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The Baptist Faith And Message
Faith Baptist Church of West Point, MS. is a member of the Southern Baptist
Convention and as such, holds to the tenets of the Baptist Faith And Message,
adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention on May 9, 1963.
The Scriptures
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is the record
of God's revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine
instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth,
without any mixture of error, for its matter. It reveals the principles by which
God judges us; and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the
true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human
conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. The criterion by which
the Bible is to be interpreted is Jesus Christ.
Ex. 24:4; Deut. 4:1-2; 17:19; Josh. 8:34; Psalm 19:7-10; 119:11, 89, 105,
140; Isa. 34:16; 40:8; Jer. 15:16; 36; Matt. 5:17-18; 22:29; Luke 21:33;
24:44-46; John 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; Acts 2:16 ff.; 17:11; Rom. 15:4; 16:25-26;
2 Tim. 3:15-17; Heb. 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21
God
There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent,
spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of
the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. To Him we
owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal God reveals Himself
to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but
without division of nature, essence, or being.
God the Father
God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His
creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes
of His grace. He is all powerful, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in
truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is
fatherly in His attitude toward all men.
Gen. 1:1; 2:7; Ex. 3:14; 6:2-3; 15:11 ff.; 20:1 ff.; Lev. 22:2; Deut. 6:4;
32:6; 1 Chron. 29:10; Psalm 19:1-3; Isa. 43:3, 15; 64:8; Jer. 10:10; 17:13;
Matt. 6:9 ff.; 7:11; 23:9; 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; John 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; 17:1-8;
Acts 1:7; Rom. 8:14-15; 1 Cor. 8:6; Gal. 4:6; Eph. 4:6; Col. 1:15; 1 Tim. 1:17;
Heb. 11:6; 12:9; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 John 5:7
God the Son
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He
was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly
revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself the demands and
necessities of human nature and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet
without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His
death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was
raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the
person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is
now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, partaking of
the nature of God and of man, and in whose Person is effected the reconciliation
between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to
consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living
and ever present Lord.
Gen. 18:1 ff.; Psalm 2:7 ff.; 110:1 ff.; Isa. 7:14; 53; Matt. 1:18-23; 3:17;
8:29; 11:27; 14:33; 16:16, 27; 17:5; 27; 28:1-6, 19; Mark 1:1; 3:11; Luke 1:35;
4:41; 22:70; 24:46; John 1:1-18, 29; 10:30,38; 11:25-27; 12:44-50;14:7- 11;
16:15-16, 28; 17:1-5, 21-22; 20:1-20, 28; Acts 1:9; 2:22- 24; 7:55-56; 9:4-5,
20; Rom. 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 5:6-21; 8:1-3, 34; 10:4; 1 Cor. 1:30; 2:2; 8:6; 15:1-8,
24-28; 2 Cor. 5:19- 21; Gal. 4:4-5; Eph. 1:20; 3:11; 4:7-10; Phil. 2:5-11; Col.
1:13-22; 2:9; 1 Thess. 4:14-18; 1 Tim. 2:5-6; 3:16; Titus 2:13-14; Heb. 1:1-3;
4:14-15; 7:14-28; 9:12-15, 24-28; 12:2; l3:8; 1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:22; 1 John
1:7-9; 3:2; 4:14-15; 5:9; 2 John 7-9; Rev. 1:13-16; 5:9-14; 12:10-11; 13:8;
19:16
God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. He inspired holy men of old to
write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth.
He exalts Christ. He convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. He calls
men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration. He cultivates Christian character,
comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God
through His church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His
presence in the Christian is the assurance of God to bring the believer into the
fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and
the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
Gen. 1:2; Judg. 14:6; Job 26:13; Psalm 51:11; 139:7 ff.; Isa. 61:1-3; Joel
2:28-32; Matt. 1:18; 3:16; 4:1; 12:28-32; 28:19; Mark 1:10, 12; Luke 1:35; 4:1,
18-19; 11:13; 12:12; 24:49; John 4:24; 14:16-17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-14; Acts 1:8;
2:1-4, 38; 4:3l; 5:3; 6:3; 7:55; 8:17, 39; 10:44; 13:2; 15:28; 16:6; 19:1-6;
Rom. 8:9-11, 14-16, 26-27; 1 Cor. 2:10- 14; 3:16; 12:3-11; Gal. 4:6; Eph.
