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Date Posted: 07:25:29 04/30/05 Sat
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1. The Bible in its original documents 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 error in its statements. II Tim. 3:16; John 10:35; Ps. 89:34; Heb 6:18; II Peter 3:16.
2. There is one God, eternally existent, creator of the heaven and earth. He is manifested in three persons ‑ Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Isa. 7:14; Isa. 9:6; John 14:9; I Tim 3:16; I John 5:7; Gen. 1:2.
3. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God who took on flesh and dwelt on earth. He was sinless, perfect and gave Himself as a substitutionary sacrifice by shedding His blood and dying on the Cross; He then came back from the dead. This was to pay for all sins (past, present, and future) and His eternal life is given to all who believe. II Cor. 5:21; Heb. 2:9; Tit. 2:14; Heb.10:10‑14; Heb.9:12‑28; Acts 13:38‑.1.1; I Peter 2:24; 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 be condemned. God permits man's destiny to depend upon man's choice. I Tim. 2:4; II Thess.2:13; I Pet. 1:2; II Pet.3:9; John 6:64‑65; Acts 10:34; I Cor 1:21; Eph.1:5‑14; Rom.8:29‑30; Rom.9:30‑32.
5. Each member of the human race is fallen, sinful, and lost, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of man. The moment a person receives Christ as his Savior, immediately, the Holy Spirit indwells him and he is sealed until the day of redemption. Rom.2:23; John 3:7; I Cor. 6:19; Eph.1:13‑14, 4:30; Luke 24:49; Titus 3:5.
6. Man is saved by undeserved mercy 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; Rom. 11:6; Co1.2:13; Titus 3:5; Rom3:22.
7. The Church began with the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and is composed of all true believers. By the Holy Spirit we are all baptized into the one body of Christ. Water baptism is not essential for salvation, but is a testimony to the world. Acts 1:8; I Cor. 6:19, 20; Acts 2:1‑4; I Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:5; Acts 10:47.
8. Every true child of God possesses eternal life and is therefore safe and secure for all eternity, being justified by faith, sanctified by God, and sealed by the Holy Spirit: he 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.11:30‑32.
9. a. A true child of God has two births: one of the flesh. the other of the Spirit, giving man a flesh nature and a Spirit nature. The flesh nature is neither good nor righteous. The Spiritual Man does not commit any sin. This results in warfare between the Spirit and the flesh, which continues until physical death, or the return of our Lord. The flesh nature of the 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 Pet. 1:23; I John 5:18; I John 1:8.
9.b. I John 1:9 is not a verse for salvation, but a precious promise to Christians for cleansing and forgiveness. 1 John 1:9 does not guarantee restoration of fellowship or restitution from physical damage caused by sin. It is heresy to teach that confession of sin produces spiritual fruit. Confession of sin places the Christian in a position where he can have fellowship.
1 John 1:6. 7 teaches that fellowship is the result of the Christian's walk, and not by confession of sin.
Spirituality, of which fellowship is pact,‑comes from the Christian's obedience to God. II Pet. 1:5‑8; Col. l:10; John 15:8; I John 1:6,7; Gal. 5:22.
10. 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. I Thess.4:13‑18; Daniel 12:2; Rev‑20:5‑15; Matt. 25:41.
11. We believe in the personal, pre‑tribulational and pre‑millennial return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I Thess. 5:9‑11; I Thess. 1:10; II Thess. 2:1‑8; Rev. 3:10; Luke 21:36: Titus 2:13; Isa. 26:17‑21; Isa. 27:1; Rev. 4:4.
12. Satan is a person, the author of sin, and he and his angels shall be eternally punished. Ezek. 28:15,17; Isa. 14:12‑15; Rev. 20:10; Matt. 25:41
13. God can heal, but physical healing is not in the atonement. God heals miraculously today when it is His perfect will to do so. Healing cannot be claimed through the guarantee of the atonement. At times it is God's will for sickness not to be removed. II Cor.12:8‑10; James 5:14‑16
14. The gift of tongues (languages) was a manifestation of the Holy Spirit's power, solely for the demonstration of God's wisdom, purpose and power in the establishment of the church. Acts 2:6; I Cor. 14:22
15. The true child of God is not under the Law but under grace; he is saved by grace and disciplined by grace. Rom. 6:14‑15; Rom. 11:6; II Cor. 3:17.
