West Gate Baptist Church

We believe the Holy Bible was written by men supernaturally inspired; that it has truth for its matter without any admixture of error; that it is and shall remain to the end of the age, the only complete and final revelation of the will of God to man; and that it is the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried. We believe the Authorized (King James) Version, Old and New Testaments, are the Word of God kept intact for English-speaking people by way of God's divine providence and work of preservation; and that the Authorized Version translators were not "inspired", but were merely God's instruments used to preserve His words for English-speaking people. A) By "Holy Bible" we mean the collection of sixty-six books, from Genesis to Revelation, which, as originally written and providentially preserved, does not only contain and convey the Word of God, but is the very Word of God. B) By "inspiration" we mean that the books of the Bible were written by holy men of God as they were moved by the Holy Ghost in such a definite way that their writings were supernaturally and verbally inspired and free from error, as no other writings have ever been or ever will be inspired. C) By "providentially preserved" we mean that God through the ages has, in His divine providence, preserved the very words that He inspired; that the Hebrew Old Testament text, as found in the Traditional Masoretic Text, and the Greek New Testament text as found in the Textus Receptus, are indeed the products of God's providential preservation, and are together the complete, preserved, inerrant Word of God.

Scripture references: Deuteronomy 4:2; Psalm 12:6-7; Psalm 19:7-11; Psalm 119:89, 105, 130, 160; Isaiah 8:20; Isaiah 40:8; Jeremiah 23:29; Ezekiel 12:25; Matthew 5:17-18; Matthew 22:29; Luke 24:44-45; John 12:48; John 17:17; John 20:30-31; Romans 3:4; Romans 15:4; Ephesians 6:17; II Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; I Peter 1:23-25; II Peter 1:19-21; Revelation 22:18-19

Our Beliefs

OF THE SCRIPTURES

OF THE TRUE GOD

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

OF THE DEVIL OR SATAN

OF THE CREATION

OF THE FALL OF MAN

OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH

OF THE ATONEMENT OF SIN

OF GRACE IN THE NEW CREATION

OF THE FREENESS OF SALVATION

OF JUSTIFICATION

OF REPENTANCE OF FAITH

OF THE CHURCH

OF BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER

OF THE ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE SAINTS

OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED

OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT

OF THE RESURRECTION AND RETURN OF CHRIST AND RELATED

OF MISSIONS

OF THE GRACE OF GIVING

OF HUMAN SEXUALITY AND THE FAMILY

OF DEALING WITH OUR FELLOWMAN