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Moriah Baptist Bible Church started year 1978 as a mission and was organized
October of 1980 by the grace of God under the pastorship of Rev. Efren
Padua.
| Our Belief |
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I. Of the Scriptures
- We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men supernaturally
inspired; that it is truth without any admixture of error and therefore
is, and shall remain to the end of the age, the only complete and
final revelation of the will of God to man; the true center of Christian
union and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds,
and opinions should be tried, the only basis of faith and practice.
- We believe the Authorized King James version Bible to be the Word
of God, kept intact for the English speaking people by way of God's
Divine Providence and work of preservation and that its translators
were not inspired but were mere instruments of God used to preserve
His Word among English speaking peoples.
1. ) By the "Holy Bible" we mean the collection of sixty-six
books from Genesis to Revelation which as originally written is the
very Word of God;
2. ) By "inspiration" we mean that the books of the Bible
were written by holy men of God as they were moved by the Holy Ghost
in such a definite way that their writings were supernaturally, verbally
and plenary inspired, and are free from error as no other writings
have been or ever will be inspired;
3. ) By "God's divine providence and work of pre servation"
we mean that God through the ages has, in his divine providence, preserved
His complete, inerrant Word and conveyed the same to English speaking
peoples through the Authorized King James 1611 translation.
Dt 4:2; Ps 12:6-7; Ps 19:7-11; Ps 119:89,105,130,160;
Isa 8:20; Isa 40:8; Jer 23:29; Ezk 12:25; Mt 5:17-18; Mt. 22:29; Lk
24:44-45; Jn 12:48; Jn 17:17; Jn 20:30-31; Rom 3:4; Rom 15:4; Eph
6:17; II Tim 3:16-17; Heb 4:12; I Pt 1:23-25; II Pt 1:19-21; Rev 22:18-19
II. Of the True God
- We believe that there is one and only one living and true God; an
infinite, intelligent Spirit, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven
and earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness and worthy of all possible
honor, confidence and love; that in the unity of the Godhead, there
are three Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, equal in
every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices
in the great work of redemption.
Ex 20:2-3; Ex 15:11; II Sam 7:22; Ps 83:18;
Ps 90:2; Ps 147:5; Isa 40:28; Isa 45:5-6; Jer 10:10; Mt 28:18; Mk
12:30; Jn 1:1-2,14; Jn 4:24; Jn 14:7-11; Jn 17:5; Rom 11:33; I Cor
8:6; I Cor 12:4-6; Phlp 2:5-6; Col 2:9; I Tim 1:17; I Tim 3:16; I
Tim 6:13-16; I Jn 5:7; Rev. 1:8
III. Of the Holy Spirit
- That the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, equal with God the Father
and God the Son and of the same nature; that He was active in creation;
that in His relation to the unbelieving world He restrains the evil
one until God's purpose is fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of
judgment and of righteousness; that He bears witness of and guides
into all truth; that He speaks not of nor exalt Himself but glorifies
the Son of God; that He is the agent in the New Birth; that He seals,
endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer.
Gen 1:1-3; II Chr 7:1-3; Neh 9:20,30; Job
33:4; Ps 139:7; Isa 11:1-2; Isa 59:19; Ezk 36:26-27; Zec 4:6; Mt 12:31;
Lk 1:35; Lk 24:49; Jn 3:5-6; Jn 14:16-17,26; Jn 15:26; Jn 16:7-11,
13-14; Acts 1:8; Acts 5:30-32; Acts 6:5; Acts 13:2; Rom 8:9,14-16,26-27;
I Cor 3:16; Gal 5:22-23; Eph 3:16; Eph 4:30; I Pt. 1:2; I Jn 4:13;
Rev. 22:17
IV. Of the Devil or Satan
- We believe that Satan was once holy, and enjoyed heavenly honors;
but through pride and ambition to be as the ALMIGHTY, fell and drew
after him a host of angels; that he is now the malignant prince of
the power of the air, and the unholy god of this world. We hold him
to be man's great tempter, the enemy of God and Christ, the accuser
of the saints, the author of all false religions, the chief power
back of the present apostasy, the lord of the anti-Christ and the
author of all the power of darkness - destined, however, to final
defeat at the hand of God's own Son, and to the judgment of an eternal
justice in hell, a place prepared for him and his angels.
