What We Believe

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Is. 40:6 (ESV)

Ocean Reef Church

In Brief

There is only one God consisting of three persons: Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit.

God is holy and everyone has sinned against Him. Jesus Christ died in our place to satisfy the wrath of God that otherwise would have applied to us.

Salvation is available to all who respond in faith alone in Jesus Christ, provided through His death, burial, and resurrection. Eternal life cannot be earned through our efforts such as good works.

The original sixty-six scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inerrant Word of God and supremely authoritative in all matters of faith and conduct.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Jn. 3:16 (ESV)

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God

 

There is only one God who:

  • is infinitely good and great, and has revealed Himself to be personal and triune in essential being, eternally existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  • created the heavens and the earth, out of nothing, by a sequence of specific acts as set out in the Book of Genesis, and continues to care for and govern His creation.
  • created humans in His image, male and female, intending that we live in fellowship with Him. However, God’s adversary Satan tempted the first man and woman, and they disobeyed God. As a result, we all sin, falling short in our responsibilities to love God and our neighbour, and to care for the world. Our sin alienates us from God and rightly deserves His judgment.
  •  because of His grace and great love for all people, sent His Son Jesus Christ into the world to save us.
  • gathers all believers into local churches which exist to worship and serve Him and Jesus Christ.

You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matt. 16:16 (ESV)

Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Eph. 5:23 (ESV)

There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Tim. 2:5
(ESV)

clarkson church

Jesus Christ

 

Jesus Christ:

  • is the incarnate Son of God, fully human and fully divine, conceived by the virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit.
  • is the Head of the Church and High Priest who opened the way for every believer to approach God the Father directly through Him.
  • is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct in the life of the church and individuals.
  • lived on earth a sinless life of perfect obedience.
  • died on the cross as a sacrifice on our behalf and in our place, redeeming us from the penalty and power of sin and triumphing over Satan.
  • was raised bodily from the dead and ascended to His Father’s presence where He lives forever and reigns as Lord of all.
  • will return visibly and victoriously from His Father’s presence to complete His conquest of sin and evil.

The church is Christ’s body. It is filled with him.
Eph. 1:23 (ERV)

clarkson baptist church

Church

 

The Church:

  • is the community called into being by God, in both its universal and local expressions.
  • consists of persons who have personally and knowingly accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord.

All Scripture is given by God. And all Scripture is useful for teaching and for showing people what is wrong in their lives.
2 Tim. 3:16 (ESV)

clarkson baptist

Holy Bible

 

The sixty-six scriptures of the Old Testament and New Testament are:

  • given by God.
  • inerrant in the original documents and have been preserved in their transmission.
  • fully trustworthy and supremely authoritative in all matters of faith and conduct.

Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say; that he was buried and was raised to life on the third day.
1 Cor. 15:3-4 (ESV)

joondalup baptist church

Gospel of Jesus Christ

The Gospel is the:

  • good news concerning Jesus Christ and His reconciling work that brings salvation. All who respond in repentance and faith, God sets right with Himself, forgiving and cleansing them from sin, giving them His Holy Spirit and eternal life, and incorporating them into His church.

The Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. To set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Rom. 8:2,6 (ESV)

baptist church perth

Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit:

  • gives new life to all believers and resides in them permanently.
  • makes believers holy, and enables them to grow into the likeness of Christ.
  • empowers all God’s people for life and witness, granting them various gifts for the wellbeing, functioning, and mission of the church.

John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 11:16 (ESV)

This is my body… and my blood. Do this to remember me.
1 Cor. 11:24-25 (CEB)

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iluka church

Baptism & Lord’s Supper

Jesus Christ established baptism and the Lord’s Supper, where:

  • baptism is the immersion of believers on their profession of faith, an act of identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • in the Lord’s Supper, believers remember Christ’s sacrificial death, share in fellowship with their risen Lord and with one another, and look forward to His return.

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Matt. 25:46 (ESV)

heathridge church

Believers and Unbelievers

Believers in God and Jesus Christ:

  • have been changed into new people by faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.
  • experience perfect unconditional love from above each day by faith.
  • walk free of condemnation at every point because of Christ.
  • are commanded in this freedom to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love their neighbours as themselves.
  • search the Scriptures to discover God’s character and will for their lives.
  • are commissioned with Christ’s authority to proclaim the Good News throughout the world.
  • will receive new perfect immortal spiritual bodies at Christ’s second coming.
  • will enjoy eternal blessings in God’s presence in the new heavens and the new earth, forever.

Unbelievers in God and Jesus Christ:

  • will have their sin and works judged by God at Christ’s coming.
  • having rejected Christ and his work on the cross will be excluded from God’s presence and suffer eternal punishment.

