Denison Bible Church

The Bible

The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God in all its parts (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21), and are without error or misstatements as originally given in their moral and spiritual teachings, and record of historical facts (Heb. 1:1-2 )

God

There is one God, eternally existing and manifesting Himself to us in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14; Matt. 3:16-17; John 16:13-15, 17:11, 21 ).

The Father

We believe God as Father reigns with providential care over all His creations (Gen. 1:1); His universe, His creatures and the flow of the stream of human history in accordance with His purpose by grace (Gen. 2:7). He is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, and all-wise (Ex.3:14, 6:2-3, 15:11, Ps. 19:1, Isa. 64:8). God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ (Matt. 7:11 , 23:9; John 4:24 )

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is God eternally existent (John 1:1). He was supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit (Matt. 1:18-25), and as God incarnate, was born of the Virgin Mary (Phil. 2:5-8). He is true God and man; He lived, taught, and wrought miraculous works, wonders and signs in fulfillment of the Scriptures. He was put to death by crucifixion as the substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of the world (1 Pet. 2:24-25), was raised from the dead in body (Luke 24:6), and ascended to the right hand of God the Father, where He now sits as our High Priest and Advocate (Acts 1:9-11; Heb. 4:14-16 ). He is coming again to this earth bodily and visibly with his saints to reign in glory and splendor (1 Thes. 4:16-18; Matt. 25:31-46)

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is a person, and possesses all the distinctively divine attributes (John 14:26). He is God. He is also the divine agent in nature, revelation, and redemption. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment (John 16:7-11). He regenerates, indwells, (1 Cor. 12:13), seals (Eph. 1:13), endues, guides, and teaches all those who believe in Jesus Christ as personal Savior.

Man

Man was created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26); he sinned and thus incurred both physical and spiritual death (Gen. 3:6). All human beings are born with a sin nature and upon reaching moral responsibility become sinners in thought, word and deed (Rom 5:12; Eph. 2:1, 3).

Angels

Angels are heavenly beings created for the glory of God and for service to the heirs of salvation (Heb. 1:14; Ps. 34:7; Dan. 6:22). Many of them rebelled against God. The chief rebellious angel is Satan (Isa. 14:12-17), the source of all evil, a personal being of great cunning and vast power, who shall ultimately be cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone to be tormented day and night forever (Rev. 20:10).

Salvation

According to Scriptures, the Lord Jesus Christ died vicariously for sinners. All who place thier faith in Him and receive Him into their hearts and lives, are justified on the ground of His shed blood, which is the only acceptable and perfect atonement for sin (John 3:16, 5:24; Acts 4:12)

Individuals are justified on the simple and single ground of the shed blood of Christ (Lev. 17:11; Heb. 9:22) and upon the simple and single condition of faith in Him who shed this blood (Eph. 2:8-9). They are born again by the quickening, renewing, cleansing work of the Holy Spirit, through the instrumentality of the Word of God (Eph. 5:25b-26). The Holy Spirit indwells all believers, having baptized them into the body of Christ at the time of regeneration (1 Cor. 6:19-20; 12:13), and even though there may be many fillings (Eph. 5:18) there is only one baptism of the Holy Spirit.

All those who persistently reject Jesus Christ in the present life shall be raised from the dead and throughout eternity exist in a state of conscious, unutterable, endless torment and anguish (Luke 16:19-26; Rev. 20:11-15; 2 Thes. 1:7-9).

The Church

The Church consists of all those who in this present dispensation truly believe on Jesus Christ. It is the body and bride of Christ (Eph. 1:22-23) which Christ loves and for which He has given Himself (Eph. 5:25-27). The church has been entrusted with the administration of the ordinances of water baptism (Rom. 6:3-4; Matt. 28:19-20), which is the outward manifestation of an inward experience and is a picture of regeneration; and of the Lord's Supper (1 Cor. 10:16-22, 11:23-34), a memorial of our Lord's death and a reminder of His Second Coming. The divine mission of the Church is to glorify God by winning men to Christ, building them up in Christ, and sending them out to work for Christ.

Future Things

All those who receive Jesus Christ as their Savior and their Lord (John 1:12), and who confess Him as such before their fellow men (Rom 10:4-10), become children of God and receive eternal life. They become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:16-17). At death, their spirits depart to be with Christ in conscious blessedness (2 Cor. 5:5-8, Phil. 1:21-24) and at the Rapture of the Church their bodies shall be raised and transformed into the likeness of the body of Glory (1 Thes. 4:13-18).

The return of our Lord Jesus Christ is personal (Acts 1:11), visible, premillennial (Rev. 3:10), imminent, and in two aspects -- the one, His coming for the saints before the Great Tribulation (The Rapture: 1 Thes. 4:13-18), and the other, His coming with the saints after the Great Tribulation to set up His millennial reign on the throne of David (The Second Coming: Rev. 19:11-16).






