While considering a church, it is a good idea to make sure they believe what the Bible teaches. A few beliefs to make sure a church has are listed below. You can usually find out a church’s beliefs by visiting their website.
The Bible is inerrant and infallible.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God…”
2 Timothy 3:16a
The Bible is the guide for all faith and practice.
“…and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16b-17
God has called each Christian to share the Bible and His teachings (evangelize).
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20
Where the Bible is clear, a church should be emphatic. Where the Bible is silent, a church must allow people freedom.
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
2 Corinthians 3:17
“As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.”
Romans 14:1-4
Jesus Christ is God in human flesh.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:1
All people are eternally lost; salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ alone and is apart from human works.
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 19:10
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9
All ministry that is effective must be empowered by the Holy Spirit.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5
God moves in response to the united and personal prayer of those that believe in Jesus Christ.
“The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”
James 5:16b
The glory of God is the motive of the church’s ministry.
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31
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