XENIA BAPTIST CHURCH
STATEMENT OF FAITH
I. We believe the Bible to be the verbally inspired, the only infallible,
authoritative Word of God. The Bible is our final rule in all matters of faith
and practice. We believe the Bible has been supernaturally preserved in the
traditional Hebrew and Greek (Textus Receptus) manuscripts and therefore has
been preserved for the English-speaking people in the Authorized King James
Version. We use only the King James Version, and exclusively endorse other
faithful translations of the Textus Receptus as being the Word of God.
II. We believe that there is one God, the source, support and end of all things,
eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
III. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His Virgin Birth, in
His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His
shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the Father's right
hand, and in His personal, premillennial return for His saints, and with His
saints at the Revelation.
IV. We believe that man is totally depraved, a sinner both by nature and
practice, therefore estranged from God, totally lost and in need of the
convicting and regenerating ministry of the Holy Spirit.
V. We believe in the personality of Satan; in his power and kingdom, in his
wiles and in his judgment at the cross and his eternal destruction in hell.
VI. We believe in the deity and present ministry of the Holy Sprit, that He
convicts the sinner, regenerates the one who believes, indwells, seals,
instructs, reproves and guides the believer; that He fills and controls every
life that is totally yielded to Him.
VII. We believe that salvation is a free gift of God offered to man by His grace
and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Plus nothing.
VIII. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved unto "LIFE" and the
unsaved unto "judgment" and everlasting damnation. We believe in a literal hell
with fire and brimstone.
IX. We believe in spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, not in
the organized unity sought by the 'ecumenical movement'.
X. We believe in the local church, which is a body of baptized believers who
come together in obedience of Christ to carry out the dictates of the New
Testament.
XI. We believe and practice both ecclesiastical and personal separation on the
basis of the Word of God.
The Bible
THIS BOOK is the inspired, infallible
Word of God. The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of
Salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines
are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, its prophecies are
accurate, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be
safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains Light to direct you, Food to
support you, and Comfort to cheer you. It is the Traveler's Map, the Pilgrim's
Staff, the Pilot's Compass, the Soldier's Sword, and the Christian's Charter.
Here Paradise is restored, Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed.
CHRIST IS ITS GRAND SUBJECT, our good its design, and the glory of God its end.
It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly,
frequently, and prayerfully. It is a Mine of Wealth, a Paradise of Glory, and a
River of Pleasure. It is given you in life, will opened at the Judgment, and
will be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward
the greatest labor, and condemns all who trifle with its sacred contents. Psalm
119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. (KJV)
