The preaching and
teaching of North Shore Baptist Church is based on
the great fundamentals of the Christian faith, all
of which center in the Person of Jesus Christ and
His death, resurrection, and exaltation.
The Scriptures
We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word
of God, the written record of His supernatural revelation
of Himself to man, absolute in its authority, complete
in its revelation, final in its content, and without
error.
God
We believe that the Godhead exists eternally in three
Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and these are
one God.
Jesus Christ
We believe in the true deity and humanity of Jesus
Christ, His miraculous birth--conceived of the Holy
Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, His sinless life,
His atonement for the sins of the world by His death,
His bodily resurrection, His ascension into Heaven,
His perpetual intercession in behalf of the saints,
and His personal, bodily, visible return to earth.
Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third Member
of the Godhead; that He is a divine Person equal with
the Father and the Son; that His ministry is to uplift
and glorify Christ, to convict the world of sin, righteousness,
and judgment and to regenerate, indwell, enlighten,
empower, and comfort the saved; that the evidence
of His presence in the life of the believer is the
fruit of the Spirit.
Satan
Satan is a person, a fallen angel, the author of the
fall of man, and the god of this age. He is also a
defeated foe and his destiny is eternal punishment.
Salvation
We believe that all men by nature and by choice are
sinners and therefore are lost and depraved; that
salvation is by grace, a free gift of God, and is
only obtained through personal faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ; that the reception of salvation is characterized
by a godly sorrow for sin and a transformed life.
The Church
We believe that the plan of God for this age is to
evangelize the world through the establishing of New
Testament local churches; that the ordinances of the
local church are two: the Lord's Supper and Baptism
by immersion; that the church is to be separated from
the state as well as all ecumenical groups and unequal
yokes.
The Future
We believe in the imminent return of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the pretribulational rapture of the saints,
the Judgment Seat of Christ, the great tribulation
followed by the millennial reign of Christ, the Great
White Throne Judgment, and the creation of the New
Heaven and the New Earth.
Eternity
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead,
both of the just and the unjust; the eternal conscious
punishment of the lost in Hell and the eternal joy
of the saved in Heaven.
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