Gen 3:14-15; Job 2:2; Isa 14:12-17; Ezk 28:14-19;
Zec 3:1; Mt 4:1-11; Mt 13:19,38-39; Mt 25:41; Jn 8:44, Jn 13:2; Jn
14:30; II Cor 4:3-4; II Cor 11:13-15; Eph 2:2; Eph 6:11-12; I Ths
3:5; II Ths 2:7-10; Heb 2:14; I Pt 5:8; II Pt 2:4; I Jn 2:22; I Jn
4:3; II Jn 7; Jude 6; Rev 9:11; Rev 12:7-10; Rev 20:1-3; 7-10
V. Of Creation
- We believe in the Genesis account of creation and that it is to
be accepted literally, and not allegorically or figuratively; that
man was created directly in God's own image and after His own likeness;
that by God's own handiwork were all things created that are in heaven
and that are in the earth, visible and invisible; that man's creation
was not a matter of evolution or evolutionary change of species, or
development through interminable periods of time from lower to higher
forms; that all animals and vegetable life was made directly and God's
established law was that they should bring forth only "after
their kind."
Gen 1:1-2:3; Gen 2:21-23; Gen 5:1-2; Ex 20:11;
I Chr 16:26; Neh 9:6; Job 12:7-9; Job 38:4-11; Ps 8:3-6; Ps 19:1;
Ps 100:3; Ps 102:25; Prov 30:4; Isa 42:5; Isa 45:11-12,18; Jer 10:12;
Jer 32:17; Jn 1:1-3; Acts 4:24; Acts 17:24-26; Rom 1:20; Col 1:16-17;
Heb 11:3; Rev. 4:11; Rev. 10:5-6
VI. Of the Fall of Man
- We believe that man was created in innocence under the law of his
Maker; but by voluntary transgression, fell from his sinless and happy
state; that by the sin of one man, all mankind are now sinners, not
by constraint but of choice, and, therefore, all are under just condemnation
without defense or excuse.
Gen 3:1-13, 16-24; Job 15:16; Ps 14:2-3; Ps
51:5; Prov 20:9; Eccl 7:20; Isa 53:6; Jer 16:12; Jer 17:9; Ezk 18:4;
Mt 7:21-23; Mt 23:28; Rom 1:18-20, 28-32; Rom 2:1; Rom 3:10-19, 23;
Rom 5:12; I Cor 15:21-22; Gal 3:22; Eph 2:1-3; I Tim 2:13-14; Jms
1:13-15
VII. Of the Virgin Birth and Deity of Christ
- We believe that Jesus Christ, Who was pre-existent in the Godhead
from eternity-past, was made flesh when He was begotten of the Holy
Ghost in a miraculous manner; born of Mary, a virgin, as no other
man was every born or can ever be born of a woman; and that Jesus
Christ is God Incarnate, both the Son of God and God the Son.
Gen 3:15; Ps 2:7; Isa 7:14; Isa 9:6-7; Mt
1:18-25; Mt 16:16; Mk 1:1; Lk 1:30-35; Jn 1:1-2, 14; Jn 8:58; Jn 12:45;
Jn 17:5; Rom 8:3; I Cor 15:47; Gal 4:4; Phlp 2:5-8; Col 2:9; I Tim
3:16; Heb 5:5; Heb 7:3; II Pt 1:16-18; I Jn 4:2; I Jn 5:9,20
VIII. Of the Atonement for Sin
- We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace through
the mediatorial office of the Son of God, Who by appointment of the
Father, freely took upon Him our nature, yet without sin, honored
the divine law by His personal obedience and, by His death, made a
full and vicarious atonement for our sins, providing redemption through
His blood; that without the shedding of blood is no remission of sin,
therefore, the shed blood of Jesus Christ that cleanses man from all
sin, was presented in heaven, was sprinkled on the true mercy seat,
and was accepted by God the Father as the atonement for the sins of
the whole world, only becoming efficacious through man's individual
repentance, confession, and faith; that His atonement consisted not
in setting us an example by His death as a martyr, but was the voluntary
substitution of Himself in the sinner's place, the Just dying for
the unjust, Christ the Lord, bearing the sins of man in His own body
on the tree; that, having given Himself for man, an offering and a
sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour, and, having in turn,
risen from the dead, He is now sitted on the right hand of God and
uniting in His wonderful Person the tenderest sympathies with divine
perfection, He is every way qualified to be a suitable, a compassionate
and an all-sufficient Savior.
