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IBC Doctrinal Statement Of Faith
1. The Bible is the inspired Word
of God, the written record of His supernatural
revelation of Himself to man, absolute in its
authority, complete in its revelation, final in
its content, and without any errors in its
statements. (II Timothy 3:15, 16, II Peter
1:20-21, John 10:35, Hebrews 6:13, II Peter
3:16). Our church uses only the King James Bible
in all its services.
2. There is one God, eternally existent, creator
of the heavens and earth. He is manifested in
three (3) persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
(Gen. 1:1,2, Deut. 6:4, Isaiah 7:14, John 14:9,
I Timothy 3:16, I John 5:7).
3. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God who took
on flesh and dwelt on earth. He was sinlessly
perfect and gave Himself as substitutionary
sacrifice by shedding His blood and dying on the
tree. He then arose from the dead. This was to
pay for all sins (past, present and future) for
all those who believe. (II Cor. 5:21, Hebrews
2:9 I John 3:5).
4. God is absolutely sovereign, and in His
sovereignty gave man a free will to accept or
reject the salvation that He has provided. It is
God's will that all would be saved and that none
should perish. God foreknows, but does not
predetermine any man to condemnation. God
permits man's destiny to depend upon man's
choice. (I Tim. 2:4, II Thess. 2:13, I Peter
1:2, II Peter 3:9, John 6:64,65, Romans 8:29,30,
Acts 10:34).
5. Each member of the human race is fallen,
sinful and lost, and regeneration by the Holy
Spirit is absolutely essential for salvation.
That the moment a person receives Christ as
Saviour, immediately the Holy Spirit indwells
the believer who is sealed until the day of
redemption. (Rom. 3:23, John 3:7, Rom. 8:9, I
Cor. 6:9 Eph. 1:13,14, Titus 3:5).
6. Man is saved by grace through faith and
nothing of man enters into his salvation. It is
a free gift. Man's efforts, regardless of how
good or well-intended before or after salvation,
have nothing to do with it. Salvation is by the
finished work of Christ and nothing can be added
to it. (Eph. 2:8,9, Gal. 2:16, Col. 2:13, Rom.
11:6, Titus 2:5, Rom. 3:22).
7. Every true child of God possesses eternal
life, being justified by faith, sanctified by
God, sealed with the Holy Spirit, is safe and
secure for all eternity, and cannot lose his
salvation. However, a Christian can, through
sin, lose his fellowship, joy, power, testimony
and reward, and incur the Father's chastisement.
Relationship is eternal being established by the
New Birth. Fellowship, however, is dependent
upon obedience. (I Cor. 3:11-17, Heb. 12:5-11, I
Cor. 5:1-5, 11:30-32).
8. A true child of God has two births: one of
the flesh, the other of the Spirit, giving man a
fleshly nature and Spiritual nature. The fleshly
nature is neither good nor righteous. The
Spiritual man does not desire to commit sin.
This results in a warfare between the Spirit and
the flesh, which continues until physical death
or the return of the Lord. The fleshly nature of
man does not change in any way with the new
birth, but can be controlled and kept subdued by
the new man. (John 3:3-7, Rom.7:15-25, Rom. 8:8,
Gal. 5:17, I John 3:9, I Peter 1:25, I John
5:18, I John 1:8).
9. There will be a resurrection of the saved and
of the lost; of the saved unto eternal life, and
of the lost unto eternal, conscious punishment.
These two resurrections are separated by at
least 1,000 years. (Dan: 12:2, I Thess. 4:13-18,
Rev. 20:5-16, Matt. 25:41).
10. We believe in the personal, pre-tribulational
and pre-millennial return of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, His pre-tribulational
return in the air for the Church and His
pre-millennial return to the earth to set up His
kingdom. (I Thess.5:9-11, I Thess. 1:10, II
Thess. 2:1-8, Rev. 3:10, Titus 2:13, Isaiah
26:19-21, Rev.4:1).
11. Satan is a person, the author of sin; and he
and his angels shall be eternally punished.
(Ezek. 28:13-17, Isa. 14:12-15, Rev. 30:10,
Matt. 25:41).
12. The gift of tongues (languages) was a
manifestation of the Spirit's power solely for
the demonstration of God's wisdom, purpose, and
power in the establishment of the early church;
and was always in a language that was in use.
(Acts 2:6, I Cor. 14:21,22).
13. We believe in the separation of church and
state, with each having a definite and distinct
spheres of responsibility. (Matt. 22:17-21).
14. We believe in the priesthood of all
believers. Christ is our Great High Priest and
through Him every born-again person has direct
access into God's presence without need of a
human priest. The believer has the right and the
responsibility to personally study and interpret
the Scripture, in light of the scripture, guided
by the Holy Spirit. (Rev. 1:6, Heb. 4:14-16, I
Tim. 2:5, II Peter 1:20,21).
15. We believe in the Lordship of Jesus Christ
and that He alone is the Head of the Body of
Christ, into which all true believers are
immediately baptized at the time of salvation by
the Holy Spirit; that all members of this one
spiritual body should assemble and identify
themselves in local churches. (Acts 2:36, Col.
1:18, I Cor. 12:13, Heb. 10:25, I Tim. 3:9).
16. We believe in the importance of the local
church. That it is an assembly of born-again
baptized believers united in organization to
practice New Testament ordinances, to meet
together for worship, prayer, fellowship,
teaching and a united testimony, and to actively
engage in carrying out the Great Commission.
(Matt. 16:18, Acts 13:1-3, 15:4, 16:5, I Cor.
11:2).
17. We believe the ordinances given to the local
church are two: Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
Baptism is by immersion of believers, thus
portraying the death, burial and resurrection of
Jesus Christ. The Lord's Supper is the partaking
of bread and the cup by the believer as a
continuing memorial of the broken body and shed
blood of Christ until He returns. (Rom. 6:3,4, I
Cor. 11:2, I Cor. 11:23-26).
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