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Ford and Peggy Baker Missionaries to England Our Beliefs About God's Plans God's ultimate purpose of creation, the central, unifying theme of the Bible, is the establishment under His loving sovereignty of a KINGDOM comprised of those reborn in His image, with whom He will dwell forever upon planet earth. Steps of God's plan: Establish a kingdom based upon His loving sovereignty (which He has done); Redeem to Himself a people reborn in His image (which He is doing); then hereafter Give the redeemed immortal bodies like that of the Son of God (the Rapture); Reward Christian service with honorable roles in the Kingdom (the Bema-Seat); Conquer the earth for the homeland of His kingdom (the glorious Second Coming); Judge all the unsaved by their works (the Great White Throne Judgment); and Dwell eternally with the saved as their God and they His people (the Age of Ages). Let us not hoard these precious truths to ourselves. They are the best incentive for action to the lost who are considering the gospel. Turning to God through Christ is our entrance into faith. However, a thorough knowledge of Bible truth is essential for a strong faith, therefore we hold these Bible truthes: About God We believe that there is one God; the author, sustainer and judge of all things, eternally existent in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. The Father: We believe that God the Father has His abode in Heaven. That He is Light and Love in His essence. That He sent His Son to die for us, and He answers prayers that He hears from His Son. The Son: We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, His Virgin Birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious, atoning death, The efficacy of His shed Blood, His bodily resurrection as the firstfruits of the resurrection of all believers, His ascension to the Father's right hand as our High Priest and as intercessor for the prayers of the saints, His pre-tribulation return to gather (Rapture) to Himself His Bride (Church), His pre-millennial, glorious return with His saints to conquer the kingdoms of earth, judge the nations and move His Kingdom to the earth for eternity. The Holy Ghost: We believe in the Deity and the present earthly ministry of the Holy Spirit; that He restrains Satan and his demons until the rapture of the Church; convicts the sinner; regenerates the one who believes; indwells, seals, illuminates, instructs, reproves and guides the believer; and that He fills and controls every saint that is wholly yielded to God. About Satan We believe in the person of Satan; in his power and present earthly kingdom of evil; in his wiles; in his judgement at the cross; and in his eternal destruction in hell. About the Bible We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God, and that it is preserved faultless in the original languages in the ‘Textus Receptus' (Received Text). The only English translation faithful to the Received Text is the ‘Authorized' King James Version; we therefore affirm that the King James Bible is the very Word of God to English-speaking people, which we therefore are bound by our faith to read, believe and obey. About Man We believe that man is a sinner both by nature and practice, and therefore is estranged from God and in need of the convicting and regenerating ministry of the Holy Spirit. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved unto ‘Life', and the bodily resurrection of the lost unto ‘judgement and condemnation'. About Salvation We believe that salvation is a free gift by God's grace, and that it is received through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, plus nothing and minus nothing. About Heaven and Hell We believe in a literal heaven with golden streets and a literal hell with fire and brimstone. About the Local Church We believe in the local church, which is a body of baptized believers who, through the power of the Holy Ghost, assemble together for worship, preaching, Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and to carry out the commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ to preach the gospel and to send missionaries throughout the world. About Separation We believe and practice both ecclesiastical and personal separation on the basis of the Word of God. This site created by Northwest Baptist Church 23845 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48336 Praise God!

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