Scriptural Truths
This board will operate on a scripturally sound basis…for your protection and that of the Kingdom of God on this earth. We hope you respect that. If not, we reserve the right to remove offending posts. And, as in any church, continual offenders will be dealt with—using the disciplinary measures outlined in the epistles.
Being a scripturally sound Christian board means some doctrines are foundational and not up for discussion. You may ask questions, but you cannot post material attempting to negate these doctrines. We will contend for the faith once delivered (Jude 1:3-4).
This board will operate on a scripturally sound basis…for your protection and that of the Kingdom of God on this earth. We hope you respect that. If not, we reserve the right to remove offending posts. And, as in any church, continual offenders will be dealt with—using the disciplinary measures outlined in the epistles.
Being a scripturally sound Christian board means some doctrines are foundational and not up for discussion. You may ask questions, but you cannot post material attempting to negate these doctrines. We will contend for the faith once delivered (Jude 1:3-4).
- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. (2 Timothy 3:16) Therefore it is inerrant and must be our only instruction and guide—in our daily lives…and on this board. (Romans 15:4)
- God is One God. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Deuteronomy 4:35; Mark 12:29) However, He is a Trinity of Persons. Although the word “trinity” does not appear in the bible, the reality of the Trinity does, perhaps nowhere more evidently than at Christ’s baptism, where we read “After He was baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he (John the Baptist) saw the Spirit of God (the Holy Spirit) descending as a dove and settling on Him (Jesus) and behold, a voice from the heavens (the Father) said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:16-17)
- Jesus Christ is the only way to God. There is no other name given under Heaven whereby mankind can be saved (Acts 4:12; 1 Timothy 2:5). Salvation grants us fellowship with God here and an eternity with Him in Heaven
- Jesus came physically, died definitely, rose actually, and ascended to Heaven where he is preparing a place for his followers. (Hebrews 2:14 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; Acts 1:9-11; John 14:2)
- Jesus will return to gather us to Himself forever. (John 14:3) This return will be at the end of the Great Tribulation and will usher in the Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 19:11-20:6).
- Salvation occurs when a person recognizes they are a sinner, repents of their sin and trusts that Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross paid for their sin in full. (Acts 2:38; Romans 10:9)
- Salvation is instantaneous and permanent: we do not pop in and out of it. You cannot be born, unborn, and then born, etc, etc. Once God the Holy Spirit takes up residence in someone who genuinely calls on Christ for salvation He will never leave. (Deuteronomy 4:31, 32:8; Joshua 1:5; Hebrews 13:5) Scripture—when taken ALL together—lets us know that He who authors our salvation also completes it. Colossians 1:22-23 clearly lays out the entire contract between God and us. It reads: “Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions. But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him —if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard.” So, His part was to die for us; as a result of which he will present us holy, faultless and blameless in His Presence—which is something He does even now. Our part is simply to believe that gospel and hold firm to it.
- Baptism does not save anybody. However, it is an important first step of obedience for a believer following salvation. All through the New Testament people are advised to believe in Christ and be baptized. (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38, 41; Acts 10:47; Acts 19:5)
- Sanctification begins at the moment of salvation when the Holy Spirit enters the person and will not end until the person enters Heaven. (Ephesians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Romans 8:9-14)
- The purpose of sanctification is to change the believer—from being controlled by their old nature with which they were physically born and into the new nature with which they were born again. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) Sanctification does not make you fit for Heaven, as some claim. You are fit for Heaven the second you accept Christ as your savior; there is nothing else for you to do. (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8) The purpose of sanctification is to make you fit to serve God here on earth by living a life that bears witness to the faith you profess. (Ephesians 2:10, 4:17-24; Philippians 2:12-13, 3:12-16)
- Sin in a believer separates him or her from fellowship with God not relationship with God. As soon as we confess our sin He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin. (Romans 8:39; John 1:29; Hebrews 8:12, 13:5b; 1 John 1:9; Isaiah 43:25; Psalm 103:12)
- The Rapture of the Church is real. Jesus has promised to remove us from the earth before the wrath of God is visited upon the inhabitants of this planet (1 Thessalonians 1:10, 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53).
- The Rapture of the Church is Pre-Tribulation and Pre-Millennial Reign. Scripture therefore teaches that Christians will not suffer through the Great Tribulation when God’s wrath is poured out on the earth and all its inhabitants. (Matthew 3:7; Luke 3:7; Romans 1:18, 5:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:10)
- The Trinity is a reality—not a theologian’s idea. While it is true that the word “trinity” does not appear in the Bible, the concept clearly does. Genesis 1:2 tells us that in the beginning “the earth was formless and void” and that “the Spirit of God (i.e. the Holy Spirit) was hovering over it.” John 1:3 tells us that “through Him (Jesus) all things were made and without Him nothing was made,” a truth that is confirmed by John 1:10; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2. In those verses we see clearly the Trinity described. And if a person needs more proof, we only need to look at the baptism of Jesus, where we hear the Father’s voice, see Jesus in the flesh, and watch the Holy Spirit descend on Him in the form of a dove. (Matthew 3:16-17; Mark 1:10-11; Luke 3:22)
- The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity—not merely a force. The Holy Spirit is never referred to in the Bible as “it”, always as “He”. He is given to every believer to seal them to God for eternity, being the down payment and guarantee of our heavenly inheritance (Ephesians 1:13-14); to be our helper (John 14:16); to teach us (John 14:26); to guide us (John 16:13); to give us gifts (Isaiah 11:1-3; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Romans 12:3-8); to produce the nature of Jesus in us (Galatians 5:22-23); and above all to glorify Jesus (John 16:14).
- No posts will be permitted that deny any of these God-given truths.
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