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PASTOR BERNARD L. PARSONS SR. OF BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH AT 2224 DENISON
AVE.DOWN IN CLEVELAND, OHIO 44109, PHONE NUMBER 216-624-2978
ARTICLES
OF FAITH
THE BIBLE; WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION 1611 IS THE ONLY INSPIRED WORD OF GOD WE
HAVE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO DATE, 2nd TIMOTHY 3:15-17, VERSE 16; ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IS
PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTOUSNESS. 1) DOCTRINE; WHAT IS RIGHT 2) REPROOF;
WHAT IS NOT RIGHT 3) CORRECTION; HOW TO GET RIGHT 4) INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTOUSNESS; HOW TO STAY RIGHT. 2nd PETER 1:19-21. 19)
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth
in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 ) Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.21 ) For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
THE GODHEAD; WE BELIEVE IN THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE AND LIVING GOD WHO REVEALED HIMSELF AS THE FATHER, THE SON,
AND THE HOLY GHOST MATH.28:19
JESUS CHRIST; WE BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST WAS BEGOTTON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY MATH.1:18-23
WE BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS BOTH GOD AND SINLESS MAN JOHN 1:2, 14
WE BELIEVE JESUS DIED AS A SUBSITUTIONARY SACRAFICE FOR THE SINS OF ALL MEN, AND ALL WHO RECIEVE HIM INTO THEIR
HEARTS AS THEIR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR ARE JUSTIFIED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR TRUE FAITH IN HIS SHED BLOOD THAT HE SHED
FOR THEM AT CALVARY 1st JOHN 2:2; ROM. 3:24-25
WE BELIEVE JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS, WAS BURIED, ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD, AND ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN 1st. COR.
15:3-4; 1st THESS. 4:13-18, ACTS 1:6-11
HOLY SPIRIRT: WE BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT ENTERS, SEALS, AND BAPTIZES YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH THE
FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHICH SIMPLY MEANS YOU HAVE A DESIRE IN YOUR HEART TO SERVE GOD, IT IS NOT WATER BAPTISIM BY IMMERSION
1st COR. 6:19; EPH. 1:11
SALVATION: WE BELIEVE THE SALVATION OF SINNERS IS ONLY BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, AND NOT OF WORKS EPH. 2:8-9
ETERNAL SECURITY: WE BELIEVE THE ETERNAL SECURITY OF ALL BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS, JOHN 3:36,15,16
THE CHURCH: WE BELIEVE THAT THE INVISABLE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS A CONGREGATION OF BLOOD BOUGHT BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS
BAPTIZED BY COMPLETE IMMERSION, JESUS SET THE EXAMPLE HIMSELF, MATHEW 3:13-17, MARK 1:7-11, ( ACTS 8: 36-39, THE ETHIOPIAN
EUNICH )
THE ORDINANCES: WE BELIEVE THE ORDINANCES OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ARE BELIEVERS BAPTISIM,
( BY COMPLETE IMMERSION ONLY ) AND THE LORD'S SUPPER, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, JESUS SET THE EXAMPLE HIMSELF, MATH. 3:13-17,
MARK 1:7-11, ACTS 8:36-39 1st. COR: 11. 23-31, ANOTHER PART OF THE ORDINANCE IS SALVATION BEFORE BAPTISIM, ROMANS 10:9-10&
13
SEPERATION: WE BELIEVE IN BIBLICLE SEPERATION FROM UNBELIEVERS, ALL FORMS OF HERESY AND APOSTASY. 2nd THESS.
3:14, WE DO BELIEVE WE ARE TO PRAY FOR THEM AND TRY TO LEAD THEM TO SALVATION
THE GREAT COMMISSION, WE BELIEVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS COMMISSIONED THE CHURCH TO TAKE THE GOSPEL THAT
SAVES INTO ALL THE WORLD. MATH. 28:18-20 | 