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Hope Baptist Church

1055 North Girls School Road
317-244-8491

Here at Hope We Believe:
About the Scriptures:

- By "Holy Bible" we refer to the sixty-six books of the Bible,
  Genesis-Revelation.
- The Word of God, as originally written, does not convey the Word of God, but
   is the very Word of God.
- The books of the Bible were written through inspiration of God
   (supernaturally and verbally inspired free from error)

Of the One True God:
- There is only one true God, intelligent Spirit, the living creator, supreme ruler
   and governor of heaven and earth.
- In the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and
   the Holy Ghost, equal of every divine perfection.

Of the Holy Spirit:
- The Holy Spirit is a divine person; equal with God the Father and God the
   Son, and of the same nature.
- The Holy Spirit seals, endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and
   helps the believers.
- The Holy Spirit convicts of sin and restrains the evil one until God's purpose
   is fulfilled.

Of the Devil or Satan:
- Satan was once a Heavenly being
- He is the enmy of God
- He is destined to final defeat at the hands of God's own Son

Of Creation:
- Man was created in God's own image and after his own likeness
- All living things were created directly by God and not by any form of evolution
   or evolutionary change

Of the fall of Man:
- Man was created in innocence under the law of God but fell from his
  sinnless and happy state

Of the Virgin Birth:
- The Son of God was born of the virgin Mary in a miraculous manner
- He is both the Son of God and God's Son

Of the Atonement for sin:
- Salvation of sinners is wholly of grace
- Through Christ's perfect sacrifice he has created a means by which we may
   go to Heaven

Of Grace in the New Creation:
- In order to be saved one must be born again
- The new birth is instantaneous
- After this new birth the person is made a partaker of the divine nature and
  receives eternal life

Of the Freeness of Salvation:
- By the Gospel and God's grace salvation is free to all
- It is the immediate duty of all to accept salvation through a cordial, penitent,
  and an obedient faith
- Nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinners but their own inherent
  deprativity and voluntary rejection of the Gospel.

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