Eternal Life Baptist Church is known for being a conservative Southern Baptist Church which believes in the basic, fundamental doctrines of Scripture. As such, we ascribe to a number of beliefs which we state herein:

We believe in the Holy Bible as the divinely inspired Word of God with God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any error for its subject matter.

We believe there is only one true and living God and that He reveals Himself to us as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, three persons and yet one God.

God the Father
We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love.  We believe that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer.  We believe that God is loving and compassionate, just and kind, and that His deepest desire is to live in an intimate relationship with all people.  Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 26:19: I Corinthians 8:6

God the Son
We believe that because of His desire to live in relationship with us, God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ.   Thus, we believe that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life and through his sacrificial, substitutionary, atoning death and victorious bodily resurrection Jesus made it possible for all people to live in a relationship with God. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Through him and him alone can people enter into a relationship with God.  We believe that Jesus is presently interceding perpetually for His people, and that one day he will return, personally and visibly, to earth to establish his eternal kingdom.

God the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the presence of God among us.  We believe that Holy Spirit came forth from the Father and the Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and to regenerate, sanctify, and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ.  We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ, and that He is an abiding helper, teacher and guide.  We believe that the Holy Spirit gives gifts to every believer to enable him or her to share in the ministry of God’s purposes in the world. We believe in all the biblical gifts of the Spirit and encourage people to discover and use their gifts properly for the benefit of God’s Kingdom. 

We believe Jesus Christ was absolutely dead having died in our place. He was literally raised from the dead by the Power of God. Being dead for three days, He was "quickened" by the power of the Holy Spirit and brought back to life literally. By being raised from the dead He conquered death forever, and every Christian is victorious over death as well. His literal resurrection provides our literal victory over death.

We believe Salvation is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.  Man was created in the image of God but fell through sin, bringing not only physical death, but also spiritual death on all men.  It is only through the substitutionary death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross that we can be made alive.  It is through simple faith, not works or religion, that we can have eternal, abundant life. Romans 3:10-23, 5:8-10, 6:23; I Corinthians 5:14-21; Ephesians 2:8-10.

 Salvation includes:

 REPENTANCE -- a genuine turning from sin toward God through faith in Jesus.

REGENERATION --the new birth whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus.

SANCTIFICATION--being set aside for God’s purposes and growing in grace and knowledge of Him.

GLORIFICATION--the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.

We believe Jesus Christ promised that He would come again just as He went into heaven (John 14:1-4).  He will soon come again in the air to catch up His Church and to judge and reward their service.  No one knows when He is coming. That is known only by God Himself (Matthew 24:42-44), but it could happen at any moment (1 Thessalonians 5:1-4). It is imminent. Our Hope is found in the fact that Jesus is our Savior and that He is coming again.  The unbelievers that are left behind will go through a period called the Great Tribulation, after which Christ will return to the earth to set up His kingdom of one thousand years of righteous rule.  At the end of the Millennium, the unbelievers of all the ages will stand before the Great White Throne judgment and then be cast into the Lake of Fire, separated from God for eternity, while the believers will enter into an eternity of joy in Heaven with the Lord.  Matthew 29:29-42; I Thessalonians 4:16-18; Revelation 19:11-20:13.  

In addition to these things, we adhere to the Baptist Faith and Message of 2000 which is a doctrinal position statement adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention of which we are a part.

If you have any questions about the aspects of doctrinal position of Eternal Life, the statements listed above or any other aspects of Eternals' worship, please do not hesitate to call me. I am always available to assist you in any way I am able.

Pastor Don Endsley

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