First Baptist Church
Our Beliefs...
XI. Justification
We believe that justification is that judicial act of God whereby He declares
the believer righteous upon the basis of the imputed righteousness of Christ;
that it is bestowed, not in consideration of any work of righteousness which we
have done, but solely through faith in the Redeemer's shed blood. Romans 3:24;
4:5; 5:1, 9; Galatians 2:16; Philippians 3:9.
XII. Sanctification
We believe that sanctification is the divine setting apart of the believer unto
God accomplished in a threefold manner; first, an eternal act of God, based upon
redemption in Christ, establishing the believer in a position of holiness at the
moment he trusts the Savior; second, a continuing process in the saint as the
Holy Spirit applies the Word of God to the life; third, the final accomplishment
of this process at the Lord's return. Hebrews 10:10-14; 3:1; John 17:17; 2 Corinthians
3:18; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 5:25-27; 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 4; 5:23, 24;
1 John 3:2; Jude 24, 25; Revelation 22:11.
XIII. The Security of the Saints
We believe that all who are truly born again are kept by God the Father for Jesus
Christ. Philippians 1:6; John 10:28, 29; Romans 8:35-39; Jude 1.
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