1:13-14; 4:30; 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:19; 1 Tim. 3:16; 4:1; 2 Tim. 1:14; 3:16; Heb.
9:8, 14; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 4:13; 5:6-7; Rev. 1:10; 22:17
Man
Man was created by the special act of God, in His own image, and is the
crowning work of His creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was
endowed by His Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned
against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan
man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence;
whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin,
and as soon as they are capable of moral action become transgressors and are
under condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship
and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human
personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that
Christ died for man; therefore every man possesses dignity and is worthy of
respect and Christian love.
Gen. 1:26-30; 2:5, 7, 18-22; 3; 9:6; Psalm 1; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5; Isa. 6:5;
Jer. 17:5; Matt. 16:26; Acts 17:26- 31; Rom. 1:19-32; 3:10-18, 23; 5:6, 12, 19;
6:6; 7:14-25; 8:14-18, 29; 1 Cor. 1:21-31; 15:19, 21-22; Eph. 2:1-22; Col.
1:21-22; 3:9-11
Salvation
Salvation involves the redemption or the whole man, and is offered
freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood
obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation
includes regeneration, sanctification, and glorification.
Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God's grace whereby believers
become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by the
Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in
repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance and faith
are inseparable experiences of grace.
Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God. Faith is the acceptance
of Jesus Christ and commitment of the entire personality to Him as Lord and
Saviour. Justification is God's gracious and full acquittal upon principles of
His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification
brings the believer into a relationship of peace and favor with God.
Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the
believer is set apart to God's purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral
and spiritual perfection through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit
dwelling in him. Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate
person's life.
Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and
abiding state of the redeemed.
Gen. 3:15; Ex. 3:14-17; 6:2-8; Matt. 1:21; 4:17; 16:21- 26; 27:22 to 28:6;
Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:11-14, 29; 3:3-21, 36; 5:24; 10:9, 28-29; 15:1-16;
17:17; Acts 2:21; 4:12; 15:11; 16:30-31; 17:30-31; 20:32; Rom. 1:16-18; 2:4;
3:23-25; 4:3 ff.; 5:8-10; 6:1-23; 8:1-18, 29-39; 10:9-10, 13; 13:11-14; 1 Cor.
1:18, 30; 6:19-20; 15:10; 2 Cor. 5:17- 20; Gal. 2:20; 3:13; 5:22-25; 6:15; Eph.
1:7; 2:8-22; 4:11- 16; Phil. 2:12-13; Col. 1:9-22; 3:1 ff.; 1 Thess. 5:23-24; 2
Tim. 1:12; Titus 2:11-14; Heb. 2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11:1 to 12:8, 14; James
2:14-26; 1 Peter 1:2-23; 1 John 1:6 to 2:11; Rev. 3:20; 21:1 to 22:5.
God’s Purpose of Grace
Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He
regenerates, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free
agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is a
glorious display of God's sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and
unchangeable. It excludes boasting and promotes humility.
All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ,
and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the State of grace, but
shall persevere to the end. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and
temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts,
bring reproach on the cause of Christ, and temporal judgments on themselves, yet
they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.
Gen. 12:1-3; Ex. 19:5-8; 1 Sam. 8:4-7, 19-22; Isa. 5:1-7; Jer. 31:31 ff.;
Matt. 16:18-19; 21:28-45; 24:22, 31; 25:34; Luke 1:68-79; 2:29-32; 19:41-44;
24:44-48; John 1:12-14; 3:16; 5:24; 6:44-45, 65; 10:27-29; 15:16; 17:6, 12,
17-18; Acts 20:32; Rom. 5:9-10; 8:28-39; 10:12-15; 11:5-7. 26-36; 1 Cor. 1:1-2;
15:24-28; Eph. 1:4-23; 2:1-10; 3:1-11; Col. 1:12-14; 2 Thess. 2:13-14; 2 Tim.
