16)
10. We believe that all believers are spiritually joined together by the Spirit of God into His Church of which Christ is the Head. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 20, 27; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:18)
A complete statement of faith may be found at www.fbcopelika.com.