Interfaith Bible Fellowship
Amberg, WI
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Biblical Foundations
Bible - We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and the only infallible guide and rule of our faith and practice (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
God - We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (2 Cor. 13:14; I John 5:7).
Virgin birth of Christ - We believe that Jesus the Christ is both the son of God and the son of man, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary (Mt. 16:13-17; Luke 1:30-35).
Resurrection of Christ - We believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus the Christ who ascended into heaven and now sits at the right hand of God the Father. (Mt. 28:5-6; Lk. 24:51; Col. 3:1).
Fall of man - We believe that man was created in the image of God and by sin became separated from God experiencing both physical and spiritual death (Gen. 1:27; Gen. 3:17-19; Isa. 59:2; Ro. 6:23).
Justification - We believe that Jesus, the Christ, took our sins upon himself, so that all who believe in him are justified by his death and the shedding of his blood as the final sacrifice for man's sin (Ro. 5:8-11; Heb. 9:24-26).
Salvation - We believe that all who receive, by faith, the Lord Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and become the children of God (John 1:12-13).
Spirit-filled life - We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit that endues believers with power from God to be effective witnesses, helps believers live godly lives, and equips them for Spirit-led service (John 1:32-33; Acts 1:4-5,8; 4:31; Eph. 5:18-21; Titus 3:4-8).
Priesthood of all believers - We believe the calling of God for all believers to use their spiritual gifts for the work of ministry (Ro. 12:3-8; Eph. 4:11-16; I Peter 2:9-10; 4:10-11).
Return of Christ - We believe in the imminent return of Jesus the Christ with the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust; the just unto the everlasting blessings of God and the unjust unto eternal damnation (Mt. 25: 31-34, 41; I Thess. 4:16-17).
Biblical Applications
Human Sexuality
a. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God's gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one's gender by surgery or appearance (Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1: 24-32; 1 Cor. 5:1-2; 6:9-10; Eph. 5:3-5; 1 Thess. 4:1-8).
b. We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Col. 3:18-19; Heb. 13:4).
Sanctity of life
We believe that human beings are created in the image of God. Human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Life is a gift of God and must be respected from conception until natural death (Gen. 1:27; Ex. 20:13, 23:7; Ps. 139:14-16; Isa. 44:24; 49:1, 5; Jer. 1:5; 20:15-18; Matt. 5:21; Luke 1:44; Acts 17:26-28).