What we believe

Article I-Name

The name of this church shall be Mountain View Bible Church of Lazaer, CO.

Article II- Purpose

The purpose of this organization shall be the preaching and teaching of the word of God; the winning of people to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; to carry out the ordinances of the New Testament; the spiritual improvement of its members; and spread of the Gospel throughout the world.

Article III- Articles of Faith

1. The Scriptures

We believe in the Bible as the word of God, verbally inspired as originally written; the absolute inerrant authority in all matters and faith and conduct.

II Tim.3:16-17
II Pet. 1:21

2. God

We believe in the one true and living God, externally existing in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Isa. 43:10-11
Matt. 3:16-17
I Jn. 5:7

3. Jesus Christ

We believe that Jesus Christ existed from the beginning, came to earth in the form of a man, was concieved of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary , and lived a life of sinless perfection for our example.

We believe in His substitutionary death, burial, and bodily resurrection, and that He ascended into Heaven where He is now our High Priest and Advocate.

Jn. 1:1
Matt. 1:18-20
Luke 1:31-34
Rom. 9:5
Gal 4:4
Jn. 20:24-28 
Acts 1:9-10
Heb 4:14-16
I Jn.2:1

4. The Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, equal with God the Father and God the Son . He serves to convict the world of sin righteousness, and judgement. He is the agent in the New Birth In that He indwells, seals, sanctifies , teaches, and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ.

Some gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking of in tongues and miraculous healings were temporary. They were never the common or necessary sign of the Baptism of the Spirit, and are not a sign of spiritual maturity.  Contrariwise, they have produced division and disunity among believers.

Jn. 14:16-17
Jn. 16:7-11
Matt. 28:19
Jn. 3:5 
Eph. 1:13-14
Cor. 13:8-10
Acts 8:17
Acts 18:8, (note no tongues)

5. Man

We believe that man was created in the image of God, and that he inherited sin by Adam and thereby incurred as a consequence both physical death and spiritual death, which is separation from God; therefore, all mankind are sinners by nature and practice.

Gen. 1:26-27
Gen. 3:1-7
Rom. 5:12,19
Rom. 3:10-12,23

6. The Atonement

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins as a vicarious substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.

I Cor. 15:3-4
Rom 3:22-25
I Cor. 5:21

7. Salvation

We believe that salvation is wholly of God’s grace apart from works and that all who, by faith receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord are born of the Holy Spirit of God and thereby become children of God.

Eph. 2:8-9
Jn. 12-13
Jn. 3:3-6
Rom. 10:9-10

8. Eternal Security of the Believer

We believe in the eternal salvation of the believer’s soul. Once saved, always saved.

Jn 10:28
Rom. 8:38-39
Jn. 5:24
Jn. 6:37
Eph. 4:30

9. Sanctification and Good Works

We believe that all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are called into a life of separation from worldly and sinful practices which will cause others to stumble or bring reproach upon the name of Christ, and that good works are the natural result of the new birth .

Rom. 12:1-2
Rom. 14:13-21
1 Cor 9:9-13
1 Jn. 2:15-17
II Cor. 6:14
Il Cor. 7:1
Eph. 2:10
James 2:17-20
I Jn 2:3-6

10. The Resurrection

We believe in the bodily resurrection and the just and the unjust; the everlasting blessedness and salvation of those who believe and receive Jesus Christ as Savior ; and the everlasting punishment in the Lake of Fire of those who reject Him. The Bible states that all those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation will pass immediately Into his presence at the moment of death. Their spirit and soul will remain in heavenly joy until the resurrection of the glorified body, when they will be reunited with Him forever in glory .

Jn. 5:28-29
I Cor 15:51-57
I Thess. 4:13-18
Matt. 25:41-46
Rev. 20:11-15
II Thess. 1:8-9
II Cor. 5:8
Phil. 1:23

11. The Second Coming of Christ

We believe in the “Blessed Hope,” the personal premillennial, and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Acts 1:11
Rev. 20:4-6
Thess. 4:13-18

12. The Church

We believe in the Church , a living spiritual body if which Christ is the head and of which all regenerated persons are members. This universal Church is the Body of Christ into which all believers are baptized by the Holy Spirit. I Cor. 12:13. Its mission is to witness concerning its Head , Jesus Christ , preaching the Gospel among all nations.

Col. 1:18
Acts 2:41-42
I Tim. 3
Titus 1:5-9

13. The Ordinances

We believe that there are two Church Ordinances: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism is the immersion of believers’ identification of death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord’s Supper is the remembrance of the Lord’s death until He comes, and should be observed only by believers after solemn self-examination .

Matt. 3:16
Acts 8:36-39
Rom. 6:3-6
I Cor. 11:23-29

14. Satan

We believe in the reality and personality of Satan, known also as the Devil; and that he is the god of this age , the enemy of God and men, and that he is destined to the judgement of the Lake of Fire.

Matt. 4:1-11
Cor. 4:4
Eph.2:2
Matt. 25:41
Rev. 20:10
II Pet.5:8

15. Marriage

We believe that marriage is defined as the union of one man and one woman in covenant commitment according to the Scripture.

Gen. 2:18
Matt. 19:4-6
Eph. 5:21-33
I Cor. 6:14
Deut. 7:2-3
Amos 3:3
Heb. 13:4

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