Isa 53:4-7,10-12; Lk 19:10; Jn 3:16-17; Acts
15:11; Rom 3:24-25; Rom 5:6-8; I Cor 15:3; II Cor 5:15-21; Gal 1:4;
Eph 5:2; Phlp 2:7-8; Ti 2:14; Heb 1:3; Heb 2:14-17; Heb 7:25; Heb
8:1-2; Heb 9:12-15,22-26; Heb 10:10-12; Heb 12:2; I Pt 1:18-19; I
Pt 3:18; I Jn 2:1-2; I Jn 3:5; Rev 1:5
IX. Of the Resurrection
- We believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead the third day, according
to the Scriptures; that the Lord's resurrection was attested to by
many infallible proofs; and that forty days thereafter, He physically
ascended to Heaven assuming His place as man's advocate with the Father:
the faithful Priest Who ever liveth to make intercession for mankind.
Mt 16:21; Mt 28:1-15; Mk 16:1-13,19; Lk 24:1-51;
Jn 2L19; Jn 20:1-20,24-29; Acts 1:1-3; Acts 2:22-27,29-33; Acts 3:14-15;
Acts 4:33; Acts 10:39-41; Acts 13:29-31; Acts 17:2-3,31; Acts 26:22-23;
Rom 1:4; 6:9-10; 8:34; 10:9; I Cor 15:3-8; II Cor 4:14; Eph 1:20;
Phlp 3:10-11; II Tim 2:8; I Pt 3:21-22; Rev 1:18
X. Of the Grace in the New Creation
- We believe that in order to be saved from sin and hell, sinners
must be born again; that the new birth is a new creation in Christ
Jesus; that it is instantaneous and not a process; that in the new
birth, the one dead in trespasses and in sins is made a partaker of
the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God;
that the new creation is brought about in a manner above man's comprehension,
not by culture, nor by character, nor by the will of man, but wholly
and solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with the
divine truth, so as to secure man's voluntary obedience to the Gospel;
and that the proper evidence of the new birth appears in the holy
fruits of repentance and faith and newness of life.
Jer 17:7-8; Jn 1:12-13; 3:3,6-7; 5:24; 5:63;
Rom 3:24; 5:15; 8:11,32; I Cor 6:9-11; II Cor 5:17-19; II Cor 9:15;
Gal 2:20; 4:29; 5:22-24; 6:15; Eph 2:1,5-8; 4:24; 5:9-10; Col 2:13;
3:1,9-10; II Tim 2:1; Ti 3:5; Jms 1:18; I Pt 1:23; II Pt 1:4; I Jn
2:29; I Jn 3:8-10; I Jn 4:7; 5:1,4,10-12,18,21
XI. Of the Freeness of Salvation
- We believe in God's electing grace; that the blessings of salvation
are made free to all by the Gospel; that it is the immediate duty
of all to accept them by a cordial, penitent and obedient faith; and
nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner on earth but
his own inherent depravity and voluntary rejection of the Gospel;
which rejection involves the sinner in aggravated condemnation.
