What are the fundamental beliefs of the Baptist religion?
Fundamentally, we hold to faith alone saving a person, not works, as per Eph. 2:8-10. For those with confusion about James 2:19-20 btw, observe that the faith spoken of in v. 20 is belief in one God, or intellectual orthodoxy. Even devils have this faith, as do Catholics, Muslims, and Jews, and it falls short, for as Gal. 2:16 says, by the law of works will no flesh be justified in His sight. We also are strong believers in baptism through immersion, but also don’t believe it saves a person, for that would be by works, and not faith alone. We believe Jesus is the One by whom all creation is made, that He physically came down to earth as sent by the heavenly Father, to pay for the sins of “whosoever believeth in Him.” We believe Mary simply a chosen vessel, a gateway into this world for her Creator to come into this world, that He neither needed her nor that she is sinless. On a related note, we believe that no one but God, not Mary, Mohammed, or any Baptist has or ever will be sinless.
The fundamental beliefs of Baptist are modeled after Jesus and his disciples were with the first church. Baptist dont fancy things up to make it acceptable to the masses. The beliefs are straight from Gods word. The fire and brimestone. The express the importance of reading the Bible and also ones witness. Most importantly we believe that Gods grace is our salvation. God is a loving God that sent his only son to save the souls of the world. We do not believe that works get you to heaven. Works are something you do in gratitude to the love of Christ Jesus. They dont get you to heaven though. The Bible tells us that there are a lot of good people going to hell. The path to heaven is straight and narrow. The path to destruction is very broad. John 14:5 ” I am the way, the truth and the life. No comes through the Father except through me.” Meaning that it doesnt matter how much you go to church, how much money you give, or good deeds you do. One must have a personal relationship with Chris
