| ABOUT US/WHAT WE BELIEVE THE
BIBLE
We believe in and teach the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
to be the inerrant, inspired Word of God (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21).
THE GODHEAD
We believe in the one true living God who is perfect, infinite, and
eternal, and who coexists in three persons, namely the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; John 4:24).
JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, that He came
in the flesh and took upon Himself the form of man, being born of
the virgin Mary, in order that He might redeem us through His vicarious
suffering and death on the Cross of Calvary, that he was raised from
the dead (bodily) for our justification and is now at the right hand
of God interceding for us (John 1:1-3; Hebrews 1:5; 1 Peter 2:24).
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity.
He convicts, regenerates, empowers and indwells the believer (Romans
8:9; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Galations 5:22-23)
SATAN AND SIN
We believe in the personality of Satan, judged at the cross, ultimately
to be cast into the lake of fire, that in this age he is the tempter,
the seducer, and the accuser of the brethren (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-15;
John 16:11; Hebrews 2:14; Revelation 20:10-15).
SIN AND SALVATION
We believe that mankind in his natural state is depraved and in need
of a Divine Redeemer (Genesis 3:1-24; Romans 3:23, 5:12). We believe
that salvation is a free gift of God's grace, offered to us on the
basis of Jesus Christ's substitutionary death on the cross, received
personally by repentance for sin and by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,
rendering a believer eternally secure and containing deliverance from
the guilt and penalty of sin, a righteous standing before God, the
provision for victory over the power of sin, and the promise of future
glorification in God's presence (John 3:14-18; 10:17-18; Acts 20:21;
Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 2:11-14).
THE CHURCH
We believe in the church as a fellowship of true believers in Jesus
Christ (John 3:5-6; 1 Timothy 3; Ephesians 2:19-22; 4:4-16).
THE RETURN OF CHRIST
We believe in the personal, visible, imminent, premillennial return
of Christ, with the rapture occurring before the tribulation (Acts
1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Peter 4:7; Revelation 3:10; 19:11-18).
EBC is a member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches
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