1:12; 2:10, 19; Heb. 11:39 to 12:2; 1 Peter 1:2-5, 13; 2:4-10; 1 John 1:7-9;
2:19; 3:2
The Church
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of
baptized believers who are associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of
the gospel, observing the two ordinances of Christ, committed to His teachings,
exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and
seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.
This church is an autonomous body, operating through democratic processes
under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. In such a congregation members are equally
responsible. Its Scriptural officers are pastors and deacons.
The New Testament speaks also of the church as the body of Christ which
includes all of the redeemed of all the ages.
Matt. 16:15-19; 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-42, 47; 5:11-14; 6:3-6; 13:1-3; 14:23,
27; 15:1-30; 16:5; 20:28; Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:2; 3:16; 5:4-5; 7:17; 9:13-14; 12;
Eph. 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 3:8-11, 21; 5:22-32; Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:18; 1 Tim. 3:1-15;
4:14; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Rev. 2-3; 21:2-3
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name
of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience
symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the
believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to
walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the
final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to
the privileges of church membership and to the Lord's Supper.
The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the
church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize
the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.
Matt. 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26; Luke 3:21-22;
22:19-20; John 3:23; Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 16:30-33; Acts 20:7; Rom. 6:3-5; 1
Cor. 10:16, 21; 11:23-29; Col. 2:12
The Lord’s Day
The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. It is a Christian
institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ
from the dead and should be employed in exercises of worship and spiritual
devotion, both public and private, and by refraining from worldly amusements,
and resting from secular employment’s, work of necessity and mercy only being
excepted.
Ex. 20:8-11; Matt. 12:1-12; 28:1 ff.; Mark 2:27-28; 16:1- 7; Luke 24:1-3,
33-36; John 4:21-24; 20:1, 19-28; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2; Col. 2:16; 3:16;
Rev. 1:10
The Kingdom
The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the
universe and His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as
King. Particularly the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by
trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and to
labor that the Kingdom may come and God's will be done on earth. The full
consummation of the Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of
this age.
Gen. 1:1; Isa. 9:6-7; Jer. 23:5-6; Matt. 3:2; 4:8-10, 23; 12:25-28; 13:1-52;
25:31-46; 26:29; Mark 1:14-15; 9:1; Luke 4:43; 8:1; 9:2; 12:31-32; 17:20-21;
23:42; John 3:3; 18:36; Acts 1:6-7; 17:22-31; Rom. 5:17; 8:19; 1 Cor. 15:24-28;
Col. 1:13; Heb. 11:10, 16; 12:28; 1 Peter 2:4-10; 4:13; Rev. 1:6, 9; 5:10;
11:15; 21-22
Last Things
God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its
appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally
and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will he raised; and Christ will
judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the
place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and
glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with
the Lord.
Isa. 2:4; 11:9; Matt. 16:27; 18:8-9; 19:28; 24:27, 30, 36, 44; 25:31-46;
26:64; Mark 8:38; 9:43-48; Luke 12:40, 48; 16:19-26; 17:22-37; 21:27-28; John
14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 17:31; Rom. 14:10; 1 Cor. 4:5; 15:24-28, 35-58; 2 Cor. 5:10;
Phil. 3:20-21; Col. 1:5; 3:4; 1 Thess. 4:14-18; 5:1 ff.; 2 Thess. 1:7 ff.; 2; 1
Tim. 6:14; 2 Tim. 4:1, 8; Titus 2:13; Heb. 9:27-28; James 5:8; 2 Peter 3:7 ff.;
1 John 2:28; 3:2; Jude 14; Rev. 1:18; 3:11; 20:1 to 22:13
Evangelism and Missions
It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every
church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations.