				What We Believe... The Bible The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God in all its parts (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21), and are without error or misstatements as originally given in their moral and spiritual teachings, and record of historical facts (Heb. 1:1-2 ) God There is one God, eternally existing and manifesting Himself to us in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14; Matt. 3:16-17; John 16:13-15, 17:11, 21 ). The Father We believe God as Father reigns with providential care over all His creations (Gen. 1:1); His universe, His creatures and the flow of the stream of human history in accordance with His purpose by grace (Gen. 2:7). He is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, and all-wise (Ex.3:14, 6:2-3, 15:11, Ps. 19:1, Isa. 64:8). God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ (Matt. 7:11 , 23:9; John 4:24 ) Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is God eternally existent (John 1:1). He was supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit (Matt. 1:18-25), and as God incarnate, was born of the Virgin Mary (Phil. 2:5-8). He is true God and man; He lived, taught, and wrought miraculous works, wonders and signs in fulfillment of the Scriptures. He was put to death by crucifixion as the substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of the world (1 Pet. 2:24-25), was raised from the dead in body (Luke 24:6), and ascended to the right hand of God the Father, where He now sits as our High Priest and Advocate (Acts 1:9-11; Heb. 4:14-16 ). He is coming again to this earth bodily and visibly with his saints to reign in glory and splendor (1 Thes. 4:16-18; Matt. 25:31-46) The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is a person, and possesses all the distinctively divine attributes (John 14:26). He is God. He is also the divine agent in nature, revelation, and redemption. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment (John 16:7-11). He regenerates, indwells, (1 Cor. 12:13), seals (Eph. 1:13), endues, guides, and teaches all those who believe in Jesus Christ as personal Savior. Man Man was created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26); he sinned and thus incurred both physical and spiritual death (Gen. 3:6). All human beings are born with a sin nature and upon reaching moral responsibility become sinners in thought, word and deed (Rom 5:12; Eph. 2:1, 3). Angels Angels are heavenly beings created for the glory of God and for service to the heirs of salvation (Heb. 1:14; Ps. 34:7; Dan. 6:22). Many of them rebelled against God. The chief rebellious angel is Satan (Isa. 14:12-17), the source of all evil, a personal being of great cunning and vast power, who shall ultimately be cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone to be tormented day and night forever (Rev. 20:10). Salvation According to Scriptures, the Lord Jesus Christ died vicariously for sinners. All who place thier faith in Him and receive Him into their hearts and lives, are justified on the ground of His shed blood, which is the only acceptable and perfect atonement for sin (John 3:16, 5:24; Acts 4:12) Individuals are justified on the simple and single ground of the shed blood of Christ (Lev. 17:11; Heb. 9:22) and upon the simple and single condition of faith in Him who shed this blood (Eph. 2:8-9). They are born again by the quickening, renewing, cleansing work of the Holy Spirit, through the instrumentality of the Word of God (Eph. 5:25b-26). The Holy Spirit indwells all believers, having baptized them into the body of Christ at the time of regeneration (1 Cor. 6:19-20; 12:13), and even though there may be many fillings (Eph. 5:18) there is only one baptism of the Holy Spirit. All those who persistently reject Jesus Christ in the present life shall be raised from the dead and throughout eternity exist in a state of conscious, unutterable, endless torment and anguish (Luke 16:19-26; Rev. 20:11-15; 2 Thes. 1:7-9). The Church The Church consists of all those who in this present dispensation truly believe on Jesus Christ. It is the body and bride of Christ (Eph. 1:22-23) which Christ loves and for which He has given Himself (Eph. 5:25-27). The church has been entrusted with the administration of the ordinances of water baptism (Rom. 6:3-4; Matt. 28:19-20), which is the outward manifestation of an inward experience and is a picture of regeneration; and of the Lord's Supper (1 Cor. 10:16-22, 11:23-34), a memorial of our Lord's death and a reminder of His Second Coming. The divine mission of the Church is to glorify God by winning men to Christ, building them up in Christ, and sending them out to work for Christ. Future Things All those who receive Jesus Christ as their Savior and their Lord (John 1:12), and who confess Him as such before their fellow men (Rom 10:4-10), become children of God and receive eternal life. They become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:16-17). At death, their spirits depart to be with Christ in conscious blessedness (2 Cor. 5:5-8, Phil. 1:21-24) and at the Rapture of the Church their bodies shall be raised and transformed into the likeness of the body of Glory (1 Thes. 4:13-18). The return of our Lord Jesus Christ is personal (Acts 1:11), visible, premillennial (Rev. 3:10), imminent, and in two aspects -- the one, His coming for the saints before the Great Tribulation (The Rapture: 1 Thes. 4:13-18), and the other, His coming with the saints after the Great Tribulation to set up His millennial reign on the throne of David (The Second Coming: Rev. 19:11-16).