Purpose:
The purpose of Providence Bible Church is to Glorify God. We will seek to attain this corporate body of believers through the public worship of God, which includes, expositional preaching and teaching of the scriptures, consistent Christian living by its members, personal evangelism, sharing of our spiritual gifts to edify the body of Christ, and support missionary work.
The Holy Scriptures:
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the verbal, plenary, inspired work of God. We believe the Holy Scriptures are the final and all-sufficient authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God breathed. (Matt. 5:18, John 16:12-13, 2 Tim. 3:16-17, Heb. 4:12-13, 2 Pet. 1:2-4, 20-21)
We believe the literal, grammatical-historical, interpretation of the Scriptures. We believe this means a text has a single meaning and will strive to expose the single meaning of the text we are expositing during preaching and teaching. Believing this is true we believe God will hold accountable for adding to or taking away from His meaning given to us in His Word. (Rev. 22:18-19)
The Godhead:
We believe in one Triune God, one being in essence, eternally existing in three separate persons--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, each possessing the full attributes and perfections of God. (Deut. 6:4, Matt. 3:13-17, 28:19, John 16:5-15, 2 Cor. 13:14, 1 Pet. 1:1-2).
The Person and Work of the Father:
We believe the Father is the first person in the Triune Godhead. He orders all things according to the counsel of His will. We believe the heavenly Father, who is Almighty God, created all things through Jesus Christ, by the Word of His power, out of nothing. We believe the Father is sovereign, He is working all things together, including the free choices of men, to accomplish His sovereign intended end. (Isa. 45:7-9, John 1:1-3, Eph. 1:11, Col. 1:15-16, Rev. 4:8-11).
The Person and Work of Jesus Christ:
We believe the Lord Jesus Christ is the second person in the Triune Godhead, is the eternally begotten Son of God. He became fully man by being born of the virgin Mary, a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit, while being fully God. He revealed the Father and redeemed sinful men. (John 1:1-2, Luke 1:35)
We believe He lived a sinless life on earth and thus accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice. Our justificaton is made sure by his literal, physical, resurrection from the dead. (Rom. 3:24-25, 4:25, 2 Cor. 5:21. Eph. 1:7, 1 Pet. 1:3-4. 2:24).
We believe the Lord Jesu Christ ascended to heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of representative, intercessor and advocate. (Acts 1:9-10, Rom. 8:34, Heb. 7:25, 9:24, 1 John 1:1-2).
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit:
We believe the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Triune Godhead. He is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgement; He is the supernatural agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption. (John 16:8-11, 1 Cor. 12:12-14, 2 Cor. 3:6, Rom. 8:9, Eph. 1:13-14).
We believe the Holy Spirit is the Divine Teacher who guides all believers into all truth. (John 14:16-17, 16:13, Eph. 5:18, 1 Thess. 5:12-22, 1 John 2:20, 27).
We believe God is sovereign in the bestowment of all His spiritual gifts; and that the gifts are sufficient for edifying one another in the bride of Christ. Speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament Scriptures were completed and the Apostles authority became established. (Rom. 12:4-8, 1 Cor. 12:4-11, 2 Cor. 2:12, Eph. 4:7-12). We believe God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, in accord with His sovereign will, for those who are spiritually weak or physically ill; and that God does still perform the miraculous according to His sovereign will. (John 15:7, James 5:13-15, 1 John 5:14-15).
Creation and the Flood:
We believe God, by his omnipotence, created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them in six literal days. We believe in a young earth according to the chronologies in Scripture. We believe the creation was perfect until the entrance of sin brought about by the fall of Satan and the fall of man. (Gen.1:1-2, Ex. 20:8-11, Heb. 11:3, Rev. 12:7-14).
We believe God judged the world by a literal, worldwide, cataclysmic flood. (Gen. 6-8, 1 Pet. 3:3-6)
Satan - the Devil:
We believe that Satan is a created being, a fallen angel, the Father of Lies, and the one who tempted Adam and Eve in the garden. He is the open and declared enemy of God and man, yet God is sovereign over him, and he shall be eternally punished in the lake of fire. (Job 1:6-7, 12, 2:6, Matt. 4:2-11, 25:41, Rev. 20:10).
The Creation of Man, the Fall, and Total Depravity:
we believe the first man was Adam, he was created from the dust of the ground, by God. God breathed into man, "the breath of life", and he became a living being, bearing the image of God. In Adam's sin the entire human race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God. Because of this, man totally depraved, an of himself utterly unable to remedy his lost condition. This includes an inability to exercise saving faith in Christ apart from the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. (Gen. 1:26-27, 2:7, Rom. 3:22-23, 5:12, 8:5-8, Eph. 2:1-5, 12, John 6:44, 65).