The new birth of man's spirit by God's Holy Spirit means the birth of love for
others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual
necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in
the teachings of Christ. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly
to win the lost to Christ by personal effort and by all other methods in harmony
with the gospel of Christ.
Gen. 12:1-3; Ex. 19:5-6; Isa. 6:1-8; Matt. 9:37-38; 10:5- 15; 13:18-30,
37-43; 16:19; 22:9-10; 24:14; 28:18-20; Luke 10:1-18; 24:46-53; John 14:11-12;
15:7-8, 16; 17:15; 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2; 8:26-40; 10:42-48; 13:2-3; Rom. 10:13-15;
Eph. 3:1-11; 1 Thess. 1:8; 2 Tim. 4:5; Heb. 2:1-3; 11:39 to 12:2; 1 Peter
2:4-10; Rev. 22:17
Education
The cause of education in the Kingdom of Christ is co-ordinate with the
causes of missions and general benevolence, and should receive along with these
the liberal support of the churches. An adequate system of Christian schools is
necessary to a complete spiritual program for Christ's people.
In Christian education there should be a proper balance between academic
freedom and academic responsibility. Freedom in any orderly relationship of
human life is always limited and never absolute. The freedom of a teacher in a
Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the pre-eminence of Jesus
Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct
purpose for which the school exists.
Deut. 4:1, 5, 9, 14; 6:1-10; 31:12-13; Neh. 8:1-8; Job 28:28; Psalm 19:7
ff.; 119:11; Prov. 3:13 ff.; 4:1-10; 8:1- 7, 11; 15:14; Eccl. 7:19; Matt. 5:2;
7:24 ff.; 28:19-20; Luke 2:40; 1 Cor. 1:18-31; Eph. 4:11-16; Phil. 4:8; Col.
2:3, 8-9; 1 Tim. 1:3-7; 2 Tim. 2:15; 3:14-17; Heb. 5:12 to 6:3; James 1:5; 3:17
Stewardship
God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we
have and are we owe to Him. Christians have a spiritual debtorship to the whole
world, a holy trusteeship in the gospel, and a binding stewardship in their
possessions. They are therefore under obligation to serve Him with their time,
talents, and material possessions; and should recognize all these as entrusted
to them to use for the glory of God and for helping others. According to the
Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly,
systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the
Redeemer's cause on earth.
Gen. 14:20; Lev. 27:30-32; Deut. 8:18; Mal. 3:8-12; Matt. 6:1-4, 19-21;
19:21; 23:23; 25:14-29; Luke 12:16-21,42; 16:1- 13; Acts 2:44-47; 5:1-11;
17:24-25; 20:35; Rom. 6:6-22; 12:1-2; 1 Cor. 4:1-2; 6:19-20; 12; 16:1-4; 2 Cor.
8-9; 12:15; Phil. 4:10-19; 1 Peter 1:18-19
Cooperation
Christ's people should, as occasion requires, organize such
associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great
objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over one
another or over the churches. They are voluntary and advisory bodies designed to
elicit, combine, and direct the energies of our people in the most effective
manner. Members of New Testament churches should cooperate with one another in
carrying forward the missionary, educational, and benevolent ministries for the
extension of Christ’s Kingdom. Christian unity in the New Testament sense is
spiritual harmony and voluntary cooperation for common ends by various group of
Christ's people. Cooperation is desirable between the various Christian
denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such
cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to
Christ and His Word as revealed in the New Testament.
Ex. 17:12; 18:17 ff.; Judg. 7:21; Ezra 1:3-4; 2:68-69; 5:14-15; Neh. 4;
8:1-5; Matt. 10:5-15; 20:1-16; 22:1-10; 28:19-20; Mark 2:3; Luke 10:1 ff. Acts
1:13-14; 2:1 ff.; 4:31-37; 13:2-3; 15:1-35; 1 Cor. 1:10-17; 3:5-15; 12; 2 Cor.
