Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article VII of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a … [Read more...]
Article VI of the BF&M: The Church
Following is another in a series of columns on The Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article VI of the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the … [Read more...]
Article V of BFM: God’s purpose of grace
Following is another in a series of columns on The Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article V of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is the glorious display of God’s sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. It excludes boasting … [Read more...]
Our glorified bodies: Baptist Faith & Message, Article IV-D
Following is another in a series of columns on The Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article IV-D of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.” As we learned in the last column, glorification is the means by which God fully reverses the effects of the Fall, purging sin and its stain from the created order. It involves the return of Jesus, the future resurrection and judgment of … [Read more...]
Article IV-C of BFM: Sanctification
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article IV-C of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him. Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate person’s life.” Sanctification is the work … [Read more...]
Article IV-B of the BFM: Justification
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article IV-B of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Justification is God’s gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings the believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God.” In justification, God declares us righteous. In sanctification and glorification, which we explore in the following columns, … [Read more...]
Article IV of the BF&M: Salvation
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article IV of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in … [Read more...]
Article III of the BF&M: Man
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article III of the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God’s creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against God and brought … [Read more...]
Article II-C of BFM: God the Holy Spirit
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article II-C of the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every … [Read more...]
Article II-B of the BFM: God the Son
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article II-B of the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His … [Read more...]
Article II of the BF&M: God
Following is another in a series of columns on The Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article II of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future … [Read more...]
Article I of the BF&M: The Scriptures
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article I of the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God … [Read more...]
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