Election:
We believe God unconditionally chose us in Christ Jesus before the foundation of the world and predestined us to be adopted as sons by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, to the praise of His glory. (Rom. 9:14-26, Eph. 1:3-6, 2:8-9, Titus 3:3-7).
Salvation:
We believe salvation is a gift of God given by grace and received through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; salvation is all God apart from any effort by man. We believe that salvation is available to all who repent of their sin and believe. The Lord Jesus Christ whose precious blood was shed on calvary for the forgiveness of our sins is our perfect, complete, and final sacrifice. (John 1:12, Eph. 1:7, 2:8-10, 1 Pet. 1:18-19, 2:24 John 3:16, 1 Cor. 5:7).
We believe salvation has past, present, and future aspects. The past component being our justification, freed from the penalty of sin. The present component being our sanctification, frees us from the power of sin now. The future component being glorified, will free us from the presence of sin. (Rom. 3:23-26, 4:25, 5:1-2, 8:20-28, 1 Thess. 2:23-24, 2 Thess. 2:13-14, 2 Tim. 1:12, Heb. 10:14, 1 Pet. 1:13).
Baptism:
We recognize the ordinance of believers’ water baptism by immersion. (Acts 18:8, Acts 2:41-42)
We believe baptism is to be performed by an Elder or an approved man by the Elders. We believe, because of scriptural example and terminology, baptism is to be a submersion of the candidate under water and bringing the candidate back up out of the water. We believe the candidate needs to have repented from sin, confessed Jesus as Lord and Savior, given some time to demonstrate fruit in their life, and desires baptism as an obedient action in their life.
The Struggle Between Flesh and Spirit in the Life of a Saint:
We believe every born-again person possesses a new nature in Christ, with provision made for victory of the new nature over the flesh (old man, old nature) through the power of the Holy Spirit. The flesh (old man, old nature) was crucified with Christ that sin might be done away with; however, all claims to eradication of the flesh in this life are unscriptural. (Rom. 6:5-7, 13-14, 8:12, Gal. 2:20, 5:16-25, Eph. 4:22-24, Col. 3:9-10, 1 Pet. 1:14-16, 1 John 1:8-2:2, 3:5-9).
We believe the Holy Scripture are all sufficient for all things in life needing counseled through. Scripture is the sole source used for providing biblical counsel to those struggling and suffering from the consequences of sin. We believe that man is made up of two parts the inner man (mind/heart) and outer man (physical body). (2 Tim. 3:16-17, Heb. 4:12).
The Church:
We believe the invisible, universal church, which is the body and bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of this present age. We believe it must be distinguished the church is the people, bound together in common fellowship, through the blood of Christ, and is not the building. This distinguishing mark is vital to understand when considering the role of spiritual leaders, they are called by Christ to lead one's soul. (1 Cor. 12:12-14, 2 Cor. 11:2, Eph. 1:22-23, 2:11-3:6, 5:25-27, 32, 1 Thess. 4:16-17.)
We believe the establishment and continuance of visible, local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. We believe obedience to Christ was always in the context of the local church from the day of Pentecost forward. (Acts 14:21-28, 20:17, 28-32, 1 Tim. 3:1-13, Titus 1:5-11).
Last Things:
We teach the personal, imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ before the tribulation to rapture His church from this earth. (John 14:1-3, 1 Cor. 15:51-53, 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11, Titus 2:13). We teach that Jesus will rule on the earth for a literal 1,000 years (the millennium). During this time the resurrected saints will reign with Christ. We teach that after the closing of the millennium; the elements of heaven and earth are to be dissolved and replaced with a new heavens and earth. (Rev. 19:11-16, 20:1-7, Rom. 11, Isa. 11, 65:17-25).
Judgement and Eternal State:
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to the judgment and everlasting punishment. (Matt. 25:46, John 5:28-29, 11:25-26, Rev. 20:5-6. 12-13). We believe the souls of true believers are, after death, absent from the body ad present with the Lord. Every believer will stand before the judgment seat of Christ to have his life examined and receive his rewards. At the first resurrection the souls of the saints, will be united with their glorified bodies to be forever with the Lord. (Luke 23:43, Rom. 14:10-12, 1 Cor. 3:10-15, 15:20-58, 2 Cor. 5:8-10, Phil. 1:23, 3:21).
We believe souls of the unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited, they shall appear at the Great white Throne of Judgment and shall be cast into the lake of fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting punishment. (Matt. 25:41-46, Mark 9:43-48, Luke 16:19-26, 2 Thess. 1:7-9, Jude 6-7, Rev. 20:11-15).
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