8-9; Gal. 1:6-10; Eph. 4:1-16; Phil. 1:15-18
The Christian and the Social Order
Every Christian is under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ
supreme in his own life and in human society. Means and methods used for the
improvement of society and the establishment of righteousness among men can be
truly and permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of
the individual by the saving grace of God in Christ Jesus. The Christian should
oppose, in the spirit of Christ, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice. He
should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the aged, the helpless, and
the sick. Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society
as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and
brotherly love. In order to promote these ends Christians should be ready to
work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in
the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.
Ex. 20:3-17; Lev. 6:2-5; Deut. 10:12; 27:17; Psalm 101:5; Mic. 6:8; Zech.
8:16; Matt. 5:13-16, 43-48; 22:36-40; 25:35; Mark 1:29-34; 2:3 ff.; 10:21; Luke
4:18-21; 10:27-37; 20:25; John 15:12; 17:15; Rom. 12-14; 1 Cor. 5:9-10; 6:1-7;
7:20- 24; 10:23 to 11:1; Gal. 3:26-28; Eph. 6:5-9; Col. 3:12-17; 1 Thess. 3:12;
Philemon; James 1:27; 2:8
Peace and War
It is the duty of Christians to seek peace with all men on principles
of righteousness. In accordance with the spirit and teachings of Christ they
should do all in their power to put an end to war.
The true remedy for the war spirit is the gospel of our Lord. The supreme
need of the world is the acceptance of His teachings in all the affairs of men
and nations, and the practical application of His law of love.
Isa. 2:4; Matt. 5:9, 38-48; 6:33; 26:52; Luke 22:36, 38; Rom. 12:18-19;
13:1-7; 14:19; Heb. 12:14; James 4:1-2
Religious Liberty
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the
doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not
contained in it. Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every
church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In
providing for such freedom no ecclesiastical group or denomination should be
favored by the state more than others. Civil government being ordained of God,
it is the duty of Christians to render loyal obedience thereto in all things not
contrary to the revealed will of God. The church should not resort to the civil
power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means
alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to impose penalties
for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose taxes for
the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free state is the
Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God
on the part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the
sphere of religion without interference by the civil power.
Gen. 1:27; 2:7; Matt. 6:6-7, 24; 16:26; 22:21; John 8:36; Acts 4:19-20; Rom.
6:1-2; 13:1-7; Gal. 5:1, 13; Phil. 3:20; 1 Tim. 2:1-2; James 4:12; 1 Peter
2:12-17; 3:11-17; 4:12-19
The Family
[Amendment passed by the Southern Baptist Convention June 10,
1998]
God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society.
It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood or adoption.
Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a
lifetime. It is God's unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His
church, and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for
intimate companionship, the channel for sexual expression according to biblical
standards, and the means for procreation of the human race.
The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in
God's image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people.
A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given
responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to
submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the
church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of
God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to
respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and
nurturing the next generation.
Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the
Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God's pattern for marriage.
Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them,
through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices
based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.
Gen. 1:26-28; 2:18-25; 3:1-20; Ex. 20:12; Deut. 6:4-9; Josh. 24:15;
1 Sam. 1:26-28; Ps. 78:1-8; 127; 128; 139:13-16; Prov. 1:8;
5:15-20; 6:20-22; 12:4; 13:24; 14:1; 17:6; 18:22; 22:6,15; 23:13-14; 24:3;
29:15,17; 31:10-31; Eccl. 4:9-12; 9:9; Mal. 2:14-16; Matt. 5:31-32;
18:2-5; 19:3-9; Mark 10:6-12; Rom. 1:18- 32; 1 Cor. 7:1-16; Eph. 5:21-33;
6:1-4; Col. 3:18-21; 1 Tim. 5:14; 1 Tim 1:3-5; Titus 2:3-5;
Heb. 13:4; 1 Pet. 3:1-7.
Reprinted from the Baptist Faith and Message Tract published by the Sunday
School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tennessee. First
Printing 1963.
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