What We Believe
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Our Purpose
To praise and worship God and to make known our Lord Jesus Christ’s glorious message: That Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3, 4). He appeared in person to many after He was raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:5-8).
Our Pattern
Bethel Chapel is a meeting place for Christians who gather to worship in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:20). We follow the New Testament pattern of a local church: They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (Acts 2:42) We are not affiliated with any denominational group, but are under the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Word of God (the Bible) alone. (See Ephesians 1:22) We observe in simplicity the two ordinances that our Lord Jesus Christ requested of His people:
- Baptism by immersion for everyone who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ
(See Matthew 28:19, Acts 8:36-38, Romans 6:3,4).
- The Lord’s Supper (the Breaking of Bread), where we, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, gather on the first day of the week, in response to His request “Do this in remembrance of Me” and “proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.” To learn more about the Lord’s Supper click here.
(See Luke 11:19-20, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Acts 20:7).
Our Principal Beliefs
The Bible is the divinely inspired word of God, the complete revelation of His will to people, our infallible (without error) and all-sufficient guide for eternal salvation and living the Christian life the way He wants us to.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation… (2 Peter 1:20-21)
Is Jesus really coming back?
The time is quickly approaching when Jesus’ body, the church, will be raptured (taken up) to heaven when Jesus comes in the air. This is set to happen before the Great Tribulation and before the revelation of Jesus’ glorious coming to earth to reign in righteousness. See 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and 4:13-17; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10.