Jesus replied, "I
assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God. "
- John 3:3 NLT
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What the Bible says - 2 Timothy
3:16; All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking
and correcting and training in righteousness. What the Bible means - A misconception of many is that the Bible is a collection of stories written by man's own ideas and/or their own interpretation of religious teachings. The author of the Bible is God Himself. Through the Holy Spirit God inspired His person and His plan to the authors (apostles and prophets). The authors wrote from a personal and historical using their own minds and writing styles. The words they wrote though through God's inspiration were God breathed - Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says - 2 Peter
1:20-21; Above all you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture
came about by the prophets own interpretation. For prophecy never
had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were
carried along by the Holy Spirit -
What the Bible means - Scripture did not originate from the prophets creative work or personal interpretations but rather God inspired the them. They used their talents, cultural background and education. They were not mindless robots. God used them as the spokesmen of His Word. God alone is responsible for all interpretations of scripture. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says - Genesis
1:26-27; Then God said. "Let us make man in our own image, in our
own likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of
the air, over the livestock over all the earth and over all the creatures
that move along the ground. So God made man in His own image, in the image
of God he created him. male and female he created them. What the Bible means - God is not physical in the sense that he has a body. When the Bible states in God's image it is referring to His glory. Man cannot be totally like God in perfection because He is our creator. We our in God's image in creativity, speech, self-determination, morality and intellectual abilities. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says - Matthew
28:16-20; Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
What the Bible means - God gave Jesus the authority over heaven and earth. With this authority Jesus told the disciples to make more disciples. Jesus commends us to be disciples by telling of the Good News and to make others disciples of God's kingdom. Disciples are to baptize and teach new disciples to be obedient to God's word. Jesus affirms the reality of the Trinity by stating 'baptizing them in the name of the Father, the name of the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Trinity though not mentioned in Scripture specifically describes the three in one nature of God. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says -
John 12:44-45; Then Jesus cried out, "when a man believes in me,
he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks
at me he sees the one who sent me.
What the Bible means - Jesus is stating that those that see Him see God. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible Says - John
14:9; Jesus answered "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I
have been among you such a long time? anyone who has seen me has seen the
Father, and that the Father is me.
What the Bible means - Jesus explains to Philip that He is revealing to all that God is His Father. He is a physical image of God. To know Jesus is to know God. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says - Romans
1:4; and
who through the Holy Spirit of holiness was declared dead with power
to be the son of god by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our
Lord.
What the Bible means - The apostle Paul writes Jesus was the promised Messiah. A descendant of King David. Jesus had fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says - John
1:29-30; The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
"look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is
the one I meant when I said 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me
because he was before me'"
What the Bible means - To pay for the penalty of sin a life had to be given. God choose to provide the sacrifice himself. the sins of the world were removed by Jesus when he died as the perfect sacrifice. The sins of the world refers to the sins of everyone. Jesus paid the sin for each individual - your sin - by his death. You can only receive the forgiveness by confessing your sin to Jesus Christ and asking for his forgiveness. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says -
John 3:16-18; For God so love the world
that he gave his one and only son, that who-ever believes in him shall not
parish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world
to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever
believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands
condemn already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and
only son
What the Bible means - God's love reaches out to all nations, all people. So dearly that he loved the world he expressed by sacrificing his only begotten son. Only begotten meaning one and only son. This was the highest price God could pay. Jesus accepted the punishment of our sins and offers us the new life he bought for us through his sacrifice. For those who believe that Jesus paid for our sins will not face condemnation. Those who do not believe and refused his offer of salvation will face condemnation. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says
- Matthew 28:5-7; The angel said to the women,
"Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was
crucified. He is not here; he has risen just as he said. Then go quickly
and tell his disciples "he has risen from the dead and is going
ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him. Now I have told
you.
What the Bible means - The angel tells the women 4 messages; Do not be afraid - The resurrection and its' reality should bring you joy not fear; He is not here - Jesus is not dead and that we are to look for him among the dead; Come and see - The woman can see for themselves that the tomb was empty; Go quickly and tell - They where to spread the joy of the resurrection. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible
says Luke 24:51; While he was blessing
them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.
What the Bible means - Jesus left the disciples in the physical sense. His work of salvation completed sits at the right hand of God with authority over heaven and earth. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says Acts
1:9-11; After he said this, he was taken up before there very eyes,
and a cloud hid him form their sight. They were looking intently up in the
sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside
them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand there
looking into the sky" This same Jesus who has been taken from you
into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into
heaven. What the Bible means - When the disciples saw Jesus taken up into heaven they knew with out a doubt he was God and he we as at home in heaven. The two men in white were angels who proclaim that there will be a day when Jesus returns the way he went. upon his return Jesus will judge and rule over the earth. That we are not to stand looking to the sky for his return, but should prepares others by spreading the gospel. so they may share in god's great blessing Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible Says - Ephesians
2:8-9; For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and
this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. - not by works, so
that no one can boast.
What the Bible means - We do not get salvation through good works, intelligent choice or other act on our part alone. Our salvation comes through God's grace. Through God's gift of grace we are not merely saved for our own salvation, but we will seek to serve and honor Jesus Christ and His church. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
| What the Bible says - 1
Timothy 2:5; - For there is one God and one mediator between god and
men, the man Jesus Christ.
What the Bible means - There is only one god who is the center of all
truth. He is the only one to be prayed to. There is one God for salvation.
We are separated from God through sin. There is one person who as mediator
who stands between us and God. The only way to God is through the
mediator. The one mediator is Jesus Christ. |
| What the Bible says - John
3:3; - In reply Jesus declared "I tell you the truth, no one can
see the kingdom of God unless he be born again"
What the Bible means - Jesus reveals the kingdom is available to all not just Jews. To be born again one must not be born only of the flesh, but of the water and the spirit. Return to BACPage Mission and Beliefs |
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