Tabor Baptist Church

We accept the Holy Scriptures, as originally given, as infallible Word
of God, of Divine Inspiration. Recognising them as our sole authority in all
matters of faith and practice, we believe the doctrines taught therein. In
particular we believe:

i. in the only true and living God, the Holy Trinity of Divine Persons
in perfect unity. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each of whom is co-equal and
co-eternal, and sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.

ii. in the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is holy, righteous,
full of grace and mercy, compassion and love. In His infinite love He sent
forth the Son, that the world through Him might be saved.

iii. in the Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God, whose true humanity
and full deity were mysteriously and really joined in the unity of His Divine
Person. We believe in His virgin birth, in His perfect life and teaching, in
His substitutionary, atoning death on the cross, where He triumphed over Satan,
sin and death, in His bodily resurrection and His ascension into heaven, where
He now sits in glory at the right hand of God.

iv. in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, whose work is
indispensable to regenerate the sinner, to lead him to repentance, to give him
faith in Christ, to sanctify the believer in this present life and to fit him to
enjoy fellowship with God. For spiritual power and effectiveness His ministry
is essential to the individual Christian and to the Church.

v. that as a result of the Fall all men are sinful by nature. Sin pollutes
and controls them, infects every part of their being, renders them guilty in the
sight of a Holy God, and subject to the penalty which, in His wrath and
condemnation. He has decreed against it.

vi. that through faith (and only faith) in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose
death was a perfect oblation and satisfaction for our sins, the sinner is freely
justified by God, who, instead of reckoning to us our sins, reckons Christ’s
righteousness to our account. Salvation is therefore by grace and not by
human merit.

vii. that the Lord Jesus Christ will return personally, visibly and
gloriously to this earth, to receive His saints to Himself and to be seen of all
men. As the righteous Judge, He will divide all men into two, and only two,
categories - the saved and the lost. Those whose faith is in Christ will be
saved eternally, and will enter into the joy of their Lord, sharing with Him
His inheritance in heaven. The unbelieving will be condemned by Him to hell,
where eternally they will be punished for their sins under the righteous
judgement of God.