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First Baptist Church in Meriden, NH 2 Main St. 603 469 3393 |
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Statement of faith: We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, inerrant in the origional writings, complete as the revelation of God's will for salvation, and the supreme final authority in all matters of life and faith. We believe in one God, creator and sustainer of all things, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; that these are equal in every divine perfection and that they execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of the Godhead. We believe that Jesus is not only true God, but also true man, concieved of the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary and resurrected bodily from the dead. We believe that God created humans in His own image, free from sin. We believe that sin entered the human race when our human parents, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God's command. As a result we have become sinners by nature and by choice and are therefore spiritually dead before salvation. We believe in salvation by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ. We further believe that salvation was purchased by Christ on the cross of Calvary. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, both saved and lost, the eternal existence of all people in either Heaven or Hell, in divine judgements, rewards, and punishment. |