Fairmount Bible Church

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We the members of Fairmount Bible Church, do ordain and establish the following articles, to which we voluntarily submit ourselves.

The name of this organization shall be Fairmount Bible Church of Golden, Colorado. The Fairmount Bible Church was incorporated under the laws of Colorado the fourteenth of February, 1956. Said Church is incorporated as an Independent, Nondenominational Church. As of September 15, 1966, said Church was affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Regional Conference of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America, International for fellowship and edification, but is fully recognized as an autonomous Church.

The object of this Church is to glorify God in the salvation of souls, the edification of Christians through the teaching of God's Word, the worldwide proclamation of God's saving grace expressed in the shed blood and finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary, the promotion of Godly worship, the defense of the "Faith Once Delivered", and cooperation with Christian activity functioning in harmony with God's Holy Word . . . The Bible . . . until He comes.

We believe that the scriptures, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. Matthew 5:18, John 16:12-13, II Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 1:1-2, II Peter 1:20-21.

We believe in one God, eternally existing and manifesting Himself to us in three persons . . . Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19-20, II Corinthians 13:14.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal god and redeem sinful man. Luke 1:35, John 1:1-2, 14.

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 the literal, physical resurrection from the dead. Romans 3:24-25,

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 ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. Acts 1:9-10, Romans 8:34, Hebrews 9:24, I John 2:1-2.

We believe in the "Blessed Hope", the personal, imminent, pretribulation and premillennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones, and in His subsequent return to earth, with His saints, to establish His Millennial Kingdom. Zechariah 14:4-11,

We believe that the Holy Spirit is God, that he is the person who convicts the world of sin, or righteousness, and of judgment; and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, to indwell and set the believer apart to a Holy life, to keep and empower the believer day by day, unto the day of Redemption. John 16:8-11, Romans 8:9,

We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth; and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Holy Spirit. John 16:13, Ephesians 5:18, I John 2:20, 27.

We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowment of all His gifts; and that the gifts of evangelism, pastors, teachers, administrators, the gift of exhortation, giving, mercy, faith and helps are sufficient for the perfecting of the saints today. The sign gifts, namely; Apostleship, prophet, miracle working, healings, tongues and the interpretation of tongues as given to specific individuals, gradually ceased and the New Testament Scriptures were completed and their authority became established.

I Corinthians 12:4-11, II Corinthians 12:12, Ephesians 4:7-16, I Corinthians 13:8-10, Romans 12:6-9.

We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith in accord with His own will, for the sick and afflicted. John 15:7, I John 5:14-15, James 5:13-16.

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man is totally depraved, and of himself utterly unable to remedy his lost condition. Genesis 1:26-27, Romans 3:9-23, Ephesians 2:1-3, 12.

We believe that Satan is a person, the author of sin and the cause of the Fall; 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, Revelation 20:10.

A. 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.

B. 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,

C. We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to satisfy the lusts of the flesh. Romans 13:13-14, Galatians 5:13, Titus 2:11-15.

D. We believe that every saved person possesses two natures, with provision made for victory of the new nature over the old nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit; and, that all claims to the eradication of the old nature in this life are unscriptural. Romans 6:13, 8:12-13, Galatians 5:16-25, Ephesians 4:22-24, Colossians 3:10, I Peter 1:14-16, I John 3:5-9.

A. 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.

B. We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss, they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord. Luke 23:43, II Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:23, 3:21, I Thessalonians 4:16-17.

C. We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment. Matthew 25:41-46, Mark 9:43-48, Luke 16:19-25, II Thessalonians 1:7-9, Jude 6-7, Rev. 20:11-15.

We believe in the dispensational view of Bible Interpretation. This view teaches the following seven dispensations: 1. Innocence . . . Creation to the fall of man. 2. Conscience . . . Fall of man to the flood (1656 years) 3. Human Government . . . The flood to the Tower of Babel (427 years) 4. Promise . . . The call of Abraham to the Exodus from Egypt (430 years) 5. Law . . . Mount Sinai to Calvary (1491 years) 6. Grace . . . From Pentecost to the Rapture of the Saints (at least 1900 years) 7. Kingdom . . . The descent of Christ to Throne of Judgment (1000 years).

We believe that all in this dispensation of Grace, who have been born again, are members of the Church, the Body of Christ. Christ is the Head, we are members of His body, the Church. I Corinthians 12:12-27, Ephesians 4:11-16, 5:25b-27, Colossians 1:18.

We believe that Christian Baptism is the immersion into water and an emersion from the water by a believer "In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" to show forth our faith in the crucified, buried and risen Savior, with its effect, our death to sin and resurrection to a new life. We urge each member of our Church to be obedient unto our Lord by being immersed or baptized. Romans 6:3-4, Colossians 2:12.

We believe that the Lord's supper is a memorial service and is the setting forth in a sacred and symbolic manner, the death of the Lord Jesus Christ upon our behalf until He returns. The emblems of the Communion Service are not literally the body and blood of Christ, nor do they contain His flesh and blood. The service is for those who have been born again, and to partake has value only as it is closely joined with faith and repentance upon the part of the partaker. Matthew 26:26-28, I Corinthians 11:17-32.

We believe that God calls all who have accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, to a life of yieldedness to Him, and this yielded life is the privilege and duty of every believer. Romans 12:1-2, II Corinthians 6:14-7:1.

We believe that all in this dispensation who have been born again, are members of the Church of Jesus Christ. The Head of this body is Jesus Christ and we are members of His Body, the Church. We believe that every Christian should settle down in a Gospel teaching Church for fellowship and privilege of service. I Corinthians 12:12-27, Ephesians 4:11-16, 5:25b-27, Colossians 1:18, Hebrews 10:19-25.

We believe that God calls every Christian to the exercise of the gift of giving, that the exercise of this gift is set forth in Scriptures as the administration of a stewardship and consequently becomes a responsibility without which the Christian life is unbalanced and incomplete. We believe that Christian giving should be regular, reliable and systematic. That it should be as generous as the believer's means will permit. I Corinthians 4:2, 16:1-2, II Corinthians 8:1-15, 9:6-15.

We believe that everyone who has named the Name of Christ should be so utterly devoted to the cause of his Lord that his devotion will find expression in a life of Bible Study, prayer and soul winning. That this burden for the lost will not be confined to his own local service for Christ but will reach to earth's remotest bounds; that his support of missions should extend to his testimony, his prayer and his giving. Matthew 4:19, 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, Romans 10:13-17.

We believe that in these days of worldliness among professing Christians, it is necessary that we call the attention of believers to the plain teaching of God's Word concerning separation from all religious apostasy, worldly amusements and entangling alliances with unbelievers. Romans 12:1-2, 13, 14:21, I Corinthians 6:19-20, 10:31, II Corinthians 6:14--7:1, II Timothy 3:1-5, James 1:27, I John 2:15-17, II John 9-11.

The preceding scriptures plainly call upon the Child of God to refrain from the carnal pleasures of the world, and from the indulgence in any unquestionable practices which are so associated with vice and crime as to be harmful in their influence and a stumbling block to the weak.