Our Beliefs
The foundation of the spiritual beliefs that serve as the cornerstone of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church are based on the Articles of Faith which encompasses the Bible, God, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, Angels and Demons, Humanity, Salvation, The Church, and Things to Come.
Section 1: The Bible
We believe the Bible, comprised of the Old and New Testaments, to be inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God (Matthew 5:18; 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
Section 2: God
We believe in one God, who is Creator of all (deuteronomy 6:4, Colossians 1:16) who has revealed Himself in three distinct Persons-- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14), yet who is one in being, essence, and glory (John 10:30)
Section 3:
Jesus christ
We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is God incarnate, God in human form, the expressed image of the Father, who, without ceasing to be God, became man in order that He might demonstrate who God is and provide the means of salvation for humanity (Matthew 1:21; John 1:18; Colossians 1:15)
Section 4:
The Holy spirit
We believe in the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-4). He regenerates sinners (Titus 3:5) and indwells believers (Romans 8:9). He is the agent by whom Christ baptizes all believers into His body (1 Corinthians 12:12-14). He is the seal by whom the Father guarantees the salvation of believers unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13-14). He is the Divine Teacher who illumines believers' hearts and minds as they study the Word of God (1 Corinthians 2:9-12).
Section 5:
Angels & Demons
We believe in the reality and personality of angels. We believe that God created the angels to be His servants and messengers (Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:2, Hebrews 1:14).
Section 6: Humanity
We believe that humanity came into existence by direct creation of God and that humanity is uniquely made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). We believe that all humanity, because of Adam's fall has inherited a sinful nature, that al human beings choose to sin (Romans 3:23) and that all sin is exceedingly offensive to God (Romans 6:23). Humanity is utterly unable to remedy this fallen state (Ephesians 2:1-5,12).
Section 7: salvation
We believe that salvation is a gift of God's grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross (Ephesians 2:8-9). Christ's death fully accomplished justification through faith and redemption from sin. Christ died in our place (Romans 5:8-9) and for our sins in His own body (1 Peter 2:24). On the third day after His death, Jesus physically rose again, demonstrating His victory over sin and death (Romans 14:9).
Section 8:
The church
We believe that the Church, the Body of Christ, is the spiritual organism made up all believers of thispresent age (1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 1:22-23, 5:25-27). We believe in the ordinances of believer's water baptism by immersion as a testimony to Christ and identification with Him, and the Lord's Super as a remembrance of Christ's death and shed blood (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42, 18:8). Through the church, believers are to be taught to obey the Lord and to testify concerning their faith in Christ as Savior and to honor Him by holy living.
Section 9:
Things To Come
We believe in the blessed hope (Titus 2:13), the personal and imminent coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to rapture His saints (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). We believe in the visible and bodily return of Christ to the earth with His saints to establish His promised millennial kingdom (Zechariah 14:4-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:10). We believe in the physical resurrection of all human beings --the saints to everlasting joy and bliss on the New Earth, and the wicked to eternal punishment in the take of fire (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29; Revolution 20:5-6, 12-13).