Doctrinal Statement- Lighthouse Bible Church, Addison, Maine

1, The Inspiration of Scriptures
   The Bible, which is complete in the 66 books of the Old and New 
   Testaments, is without error in its entirety. The Scriptures    
   are verbally inspired by the Holy Spirit, and are the infallible
   and authoritative Word of God.
   2nd Timothy. 3:16, 2nd Peter. 1:21, Mathew, 5:18, 1st Peter. 1:25

2. The Godhead
   There is One true and living God, eternally existing in three
   Persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, All of which are 
   equal in all respects. Genesis, 1:1, 1st John, 5:7

3. The Holy Spirit
   The Holy Spirit is the 3rd Person of the Godhead, equal in all
   respects to the other Persons of the Godhead. He is the Devine
   Author of all Scripture(Acts 1:16, 2 Pe.l:21), He convicts the
   world of sin, righteousness and judgement(Jn.l6:7-11), and He
   is the Devine Agent of regeneration indwelling all believers at
   conversion and baptizing all believers into the body of Christ
   at salvation. 
2nd Corinthians 5:17,Titus 3:5, Romans 12:5, 1st Corinthians 12:27, Ephesians 1:13, 4:30

4. God the Son
   The eternal Son of God became incarnate(flesh) in the Person
   of Jesus Christ. Further, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit
   and was born of the virgin Mary. Matthew 1:18 - 23, Mark 1:1, Luke 1:26 - 35
   John 1:1, 14. He is all God and all man at the same time and
   lived a sinless, perfect life.John 1:14, 8:45-47, 18:38. Jesus
   Christ, the only begotten Son of God, shed His blood and died
   on the cross for the sins of the world as a substitutionary 
   sacrifice .The crucified body of Christ was raised from the
   dead on the 3rd day, He ascended into heaven and sits on the
   right hand of God as our High Priest and Advocate. Jesus
   Christ shall return to rapture the church and His 2nd coming
   will be personal, bodily and premillineal to establish His
   actual, millinium kingdom here on earth.
   Luke 24:46,47, John 19:30,34, Acts 11:9-11, 2:22-36, Romans 5:6-10, 8:11
   1st Thesalonians 4:13-18, 2nd Thesalonians 2:1-12, Hebrews 3:1, 4:14-16, 5:7-9

5. The Nature of Sin
   The whole of God's creation has been affected by sin. Ro 8:21,23,
   Man was created in the image of God, but sinned and incurred  
   the penalty of sin-death, which includes both physical and  
   spiritual separation from God. Consequently, man is born with   
   a sinful nature that is enmity against God, and are totally 
   depraved, in need of salvation.
   Genesis 1:26, 2:17, 3:16, Psalms 51:5, Je 17:9

6. The Salvation Provided for Mankind
   All of mankind is in need of the salvation provided by God 
   thru Jesus Christ our Lord and is offered to all. Salvation is 
   by the grace of God thru faith alone in Jesus Christ, and all  
   who have received the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Lord and 
   Savior are born again by the Holy Spirit and receive eternal   
   life and shall never perish.
   John 1:12, 13, 3:3~ 15, 16, Ephesians 2:8, 9, Romans 5:1, 18, 19

7. The Reality of Satan - The Nature of Angels
   Satan is a real personality, spirit in nature and the accuser
   of the brethren, Further, Satan is an extremely powerful   
   created being who is active on earth today, In additions Satan
   is subject to the will of God and has been condemned to 
   eternal damnation. The angels, likewise, are created spirit 
   beings, a 3rd of which followed Satan into apostasy, the rest 
   staying loyal to God, These beings are higher in power and 
   intellect then man and, as is Satan, subject to the will of God.
   Ezekial 28:12-19, Job 1:6-12, Ephesians 2:2, 6:11, 12, Jude 6

8. The Church, Local and Universal
   The universal church is all those who have been born again 
   (regenerated) of the Spirit of God and have-been baptized into 
   the body of Christ, 1Pe 1:3, 1 Co 12:13, Ep 1:22,23, The local
   church is a group of born again persons in any one locality. 
   1st Corinthians 1:2, Revelations 1:11

9. The Eternal Destiny of the Unsaved - The Eternal Home of the Saved
   Both the saved and unsaved will be bodily resurrected, the saved 
   destined to everlasting life with God in heaven and the unsaved 
   to everlasting punishment in hell, Revelations 20:11-15, John 3:16, 
   Revelations 21:7

10.The Church Ordinances
   God's Word commands every believer(and only believers)to be
   baptized and the only Scriptural mode is by immersion. The 
   ordinance of the Lord's Supper should be observed "in remembrance 
   of His broken body and shed blood" for us, It has no sacramental
   value. 1st Corinthians 11:24-26

ll.Addendum to clarify The Rapture and Subsequent Events (1989)
   We believe in the premillinnial return of Christ, an event which
   can occur at any moment, and that at that moment the dead in
   Christ shall be raised in glorified bodies, and living in Christ
   shall be given glorified bodies without tasting death, and all 
   shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air before the seven years of
   the Tribulation ( 1st Thessalonians. 4:13-18; 1st Corinthians. 15:42-44, 51-54;
    Philipians 3:20,21; Revelations 3:10)
   We believe that the Tribulation, which follows the Rapture of
   the Church, will be culminated by the revelation of Christ in
   power and great glory to sit upon the throne of David and to
   establish the millennial kingdom (Dan. 9:25-27; Matthew 24: 29-31,
   Luke 1:30-33; Isaiah 9:6,7; 11: 1-9; Acts 29: 29,30; Revelations 20: 1-4,6).