Isa 55:1; Ezk 33:11; Mt 11:28; Lk 11:10; Jn
3:14-20,36; 4:10; 6:37; 15:16; Acts 2:38; 8:20-21; 10:34-35; 17:29-31;
Rom 5:18; 6:23; 8:29-30; 10:12-13; Eph 2:7-9; Ti 1:1-2; II Pt 3:9;
Rev 3:20; 22:17
XII. Of the Sovereign Grace of God
- We believe in God's Sovereign Grace. By Sovereign we mean that God
is free to act and to choose according to His will; that He has the
absolute right and prerogative; that man has no right to question
God even if he has not fully comprehended His sovereignty but just
to believe Him (Rom. 9:12-33). By grace we mean the goodness of God
manifested toward the ill deserving so that He authored the plan of
Salvation for sinful man. This is also referred to as the "unmerited
favor of God." By Sovereign grace, therefore, we mean the act
of God without influence or the merit of man but according to the
good pleasure of His will. In simple words, it is safe to say, "He
favors and chooses whom He wills."
Rom. 9:12-33; Rom. 8:29-39; Eph. 1:3-14; 1
Pet. 1:2
XIII. Of Justification
- We believe the great Gospel blessing which Christ secures to such
as believe in Him is justification; that justification includes the
pardon of sin, acquittal from guilt and condemnation, declaration
of the believer's holiness, and the gift of eternal life on principles
of righteousness; and that justification and its benefits are bestowed
not in consideration of any works of righteousness which man does,
but rather, God's righteousness is imputed to man solely through faith
in the Redeemer's vicarious shed blood.
Gen 15:6; Job 9:20; Ps 40:2; Isa 53:11; Hbk
2:4; Lk 16:15; Jn 5:24; Acts 13:39; Rom 1:17; 2:13; 3:24-28; 4:1-9,23-25;
5:1,9; 8:1; I Cor 6:11; Gal 2:16; 3:8-11,24; Phlp 3:9; Ti 3:5-7; Heb
10:38; Heb 11:4; Rev 1:5-6
XIV. Of Repentance and Faith
- We believe that repentance and faith are inseparable solemn obligations
wrought in the soul of man by the quickening Holy Spirit of God; that
being deeply convicted of his own guilt, danger and helplessness,
and of the way of salvation by Christ, man must turn to God with unfeigned
contrition, confession and supplication for mercy while at the same
time, heartily receiving the Lord Jesus Christ and openly confessing
Him as the only true and all-sufficient Saviour.
Ps 34:18; 51:1-4; Prov 28:13; Isa 55:6-7;
66:7; Ezk 18:31; Joel 2:12-13; Mk 1:14-15; 6:12; Lk 12:8; 13:3; 18:13-14;
Acts 2:37-38; 3:19; 8:22-23; 17:29-30; 20:21; 26:18-20; Rom 10:9-11;
II Cor 7:10; I Jn 1:8-9
XV. Of the Eternal Security of the Saints
- We believe all the Redeemed are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation, and are, therefore, secured in Christ; and that
eternal security is a work of God which insures that the gift of salvation,
once received, cannot be lost by any true believer.
Ps 31:23; 37:28; 121:3; Prov 2:8; Isa 46:4;
Mt 7:24-25; Jn 5:24; 10:27-29; 17:11; Rom 4:21; 8:15-16, 33-39; II
Cor 1:21-22; II Cor 5:5; Eph 1:13-14; Phlp 1:6; II Tim 1:12; 4:18;
I Pt 1:3-5; I Jn 2:19,25; 3:2, 4:13; I Jn 5:11-13; Jude 24
XVI. Of the Perseverance of the Saints
- We believe that such only are real believers that endure to the
end; that their persevering attachment to Christ is the grand mark
which distinguishes them from superficial professors; that a special
Providence watches over their welfare and that they are kept by the
power of God through faith unto eternal salvation.
John 8:31-32; Col. 1:21-23; 1 John 2:19; Matt.
