A STATEMENT OF BELIEFS OF
THE KING JAMES BIBLE CHURCH
This is not a theological exercise with scripture references, but a very brief summary of beliefs.
1. THE SCRIPTURES Back
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We believe The King James
Authorized Bible to be the perfect, infallible, inerrant and inspired word of
God, and consists of the sixty-six books as found preserved in the 1611 King
James Authorized Bible.
Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost and their
words were written down, and have been divinely preserved, throughout the ages,
until reaching us in its present form. The King James Authorized Bible has
preserved the very words of God in the form he wanted in the universal language
of these last days - English. We believe that every word is God’s word and we
totally reject all other bible versions. We believe that any Greek Textus
Receptus has been corrected in several hundred places by the 1611 King James
Authorized Bible. We believe that the scriptures are not open to private
interpretation.
2. GOD Back
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We believe that there is
only one God that eternally exists in three distinct persons – God the Father,
God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. We believe that God is Almighty, and
therefore, we reject the man given title of ‘sovereign’, being a word
describing a god of lesser power and authority.
We believe that Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh, born of the virgin
Mary, and is the image of God and the express image of God’s person.
Furthermore, as the Holy Ghost comes not to speak of himself, but to glorify
the Son, we have fellowship only with the Father and the Son, but communion
with the Holy Ghost.
3. DISPENSATIONS Back
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We believe that heresies
are the result of not recognizing the dispensations, with their various
doctrinal differences, in which God has dealt differently with man. We follow
Paul with his doctrine and gospel, as he followed Christ.
4. CREATION Back
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We believe that God created
the heaven and earth, the angels, all creatures and man in six literal days,
and therefore, we completely reject the theory of evolution. We believe the gap
theory of creation is a false teaching based on Hindu beliefs. We believe that
Adam and Eve were physical and historical, and the first parents on earth. We
believe the age of the earth to be around six thousand years.
5. THE FALL OF
MAN Back
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We believe that the sin of
Adam and Eve, resulted in all men being born sinners but this does not hinder
man, in any way, from having a free will to either choose or reject God’s grace
in his merciful provision of free salvation to all men, without exception, by
belief in the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
6.THE CHURCH Back
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We believe that under
Paul’s gospel, the church, Christ’s body, consists of the saints that have been
baptised by the Holy Ghost into the death of Jesus Christ, at the moment of
salvation. This baptism is not by water.
7. SATAN Back
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We believe that Satan, the
god of this world, is real, alive and active, and that he was created by God as
the anointed cherub, Lucifer, but through pride and rebellion, was cast from
heaven into the garden of Eden. After Armageddon, he will be cast into the
bottomless pit for a thousand years, and then into the lake of fire, with all
his fallen angels, the beast and the false prophet, together with the unsaved,
to be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
8.HELL Back
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We believe there is a
literal hell in the middle of the earth with literal flames of fire that burn
and is the place for the eternal, conscious and physical torment of all unsaved
souls, who at death, shall descend immediately into hell. Hell is God’s
destruction of the body and soul, for those who reject Jesus Christ as Saviour.
Here they are kept under torment until the final day of judgment, at the which,
all the unsaved dead will appear before the great white throne, their bodies
being raised from the grave, and they are to be judged according to their
works. After which, all shall be cast into the lake of fire for everlasting
torment with the devil and his angels. Hell is not Satan’s kingdom, as he is
the god of this world. We believe that after the millennial reign (Christ’s one
thousand year rule on earth), hell and death will be cast into the lake of
fire.
9. SALVATION Back
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We believe that starting
with Adam and Eve, and down to this present day, that blood is the only payment
that God will receive to turn his wrath away from man’s sins. We believe that
under the old testament, it was the ongoing sacrifices of animal blood that
made an atonement for the soul, but these only provided temporary salvation. We
believe that Jesus Christ, the final Passover lamb, after he had offered one
sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God, and that, for
by one offering, he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified and there
remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. We believe that with the shed blood of
Christ, the believer has been washed from his sins and can have eternal security,
never to be lost. We believe that all men without exception can be saved.
10. ETERNAL
SECURITY Back
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We believe in the eternal
security of the saved, however, as the result of not judging themselves, many
saints will be chastened and may become weak, sickly and die.
11. THE GREAT COMMISSION Back
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We believe that Christ’s
commission given to the apostles, has been delivered in its final form, to
Paul, the apostle born out of due time. We believe that today’s Christian
commission is the ministry of reconciliation to the unsaved.
We believe that water
baptism and the Lord’s Supper are not ordinances for the church today, but are
options.
We believe that we are in
the last days of this dispensation, in the which, many Christians not enduring
sound doctrine, are in apostasy and falling away. We believe the Lord will come
quickly for the saved, who will be caught up (the rapture) to meet the Lord in
the air. We believe that after this event, there will follow the seven year
wrath of God that will be poured out on the earth (the tribulation). We believe
that after this, Christ will then return to rescue Israel (the battle of
Armageddon) from the attack from all nations, and that Israel will be restored
to their own physical land here on earth. Christ will then rule from Jerusalem
with a rod of iron for one thousand years, after which, the heavens shall melt
and the earth be burned up, and after which, a new heaven and a new earth shall
be seen.
We believe the church is
not spiritual Israel and has not replaced Israel in any way or form. We believe
that the Lord Jesus Christ will return to sit on David’s throne at Jerusalem in
the millennial reign.
15. WOMEN, DRESS,
MINISTRY Back
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We believe that women
should dress in modest clothing with shamefacedness and
sobriety. As we follow Pauline doctrine, women are forbidden the offices of
pastor and preacher as these usurp the authority of the man. Women are not
forbidden to teach children. We believe women are to teach other women how to
love their husbands and guide the house. We believe that women singing in front
of the congregation provides unnecessary distractions and is contrary to
worshipping God.
16. APOSTLES AND PROPHETS Back
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We believe that the one foundation of the church has been laid by the apostles
and prophets, and as there is no longer any need for these offices, with the
only two for today being pastor and teacher, and evangelist.
We believe that Jesus of
Nazareth, being God himself manifest in the flesh, was shown to be a man
approved of God, along with his apostles, by miracles, signs and wonders. We
believe that the apostolic miracles, signs and wonders were only for Israel and
not for today. We believe that the only miracle, sign or wonder for today is
the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. We reject feminism, psychology, philosophy,
memory healing and the casting out of devils as unscriptural.
18. TONGUES Back
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We believe the practice of speaking in tongues, known and unknown, has ceased,
as they were a sign only to the Jew that he was under judgment. God was no
longer exclusively speaking to Israel through the Hebrew language, but to all
nations. What is uttered today is a false concoction of vocal sounds, resulting
from a misunderstanding of the scriptures.
19. HEALTH,
WEALTH Back
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We believe a
misunderstanding of the scriptures, has resulted in the emergence of false
healers and false wealth preachers to a people who will not endure sound
doctrine. We believe physical healing, according to God’s will, is available
for all today, however, it is not a mandatory promise resulting from the atonement
of the cross. We believe that today’s false practices of miracles, signs,
wonders and ‘tongues’ are simply manufactured expressions of the flesh.
20. TITHING,
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP Back
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We believe tithing was a covenant made only with Israel, and is wrongly practiced
by pastors of today. We believe that God loveth a cheerful giver. We believe
that church membership is contrary to Pauline doctrine.
21. CIVIL MATTERS Back
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We believe that we are subject unto the higher powers, as they are ministers of God to us for good,
and therefore, for duty and conscience sake, we render them their dues.
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