Our Beliefs
Southside Bible Church – Abbreviated Doctrinal Statement
The Scriptures
We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, inerrant and infallible in the original manuscripts, and the supreme and final authority in matters of faith and life.
GodWe believe in one God, eternally existent in three Persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and that He created everything out of nothing for his own pleasure and purpose.
Man
We believe that man was created in the image of God, and that when Adam sinned he caused all mankind to be plunged into both physical and spiritual death. As a result man became alienated from God, totally depraved, and incapable of remedying his sinful condition by his own means.
ChristWe believe in the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ who was conceived in Mary’s womb by the Holy Spirit. From the moment of conception Jesus Christ became the God-man; the eternal union of complete and full human nature as the Son of David with the complete and full divine nature of God the Son.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ lived a sinless and perfect life that fully pleased His Father; that He died on the cross for the sins of those He came to save, and that He bore the judgment demanded by God’s holy justice against sin, so that God remains just and at the same time justifies those who believe in Jesus.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead, never to die again, and ascended to the right hand of the Father, where He intercedes as High Priest and Advocate on behalf of all who believe in Him.
Salvation
We believe that salvation in total is accomplished by God’s grace. The new birth (regeneration) is the sovereign work of the Spirit of God giving life to those dead in sin who are sovereignly chosen by God independent of any human worth or merit. This gracious work of God results in saving faith in Christ alone and issues forth in an obedient life of faith. True believers, although never perfect in this life, are eternally secure in Christ and will persevere in faith being progressively conformed into the image of Christ by the power of the Spirit until they are brought home to glory.
We believe that the Holy Spirit baptizes all true believers into the one true church, the body of Christ. The Spirit also permanently indwells believers, seals them as a pledge of their future inheritance, and empowers them for service and holy living.
We believe that the Scriptures have given us everything pertaining to life and godliness, including not only salvation from the penalty of sin but instruction in righteousness for present sanctification and a persevering life of faith, to the glory of God.
Ordinances
We believe that two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper (although powerless to affect salvation), are to be observed by all believers in obedience to our Lord until His return.
Last ThingsWe believe that at death the souls of the redeemed pass immediately into Christ’s presence to remain there until the resurrection of the body at Christ’s return for the church.
We believe that at death the souls of the lost go to a place of torment, where they remain until they are brought before Christ at the Great White Throne judgment to be judged according to their works and cast into the lake of fire, there to remain eternally.
We believe in the personal, bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ to earth in power and great glory to establish His glorious kingdom and rule over the nations to the glory of the Father.
We believe that the final dwelling place of the triune God with His people will be the new heavens and new earth, where God’s people will have eternal access to Him in the New Jerusalem forever beholding His glory in the face of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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