What We Believe

Our beliefs direct how we live, so what we believe matters.

These are the core beliefs that we as a church hold dear. These beliefs drive our vision and serve as the underpinning for all that we do. We acknowledge that the below articles of faith in no way exhaust the content of our faith, which is the entire Word of God. We do believe that these articles are true representatives of the sound doctrine of the Scriptures.

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each equal in being, power, and glory.
Matthew 28:19; Acts 5:3–4; Hebrews 1:8

God created the heavens and the earth, including all life, “each after its own kind,” by direct act and not by the process of evolution.
Genesis 1–2; John 1:3; Colossians 1:16–17; Hebrews 11:3

The Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired by God and are completely without error in the original writings, and are of supreme and final authority on every subject with which they deal.
2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21

We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His sacrificial atoning death for our sins, His bodily resurrection, and His personal, literal, imminent return.
Matthew 1:23; Luke 24:36–43; John 1:1–3, 1:29, 3:16, 14:1–3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:24

We believe in the distinct personality of Satan, that he is the “god of this age,” ruler of all the powers of darkness, and is destined to the judgment of an eternal justice in the lake of fire.
Matthew 4:1–3; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 20:10

Although man was created in the image and likeness of God, in Adam’s sin the human race fell, inherited a sin nature, and became alienated from God; and that man is totally depraved, and himself completely unable to remedy his lost condition.
Genesis 1:26–27; Romans 3:22–23, 5:10–19; Ephesians 2:1–3, 2:12

We believe that man in his natural state can in no way save himself no matter how good his intentions. God, however, being a loving God, has provided a way for all men to be saved by grace through faith in His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. When a person acknowledges their sin, repents and confesses their faith in the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, at that moment they pass from death to life.
Isaiah 55:6-7, 64:6; John 3:16, 5:24; Ephesians 2:8–9, Mark 1:14-15, Acts 2:38, 2 Corinthians 7:9-10, Romans 10:9

We believe that the Holy Spirit regenerates people and at the moment of conversion, seals, baptizes, and indwells all believing sinners. We believe that He sovereignly gives to all believers spiritual gifts for service.
1 Corinthians 6:19; Ephesians 1:13; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 4:10

We believe in the eternal security of the believer (that it is not possible for the true child of God to lose his salvation).
John 10:28–29; Romans 8:35; Philippians 1:6; 1 Peter 1:5

We believe in righteous living and good works, not as the means of salvation, but as its evidence and fruit.
Romans 12:1–2; Ephesians 2:8–10; Titus 3:8

We believe in the Church which is the body and bride of Jesus Christ, whose purpose is to worship, pray, fellowship, teach, witness for Christ, and observe the ordinances of her Lord (believer’s baptism and the Lord’s Supper).
Matthew 28:20; Acts 8:38; 1 Corinthians 11:23–24; Ephesians 5:25–33

We believe God has uniquely designed and specifically instituted marriage as a covenant solely between one man and one woman.
Genesis 2:18-24; Ephesians 5:22–33

Read our full statement on marriage.

If you have any questions about these articles of faith or other doctrinal matters relating to Reston Bible Church, please email the RBC elders.