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Our Beliefs

We believe in the following Japan Baptist Association Statement of Faith and Articles 22 and 23 of the American Baptist Association (ABA) Statement of Faith.

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Japan Baptist Association
Statement of Faith

(Adopted at the 39th Annual General Meeting in 2002,

and partially revised at the 40th Annual General Meeting in 2003)

We beleive below.
 

1. We believe that love one for another as Jesus loves the believer manifests our discipleship, proves our love for God and symbolizes our authority as New Testament Churches. Love therefore is the great commandment of the LORD Jesus Christ upon which all others are dependent. (Matt.22:35-40; John 13:34; John 15:12; 1 John 4:7-21; I John 5:1-3; Rev. 2:4,5)

2. We believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible and that it is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice. (Psalm 119: 160; 2 Tim. 3:16,17)

3. We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in divine perfection. (Matt. 28:19)

4. We believe in the Genesis account of creation. (Gen.1:2)

5. We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire. (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 6:10-17; Rev. 20:10)

6. We believe in the virgin birth and the sinless humanity of Jesus Christ. (Matt. 1:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22)

7. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ. (John 10:30; John 1:1; 14:2; 2 Cor 5:19)

8. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine administrator for Jesus Christ in His churches. (Luke 24:49; John 14:16,17; Acts 1:4,5,8; Acts 2:1-4)

9.We believe that miraculous spiritual manifestation gifts were done away with when the Bible was completed. Faith, Hope and Love are the vital abiding Spiritual Gifts. (1 Cor. chapters 12-14)

10. we believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in the innocence until his voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners. (Gen. 1:26; Gen. 3:6-24; Rom. 5:12,19)

11. We believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitution for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe. (Isa 53, Heb 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2)

12. We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Cor. 15:42-58; 1 Thess. 4:13-18)

13. We believe in the pre-millennial, personal bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennial will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age. (John 14:1-6; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8)

14. We believe that the depraved alien sinner as saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9), and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures, and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16:8,9; Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 6:19-20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5)

15. We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:16; John 5:24; John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5)

16. We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient. (Matt. 16:27 Matt. 25:14-23; John 1:12; Heb. 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Rev. 22:12)

17. We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturally baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the mission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to the New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches. (Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18; Matt. 28:12,20; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:25-51; Eph. 3:21)

18. We believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord`s churches: Baptism and the Lord`s Supper. Scriptural Baptism is the immersion of penitent believers in water administered by the authority of a New Testament church in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Lord`s Supper is a memorial ordinance, restricted to the members of the church observing the ordinance. (Matt. 28:19,20; Act 8:12,38; Rom. 6:4; 1Cor. 5:11-13; 1Cor. 11:1,2, 17-20,26)

19. We believe that there are two divinely appointed officers in a church, pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications are set forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.

20. We believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are and properly should be servants of and under control of the churches. (Matt. 20:25-28)

21. We believe in complete separation of the church and state (Matt. 22:21) and affirm our belief in civil obedience unless the laws and regulations of civil government run contrary to the Holy Scriptures. (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15)

Articles 22 and 23 of
the American Baptist Association
(ABA) Statement of Faith

(Added to the Abiko Baptist Church Statement of Faith at the 43rd Annual General Meeting in 2023)

22. We believe the Bible definition of marriage is the union between a man and a woman (Gen. 2:21-24; Matt. 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9; 1 Cor. 7:2-4; Eph. 5:22-31).

23. We believe God designates each individual their gender. God ordained two genders, male and female. Mankind does not possess the authority to identify themselves differently than their biological sex assigned by God, and any attempt to alter one’s gender is sin (Gen. 1:27; 5:2; Matt. 19:4 and Mark 10:6; Job 40:8; Jer. 13:23).

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