The Holy Scriptures
We believe in the verbal, plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and
that they compose the entire Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible, and God-breathed; and
therefore, are the final authority for faith and life. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments
are the complete and divine revelation of God to man. The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to
their normal grammatical-historical meaning. The King James Version of the Bible shall be the official
and only English-language translation used by North Point Baptist Church. (II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21)
The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—each coeternal
in being, coidentical in nature, coequal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections.
(Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:14; John 14:10, 26)
The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God, having
been begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary in order that He might reveal God and redeem
sinful men. (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; II Corinthians 5:19-21; Galatians 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-8)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative,
vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection
from the dead. Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where,
as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministries of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. (Acts 1:9-10;
Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; I John 2:1-2)
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person Who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment;
and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling
and sealing them unto the day of redemption. (John 16:8-11; Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 12:12-14;
II Corinthians 3:6; Ephesians 1:13-14)
The Fallen Nature of Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the human race fell,
inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that all men are sinners by birth and by choice,
and, of themselves, utterly unable to remedy their lost condition. (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; 6:23;
Ephesians 2:1-3; 4:17-19)
Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins (John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7;
2:8-10; I Peter 1:18-19) and that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; that the new birth is a new
creation in Christ Jesus; that it is instantaneous and not a process.
The Eternal Security and Assurance of Believers
We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever. (
John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; I Corinthians 1:4-8; I Peter 1:4-5)
The Church
We believe that the local church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is solely made up of
born-again persons. (I Corinthians 12:12-14; II Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25-27)
Separation
We believe that all the saved should live in a manner that does not bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord;
and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations
is commanded of God. (Romans 12:1-2; 14:13; II Corinthians 6:14-7:1; II Timothy 3:1-5; I John 2:15-17; II John 9-11)
The Second Advent of Christ
We believe in that "blessed hope," the personal, imminent return of Christ Who will rapture His Church prior to
the seven-year tribulation period. At the end of the Tribulation, Christ will personally and visibly return with
His saints to establish His earthly Messianic Kingdom which was promised to the nation of Israel. (Psalm 89:3-4;
Daniel 2:31-45; Zechariah 14:4-11; I Thessalonians 1:10; 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Revelation 3:10; 19:11-16; 20:1-6)
The Eternal State
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men—the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and
everlasting punishment. (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29; 11:25-26; Revelation 20:5-6, 12-13)
The Personality of Satan
We believe that Satan is a person, the author of sin, and the cause of the fall of man; that he is the open
and declared enemy of God and man; and that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire. (Job 1:6-7;
Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:2-11; 25:41; Revelation 20:10)
Creation
We believe that God created the universe in six literal, 24-hour periods. We reject evolution, the Gap Theory,
the Day-Age Theory, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin. (Genesis 1-2; Exodus 20:11)