16. Repentance is necessary for salvation.
The Greek work for "repent" is metanoeo, which. translated into English is: "to change one's mind." It does not mean "to turn from sin." That would add works to salvation.
Repentance for salvation means a change of mind from men's ideas of salvation and religion, to an acceptance of God's only way of salvation.
This results in a completely new creation, not a reformation of the old. The old nature remains as evil as ever after salvation and has not been reformed. The old nature can now be controlled by the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit.
God guarantees salvation. This is His gift to us.
God guarantees reward and fruit to the obedient son.
God guarantees chastening and loss of rewards to the disobedient son.
God does not cast out disobedient children, but in some cases, does take them home.
He does not permit His children to live as they please without His discipline and guidance.
Many teach repentance for salvation incorrectly by including some form of human effort or righteousness, such as willingness to turn from sin, or turning from sin. This is heresy and has confused many people, as it adds works to salvation and causes many to not understand God's great gift. It is probation, not salvation. It is completely unscriptural. It is "Galatianism" and a counterfeit of the gospel.
It is a tragedy that many Christians live shallow Christian lives. Florida Bible College is dedicated to the task of training Christian men and women in the importance of total dedication and making Jesus the Lord of their lives ‑ not to be saved ‑ but because they are saved.
"Shallow Christianity" cannot be cured by adding works to salvation.
Salvation is not the result of what we do, but is by receiving what God has done for us. Acts 13:38,39; Acts 20:20; Gal. 1:8.9; Gal. 2:4; Gal. 2:21; Gal. 3:1‑3; Gal. 5:1‑4; Eph. 2:8‑10; II Cor. 5:21; John 3:16‑18: Phil. 3:9; Titus 3:5‑8; II Cor. 11:13‑15
It is every Christians privilege and duty to make clear God's plan of salvation wherever and in whatever vocation he or she may be. Mark 16:15: 1 Thess 2:1.
The general plan of salvation in God's Word - in this brief outline - is believed and practiced by Florida Bible College as follows:
A. Establish the fact that all men are sinners. Rom. 3: 10; Rom. 3:23: Isa. 64:6; Jer. 17 :9; James 2:10.
B. Establish the fact that the penalty of sin is death. Rom. 6:23; Ezek. 18:20.
C. Establish the fact that you must be perfect to enter heaven. Rev. 21:27.
D. Establish the fact that man can do nothing of himself to obtain this perfection. Eph. 2:8,9; Gal. 2:16; Rom. 4:5.
E. Show how God provided a sin‑bearer and imputes to man His righteousness. II Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9; Isa. 53:6; I Pet. 3:18.
F. Establish the fact that man needs only belief in the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior for salvation. John 3:16; Rom. 10:9; John 1:12; Acts 16:31.
G. Establish the fact that man can be certain of his salvation now, and that his salvation cannot be lost because eternal life is eternal. John 6:37‑39; John 10:28; I Pet. 1:5; Heb. 10:10‑14; I John 5:13.
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THE TRUTHS WE EMBRACE
We Believe - that the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of' God and without mistakes as originally written. It is the complete revelation of His will for salvation, and the only unfailing rule of faith and practice for the Christian life.
We Believe - in one God, Creator of all things, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these three are co-eternal and of equal dignity and power.
We Believe - in the deity of Jesus Christ; His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit; His virgin birth; His sinless life; His substitutionary death on a cross; His bodily resurrection; His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal imminent return.
We Believe - that man was created by and for God; that by man's disobeying God, every person incurred spiritual death, which is separation from God, and physical death as a consequence; and that all people are sinners by nature and practice.
We Believe - the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins and that all who believe in Him are declared righteous because of His sacrificial death and are, therefore, in right relationship with God.
We Believe - in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit indwelling all believers and thus enabling and empowering the life and ministry of the believer.
We Believe - in the bodily resurrection of everyone who has lived, the everlasting blessedness of those in right relationship with God, and the everlasting punishment of those who have rejected God's forgiveness in His Son.
"For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast."
Ephesians 2:8-9
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