13:19-21; Rom. 8:28; Psa. 121:3; Heb. 1:14; 1 Pet. 1:5; Phil. 1:6;
John 10:28-29; Rom. 8:35-39
XVII. Of the New Testament Church
- We believe that the New Testament Baptist Church is a congregation
of born again (saved), Scripturally baptized believers organized as
such and associated by a covenant of faith and fellowship of the Gospel,
observing the ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising
the gifts, rights, disciplines and privileges vested in them by His
Word; that the New Testament Church is a visible, autonomous assembly,
established by Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry, prior to
the events of Acts chapter two and the day of Pentecost; that the
same is the citadel and propagator of the divine and eternal grace;
that it is alone, the authorized to administer and observe the ordinances
of Christ; that the government of the New Testament Church being Theocracy,
all church members, ministers and polities are to be subject to the
Lordship of Christ; that its officers are pastors whose qualifications,
claims and duties are clearly defined in the Scriptures; and that
the deacons are servants of the church under the authority of the
pastor. We believe that the mission of the New Testament Baptist Church
is found in the Great Commission as found in Matt. 28:18-20, and which
enfolds, first, the making of individual disciples through evangelism;
second, to baptize the believers, and add them to the church; and
third, to teach and instruct them to do as Christ commanded. We do
not believe in the reversal of this order. We believe that the New
Testament Baptist Church has the absolute right of self-government,
free from interference of any hierarchy or individuals or organizations;
that Christ is the Head of the church and the Holy Spirit as the Administrator;
that it is Scriptural for churches to cooperate with each other in
contending for the faith and for the furtherance of the Gospel; that
every church is the sole and only judge of the measure and method
of its cooperation with others; and that in all matters of membership,
of policy, of government, of discipline, of benevolence, the will
of the church is final.
Mt 16:18-19; Mt 18:15-18; Mt 28:18-20; Acts
2:41-42,46-47; Acts 6:206; Acts 11:25-26; Acts 20:17-21,27-28; Rom
16:1-5; I Cor 3:9-11; I Cor 6:1-3; I Cor 11:2; I Cor 12:12-27; I Cor
16:15-19; Eph 4:11-12; Eph 5:23-27; Col 1:18; I Tim 3:1-15; I Pt 5:1-4
XVIII. Of the Righteous and the Wicked
- We believer that there is a radical and essential difference between
the righteous and the wicked; that such only as through faith are
justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and sanctified by the
Spirit of God, are truly righteous in His esteem, and all such as
continue in impenitence and unbelief are in His sight, wicked and
under the curse; and that among men, both in and after death, there
exists this great eternal distinction: the everlasting bliss of the
saved and the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost.
Gen 18:23,25; Ps 11:5-7; Prov 10:6-7,10; Prov
11:31; Prov 14:32; Mal 4:1-2; Mt 7:13-14; Mt 13:38,47-48; Mt 25:32-34,41;
Lk 16:25; Jn 3:18-21,36; Jn 12:25; Rom 1:17-18; Rom 2:9-11; Rom 5:18;
Rom 6:16-18; Rom 7:5-6; I Cor 6:9-11; I Cor 15:22; Gal 3:10-11; II
Pt 3:7; I Jn 2:29; I Jn 3:7-10; I Jn 5:10-12, 18-19
XIX. Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
- We believe that the true meaning of baptism is immersion in water
of a believer in the Name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost with the authority of the New Testament Baptist Church to show
forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem one's faith in an identification
with the crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, with its effect in
our death to sin and resurrection to a new life; that it is prerequisite
to the place and privilege of church membership and to the Lord's
Supper in which members only of that New Testament Baptist Church,
after solemn examination, and by the use of unleavened bread and the
fruit of the vine, commemorate together the sacrificial love of Christ.
Mt 3:5-8, 13-17; Mt 26:26-29; Mt 28:18-19;
Mk 13:34; Lk 22:19-20; Jn 3:22-23; Acts 2:41-42; Acts 8:12,36-39;
Acts 10:48; Acts 18:8; Rom 6:3-5; I Cor 10:21; I Cor 11:2,23-29; I
Cor 12:12-13; Eph 4:4-5; Col 2:12; I Pt 3:21
XX. Of Missions
- We believe Missions, the endeavour to reach all the world with Gospel,
is a charge to, and the responsibility of the New Testament Baptist
Church; that the New Testament Baptist Church is debtor to those who
have never heard the Gospel; that the Lord Jesus Christ has commanded
the Gospel to be preached at home and abroad - to the uttermost part
of the earth; and that the magnitude of the Great Commission constrains
all independent New Testament Baptist Churches to cooperate together
for the accomplishment of the task of Missions.
