Our Faith - Clearview Baptist Church

God has given everyone a free will and they are responsible for their choices. God does not control your choices, you do.
There is one, and only one, living and true God; and in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. God is a trinity and Jesus is God.
The Genesis account of creation is the way that God, through His Son Jesus Christ, created the universe, and it should be accepted literally.
There is no such thing as evolution; evolution is not compatible with the Bible.
One day in the Bible is not equal to one thousand years. The world-wide flood that Noah was in explains perfectly the fossil record.
The Bible always harmonizes with established scientific knowledge. Here are some of the scientific reasons why I believe the Bible.
All mankind are sinners as a result of Adams sin, and through sin came death. There was no death in the world until Adam sinned. Man was originally designed to be eternal.
Sin is the transgression of God’s Laws.
We have all broken some of the 10 Commandments during our life, therefore, no one is good enough to save themselves.
Salvation is wholly of grace through the blood of Christ that was shed on the cross. A sinner must accept this atonement for his sins in order to be saved. There are 5 things a person must do in order to be saved:
1. Recognize that you are a sinner.
2. Recognize that you can’t save yourself.
3. Recognize that Jesus is God.
4. Turn from your sins (repent).
5. Turn to Jesus Christ (accept Jesus Christ as your God).
A person cannot lose their salvation. Even if you sin after you are saved, once you are saved you are always saved.
We should all live according to the will of God.
A church is a group of baptized believers whose only guide is the Bible and whose only mission is to teach and preach the Gospel of Christ.
Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, born in a miraculous manner to Mary, a virgin, and He is not only the Son of God, but also God the Son.
Jesus is the Messiah that is prophesied of in the Old Testament.
Baptism is a picture of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Baptism does not save and has no saving power. It is only a picture of salvation and a symbolic statement that a person has been saved.
Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, rose bodily from the grave; and after forty days he ascended to the right hand of God, where He is today interceding for the saints; He will some day return to earth, bodily, personally, and visibly, to establish His kingdom for a thousand years of righteous reign.