What We Believe

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
Is. 40:6 (ESV)

In Brief

Ocean Reef Church

There is only one God consisting of three persons: Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit.

God is holy and everyone has sinned against Him. Jesus Christ died in our place to satisfy the wrath of God that otherwise would have applied to us.

Salvation is available to all who respond in faith alone in Jesus Christ, provided through His death, burial, and resurrection. Eternal life cannot be earned through our efforts such as good works.

The original sixty-six scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inerrant Word of God and supremely authoritative in all matters of faith and conduct.

God

perth church ocean reef

There is only one God who:

  • is infinitely good and great, and has revealed Himself to be personal and triune in essential being, eternally existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  • created the heavens and the earth, out of nothing, by a sequence of specific acts as set out in the Book of Genesis, and continues to care for and govern His creation.
  • created humans in His image, male and female, intending that we live in fellowship with Him. However, God’s adversary Satan tempted the first man and woman, and they disobeyed God. As a result, we all sin, falling short in our responsibilities to love God and our neighbour, and to care for the world. Our sin alienates us from God and rightly deserves His judgment.
  •  because of His grace and great love for all people, sent His Son Jesus Christ into the world to save us.
  • gathers all believers into local churches which exist to worship and serve Him and Jesus Christ.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Jn. 3:16 (ESV)

You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matt. 16:16 (ESV)

Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Eph. 5:23 (ESV)

There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Tim. 2:5
(ESV)

clarkson church

Jesus Christ

  • is the incarnate Son of God, fully human and fully divine, conceived by the virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit.
  • is the Head of the Church and High Priest who opened the way for every believer to approach God the Father directly through Him.
  • is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct in the life of the church and individuals.
  • lived on earth a sinless life of perfect obedience.
  • died on the cross as a sacrifice on our behalf and in our place, redeeming us from the penalty and power of sin and triumphing over Satan.
  • was raised bodily from the dead and ascended to His Father’s presence where He lives forever and reigns as Lord of all.
  • will return visibly and victoriously from His Father’s presence to complete His conquest of sin and evil.

The Church

The church is Christ’s body. It is filled with him.
Eph. 1:23 (ERV)

clarkson baptist church
  • is the community called into being by God, in both its universal and local expressions.
  • consists of persons who have personally and knowingly accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord.

Holy Bible

All Scripture is given by God. And all Scripture is useful for teaching and for showing people what is wrong in their lives.
2 Tim. 3:16 (ESV)

clarkson baptist

The sixty-six scriptures of the Old Testament and New Testament are:

  • given by God.
  • inerrant in the original documents and have been preserved in their transmission.
  • fully trustworthy and supremely authoritative in all matters of faith and conduct.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ

Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say; that he was buried and was raised to life on the third day.
1 Cor. 15:3-4 (ESV)

joondalup baptist church
  • is the good news concerning Jesus Christ and His reconciling work that brings salvation.

    All who respond in repentance and faith, God sets right with Himself, forgiving and cleansing them from sin, giving them His Holy Spirit and eternal life, and incorporating them into His church. 

The Holy Spirit

The Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. To set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Rom. 8:2,6 (ESV)

baptist church perth
  • gives new life to all believers and resides in them permanently.
  • makes believers holy, and enables them to grow into the likeness of Christ.
  • empowers all God’s people for life and witness, granting them various gifts for the wellbeing, functioning, and mission of the church.

Baptism & Lord's Supper

John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 11:16 (ESV)

This is my body… and my blood. Do this to remember me.
1 Cor. 11:24-25 (CEB)

kallaroo church
iluka church

Jesus Christ established baptism, where:

  • baptism is the immersion of believers on their profession of faith, an act of identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ established the Lord’s Supper, where:

  • in the Lord’s Supper, believers remember Christ’s sacrificial death, share in fellowship with their risen Lord and with one another, and look forward to His return.

Believers and Unbelievers

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Matt. 25:46 (ESV)

heathridge church

Believers in God and Jesus Christ:

  • have been changed into new people by faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.
  • experience perfect unconditional love from above each day by faith.
  • walk free of condemnation at every point because of Christ.
  • are commanded in this freedom to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love their neighbours as themselves.
  • search the Scriptures to discover God’s character and will for their lives.
  • are commissioned with Christ’s authority to proclaim the Good News throughout the world.
  • will receive new perfect immortal spiritual bodies at Christ’s second coming.
  • will enjoy eternal blessings in God’s presence in the new heavens and the new earth, forever.

Unbelievers in God and Jesus Christ:

  • will have their sin and works judged by God at Christ’s coming.
  • having rejected Christ and his work on the cross will be excluded from God’s presence and suffer eternal punishment.