Bible Baptist Church

Pastor : Wayne Atchley
Asst. Pastor : Bill Perkins


we are a kjv bible believing church and you have to be saved by the blood of jesus christ . once saved always saved, the devil cannot get into the book of life and erase jesus' blood ih he wrote your name it is there forever.in order to be saved you must confess with thy mouth and
accept and believe in jesus christ that he was born , died on the cross and resserected to save us from our sins . for whosoever calleth upon the name of the lord shall be saved .
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Baptism is one of the fullest and richest expressions of the Christian faith, symbolically joining all Christ-followers from the past, present and future together, in one family. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:19-20). We identify ourselves, through baptism, as brothers and sisters in Christ, the head of our family.

Since Jesus was baptized, almost 2,000 years ago, baptism has been the signifier of membership in God’s family. This is important as it conveys that we are not only free from the guilt of sin, but that we have also entered into a new relationship as adopted children of God.

Baptism as a symbol doesn’t save anyone, nor does it earn any points with God. It is, however, a celebration of which the whole Kingdom of God partakes. Baptism is an outward symbol of the transformation that has already taken place inside of you, communicating the commitment that Christ, and His Body the Church, have for you, and the commitment that you have, in turn, for the Church community.


Believing Before Baptism

Baptism is our response to God’s love for us. God demonstrated his love by initiating a way to regain our original relationship with Him after WE chose to rebel. Humanity willfully chooses to deny God and His intended life for us. But because of God’s great love for us, He seeks to restore us in spite of our rebellion. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son (John 3:16-18).

There are two main parts to belief in the Bible—believing “that” and believing “in.” The two go hand-in-hand, equally. To Believe then, requires both belief that and in Jesus Christ. To possess one without the other is not authentic belief. Believing that something is to believe in the facts. So, to believe the facts about Jesus is to believe that: Jesus is God in human form. This is called “God Incarnate.” God sent His Son into the world. Jesus on earth was fully human (100%) and fully God/divine (100%). There is a mystery to this, but none-the-less, it is important not to diminish either Jesus’ humanity or His divinity.

Another fact is that Jesus is God’s one and only Son, sent to us to save us from our estranged relationship with God. Our estranged state is called “sin.” Because God is perfect—perfectly good, perfectly great, perfectly true, perfectly just, etc., God cannot be in relationship with someone imperfect, or else God wouldn’t be perfect anymore. In other words, it is impossible for God not to be perfect. Plus, there is no earthly way of gaining or earning perfection—it is impossible. This is quite a predicament (most of us know our imperfections very well). Therefore, in order for humanity to be in a right relationship with God, we needed something to make us perfect again. Only a divine solution can correct a divine problem. God would have been perfectly just had He chose to let us remain in our estranged state, of our own free will. Thankfully, God is also, perfectly loving. God sent his Son to die FOR us so that our sins would be forgiven (that our estrangement would be compensated for)—a divine solution to a divine problem. Jesus Christ had to die as 100% human so that humanity’s estrangement would die 100%, for those that believe. Christ had to die as 100% God in order to pay the divine price that no human, or group of humans, could pay.

This leads to the next fact of believing, that Jesus Christ resurrected from death 100%, in order to conquer death (and estrangement) so that we might live. If Christ did not rise from the dead, conquering death, than our sins and estrangement have not been conquered either and we would still be subject to spiritual and physical death. By our baptism then, we were buried with him and shared his death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead...so also we may live a new life (Romans 6:4). Christ died for our sins...He was buried...and he rose again (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). This is an important fact to believe in.

The result of believing in the above facts leads to the fact of eternal life. As God’s own, by believing through faith, followers of Christ will be made complete (whole) and exist in relationship with the one, true, God of the universe forever.

The other main aspect of Biblical belief is believing in. Believing in means placing trust in something or someone. So, to believe in Jesus Christ is to place your life in His hands, in faith and trust.


Why Wait?

Those who believed...were baptized...that day (Acts 2:41).

Then Phillip began with the scripture and told him the Good News about Jesus. As they traveled along the road, they came to some water, and the man said, “Look some water, why shouldn’t I be baptized right now?” Phillip said, “If you believe with all your heart you may.” The man answered, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God.” So they went down into the water and Phillip baptized him (Acts 8:35-38).

The only qualification for baptism is to believe that and in Jesus Christ (see above) is the Son of God—that He died for your sins and was resurrected, conquering death for you—and to trust Jesus with your life, giving Him control. There is no reason to wait. As soon as you have decided to receive Christ into your life, you can and should be baptized.


Romans 10:9

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Luke 1:37

For with God nothing shall be impossible.