Ps 96:3; Prov 11:30; Isa 6:8; Dan 12:3; Mt
9:36-38; Mt 24:14; Mt 28:18-20; Mk 16:15; Lk 24:45-47; Jn 4:35-38;
Jn 20:21; Acts 1:8; Acts 13:1-4; Acts 16:9-10; Rom 1:14-16; Rom 9:22-26;
Rom 10:13-15; II Cor 5:18-20; II Cor 10:13-16; Phlp 4:14-18; II Pt
3:9; Rev 14:6
XXI. Of the Grace of Giving
- We believe that Scriptural giving is one of the fundamentals of
the faith. It is commanded by God for the purpose of the support of
His works and the furtherance of the Gospel. It is also the great
basis of God's blessings.
a) Tithe: the minimum standard of giving;
b) Love and Faith: offerings for Missions;
c) Freewill offerings;
d) Firstfruits and Thanksgiving offerings;
e) Sacrificial offerings.
- We believe that the New Testament Baptist church is the storehouse
and the disbursing agent of all offerings, the Pastor being the chief
steward (Acts 4:34-37).
Lev 27:30,32; I Chrn 29:3; II Chrn 31:10;
Prov 3:9-10; Prov 11:25; Mal 3:8-11; Mt 6:1-4; Mt 23:23; Lk 6:38;
Acts 4:33-35,37; Acts 11:29-30; Acts 20:35; I Cor 4:2; I Cor 16:2;
II Cor 8:1-9; II Cor 9:6-7; I Tim 6:17-18; Heb 7:1-2,4; Heb 13:16
XXII. Of Separation
- We believe that one distinguishing mark of Biblical Christianity
is separation from worldly conduct, interest, philosophies and unions;
that separation from the world should be maintained in two primary
realms: the personal and the ecclesiastical; that personal separation
is the believer's responsibility to live circumspectly, denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts, living soberly, righteously, and godly in this
present world; and that ecclesiastical separation is the vigilant
adherence of the New Testament Baptist Church to holiness in all matters
related to its endeavours; that distinctive separation is manifested
in all areas.
Ezra 10:11-12; Ps 1:1; Prov 4:14; Prov 13:20;
Prov 24:1; Isa 52:11; Ezek 44:23; Amos 3:3; Mt 5:13,16; Jn 15:19;
Acts 2:40; Rom 8:1; I Cor 6:19-20; II Cor 5:17; II Cor 6:14-18; Gal
5:16; Eph 5:11,13-15; I Ths 4:3-5; I Ths 5:22; II Ths 3:6; Ti 2:11-12;
Jms 4:4,8; I Pt 2:11-12; I Pt 4:1-4; I Jn 2:6,15-16
XXIII. Of the Civil Government
- We believe that the civil government is of divine appointment for
the interest and good order of human society; that magistrates are
to be prayed for, morally supported, conscientiously honored and obeyed,
except only in things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ
Who is the only Lord of conscience, and the coming Prince of the kings
of the earth.
Ex 22:28; II Sam 23:3; II Chrn 19:6; Ps 72:11;
Prov 16:12-15; Prov 19:12; Prov 24:21; Prov 29:2; Eccl 8:2; Isa 10:1;
Dan 2:21; Mt 17:24-27; Mt 22:21; Acts 4:19-20; Acts 5:29; Rom 13:1-7;
Eph 6:5-9; Phlp 2:10-11; Col 3:22-25; Col 4:1; I Tim 2:1-4; I Tim
6:1-2; Ti 3:1; I Pt 2:13-14,17-18
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