Seventh Day Baptist 1880 Expose of Faith

Resolved, That this exposé is not adopted as having any binding force in itself, but simply as an exhibition of the views held by the denomination.

I. Of God

We believe in one God, self-existent, infinite in wisdom, power, justice, and goodness; the Creator and Governor of all things.

Deut. 33:27; Psa 90:2; Isa 44:6; I Tim 1:17.

II. Of Christ

We believe that Christ possessed both a divine and a human nature, and was therefore both the Son of God and the Son of Man.

Matt. 1:1; Psa 2:7; Luke 1:35; Rom. 1:3,4; Gal. 4:4; II Cor. 5:19; John 1:1.

III. Of the Holy Spirit

We believe in the Holy Spirit, whose office was to inspire the prophets and apostles, as the instructors of me, with a knowledge of the mind of God, and who is the regenerator and sanctifier of men through the truth.

John 14:26; II Peter 1:21; Acts 2:4, 5; John 3:5; Rom. 8:2; Gal. 5:22.

IV. Of the Holy Scriptures

We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were inspired by the Holy Spirit, and that they are a perfect rule of faith and practice.

Heb. 1:1; II Peter 1:21; II Tim. 3:16,17; I Cor. 2:12,13.

V. Of Man

We believe that man possesses a two-fold nature physical and spiritual; that he was created holy, but that by transgression he fell, and so came under condemnation; that in order to be saved he must be born again, and that this salvation is the gift of God.

II Cor. 4:16; Rom. 7:22; Eph. 3:16; Col. 3:10; I Peter 3:4; Gen. 1:26; 3:6-19; Rom. 5:12; John 3:3,5,7; Eph. 2:5; Rom. 2:24,25; 4:16; Eph. 2:8.

VI. Of Heirship and Eternal Life

We believe when one is constituted a child of God. he becomes and heir of eternal life.

Acts 26:17,18; Rom. 8:14-18; Gal. 3:29; 4:7.

VII. Of Repentance, Faith, and Baptism

We believe it to be the duty of all men to repent, believe in Christ the Saviour, and to be baptized.

Matt. 28:19; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38,41; 8:12; 10:47; 16:15,33; 18:6; Mark 16:16; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12.

VIII. Of the Lord's Supper

We believe the Lord's Supper an ordinance of religion, to be perpetuated in the church.

Matt. 26:26; I Cor. 11:23-26.

IX. Of the Sabbath

We believe the seventh day [of the week] to be the Sabbath of Jehovah, and that it should be kept holy as a memorial of creation and as a type of the saints' rest in heaven.

Gen. 2:2,3; Exod. 20:8-11; Heb. 4:1-11.

X. Of the Resurrection of the Dead, and the Eternal Judgment

We believe there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust; that the righteous will be everlastingly justifies, and the wicked everlastingly condemned.

Dan. 12:2; Acts 24:15; 17:31; Matt. 25:46; John 5:28,29; Rom. 2:7; II Thess. 1:9,10.

XI. Of the Resurrection-Body of the Saints

We believe the saints will be raised with spiritual, incorruptible bodies.

I Cor. 15:35-54.

As printed in A Manual of Seventh Day Baptist Church Procedure (Revised). Published 1926. Burdick, William Lewis and Fitz Randolph, Corliss; eds.