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DOCTRINAL
STATEMENT OF TBS MINISTRIES
THE
BIBLE
The Bible is the only inspired, infallible
and authoritative Word of God (II Timothy
3:16, 17; II Peter 1:21).
THE GODHEAD
There is ONE God, eternally existing in
three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
(Deuteronomy 6:4; Ephesians 4:4-6; Matthew
28:19; II Corinthians 13:14.)
THE
PERSON OF CHRIST
Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin, Mary, and is true
God and true man (Luke 1:35; Philippians
2:6-9; Romans 1:3-4). We believe in the
Deity of Jesus Christ, His sinless life,
death for the sins of all mankind, His bodily
resurrection, His ascension to the right
hand of the Father, and that He will personally
come to earth a second time in power and
glory.
PERSONALITY
AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts
the world of sin and regenerates, baptizes,
identifies, seals, indwells, enlightens,
and empowers believers (John 16:8; Titus
3:5; I Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 1:13,
17-18; 3:16).
TOTAL
DEPRAVITY
All men are by nature dead in trespasses
and sins and are, therefore, totally unable
by their own wisdom or strength to do anything
pleasing to God (Ephesians 2:1-3; Romans
3:9-12; I Corinthians 1:18-31).
SALVATION
(REDEMPTION)
God justifies ungodly sinners by His grace
upon the ground of the shed blood of Christ
through the means of faith. This complete
salvation is bestowed as a free gift of
God apart from man's works (Romans 3:24-28;
5:1,9; Ephesians 2:8,9).
ETERNAL
SECURITY
All the saved are eternally secure in Christ
(Colossians 3:1-4; Philippians 1:6; Romans
8:1, 29-34, 38-39; John 10:27-29; Ephesians
1:13-14).
THE
CHURCH
The Church, which is His Body, is commissioned
with the responsibility of making known
God's message of reconciliation to a lost
world through the "preaching of Jesus
Christ according to the revelation of the
mystery." (I Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians
1:22-23; 3:1-6).
WALK
By reason of Christ's victory over sin and
of His indwelling Spirit, all of the saved
may and should experience deliverance from
the power of sin (Romans 6:6-14; Galatians
5:16-25; Romans 8:37; II Corinthians 2:14;
10:2-5).
As saints we are to maintain a Christ-honoring
testimony, separate from all forms of worldliness,
demonstrating obedience to the Lord Jesus
Christ and love to all men (Romans 12:1-2,
9; II Corinthians 6:14-18; Ephesians 5:11;
I Timothy 6:20-21; I John 4:19).
BAPTISM
All saved persons have been made members
of the Body of Christ by one divine baptism
(I Corinthians 12:13). By this one baptism
every member of the Body of Christ is identified
with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection.
THE
LORD'S SUPPER
The communion of the Lord's Supper as revealed
through the Apostle Paul in I Corinthians
11:23-26 is for members of the Body of Christ
to observe "until He comes." It
is a memorial of Christ's death.
RESURRECTION
Jesus Christ was resurrected bodily from
the dead (Luke 24:39-43). Therefore (I Corinthians
15:21), all men will have a bodily resurrection
(Acts 24:15): the saved to everlasting glory
and the unsaved to everlasting punishment
(John 5:29; Revelation 20:11-15).
THE
RAPTURE AND SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
The rapture of the Church "which is
his body," and the Second Coming of
Christ will be pre-millennial. He will come
first to receive the members of His Body
to Himself (I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Philippians
3:20-21), and later to receive His millennial
kingdom, over which He will reign (Zechariah
14:4, 9; Acts 1:10-11; Revelation 19:11-16;
20:4-6).
STATE
OF THE DEAD
Nowhere does Scripture extend the hope of
salvation to the unsaved dead but instead
reveals that they will ever continue to
exist in a state of conscious suffering
(Luke 16:23-28; Revelation 14:11; 20:14-15;
Colossians 3:6; Romans 1:21-32; John 3:36;
Philippians 3:19; II Thessalonians 1:9).
MISSION
The mission and commission of the Church
which is His Body is to proclaim the message
of reconciliation (II Corinthians 5:14-21)
and to preach Jesus Christ according to
the revelation of the mystery (Romans 16:25;
Ephesians 3:8-9) with all boldness. We,
like the Apostle Paul, must preach the entire
Word of God in the light of this gospel
(II Timothy 4:2; Galatians 1:8-9), and strive
to reach those in the regions beyond where
Christ is not yet named (Romans 15:20; II
Corinthians 10:16). |