Rick McKnight

*In all aspects my beliefs are in complete agreement with the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.
The following are details as to my beliefs which are found, taught, and supported in scripture.

1. View of scripture:
A. Authoritative: All the words in Scripture are God's Words
Inspiration:
Explanation:
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God breathed
2 Peter 1:21 Men moved by the Spirit
John 16:13-14 Holy Spirit declared to the writers
Proof:
Matt 4:4 Jesus quoted Deut as God's words, not Moses'
Acts 1:16 Psalm 69 and 109 are said to be words which "the Holy Spirit spoke
beforehand by the mouth of David."
1 Corinthians 14:37 Paul said his writings are commands from the Lord
Inerrant:

Scripture:
John 17:17
Psalm 12:6
Proverbs 30:5
Historical accounts, miraculous accounts, moral commands, teachings, faith, practice,
and all words are true and without error in any form.
Manuscripts:
Complete inerrancy in the original manuscripts
We have over 5,000 copied manuscripts, from these we can be sure that we have
99% of the exact wording of the originals. Of the other 1% nothing changes the
meaning of the text. Therefore we can be certain we have the original inerrant text
reading.
If we deny inerrancy, we essentially make our own human minds a higher standard
of truth than God's Word itself.
B. Sufficient:
Scripture contains everything we need to know for salvation, for trusting God, and for
obeying God
2 Tim 3:15-17
Do not add or take away
Deut 4:2
Deut 12:32
Proverbs 30:5-6
Rev 22:18-19

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2.View of God:
A. God is Creator
Gen 1
B. God is a Personal God
Genesis-Revelation
C. God is unchanging
Mal 3:6
D. God is love, God is Wrath, God is Just
Love 1 John 4:8
Wrath Nahum 1:2
Just Romans 3:23-26
E. God is 3 persons, one God
Christ. John 1:1-2
Holy Spirit. John 14:26
3 persons. Gen 1:26, Psalm 110:1, Matthew 28:19
One God. James 2:19
F. God is Omniscient
Job 37:16
G. God is Omnipresent
Psalm 139:7-10
H. God is Omnipotent
Jeremiah 32:27
Luke 1:37
Matthew 19:26

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3.View of who Jesus is:

A. Person of Jesus
Virgin born
Genesis 3:15
Isaiah 7:14
Matthew 1:20
Sinless
2 Corinthians 5:21
B. Christ fully human
Romans 8:3
Philippians 2:6-8
C. Christ fully God

Deity of Christ Revealed in Scripture:

Isaiah wrote about seeing Jehovah in Isaiah 6:1-10.

In John 12:31-42, we are told that Isaiah saw Jesus' glory and spoke of Him

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In Exodus 34:14 we are to worship no one but Jehovah.

In Hebrews 1:6 the angels worship Christ.

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In Isaiah 44:6 Jehovah is called the first and the last (confirmed in Revelation
1:8),

but in Revelation 22:13 Christ is the first and the last.

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In Matthew 1:23, Christ is called Immanuel, which means God with us.

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When Thomas touched Jesus' wounds, after the resurrection, he exclaimed, My

Lord and my God (John 20:28).

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Colossians 2:9 clearly confirms the deity of Christ when it states that in Him
all the fullness of the divine quality dwells bodily

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Jesus Christ has the power to forgive sins (Mark 2:5-7; Eph. 1:7), give eternal
life (John 10:28; 17:2), judge the world (John 5:22, 27),

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Jesus is worshipped by the angels (Heb. 1:6) and by man (Matt. 14:33), and yet
only God is to be worshipped (Ex. 34:14).

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Christ claimed to be equal with God in John 10:30.

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Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government
will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Psalms 45:6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice
will be the scepter of your kingdom.

Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says, Your throne, O God, will last for ever
and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. Your throne,
O God The Old Testament Hebrew word used here is Elohim, used for
God well over a thousand times in the Bible.

John 1:1, 14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.... [14] The Word became flesh and made his dwelling
among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came
from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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1 Timothy 3:16, King James Version And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen
of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into
glory.

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Psalms 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

Ezekiel 34:31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are people, and I am your
God, declares the Sovereign LORD.

John 10:14 I [Jesus] am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep
know me.

Hebrews 13:20 ...our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep...

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Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy
Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he
bought with his own blood.

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Exodus 3:13-14 Moses said to God, Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to
them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they ask me, What is
his name? Then what shall I tell them? God said to Moses, I AM WHO I
AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.

John 8:58-59 I tell you the truth, Jesus answered, before Abraham was
born, I am! At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself,
slipping away from the temple grounds.

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Isaiah 40:3 A voice of one calling: In the desert prepare the way for the
LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.

Mark 1:1-3 The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It
is written in Isaiah the prophet: I will send my messenger ahead of you, who
will prepare your way a voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the
way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.

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Isaiah 48:12-13, 17 Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am

he; I am the first and I am the last. My own hand laid the foundations of the
earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all

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stand up together.... [17] This is what the LORD says your Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD your God....

Revelation 1:17-18 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he
placed his right hand on me and said: Do not be afraid. I am the First and the
Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!
And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

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Titus 1:3-4 And at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the
preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior. To Titus, my true
son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ
Jesus our Savior

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Mark 2:5, 7 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Son, your sins
are forgiven. ... [7] Why does this fellow talk like that? Hes blaspheming!
Who can forgive sins but God alone?

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Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords,
the great God, mighty and awesome...

1 Timothy 6:15 ...which God will bring about in his own time God, the
blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelation 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will
overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings and with him
will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.

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Isaiah 45:22-23 Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am
God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all
integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me
every tongue will swear.

Philippians 2:10-11 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven
and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has
said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls

Acts 4:10-12 Then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the
dead, that this man stands before you healed.... [12] Salvation is found in no
one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we
must be saved.

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Luke 8:38-39 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with
him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, Return home and tell how much God has
done for you. So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus
had done for him.

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1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us
understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is
true even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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Titus 2:13 ...while we wait for the blessed hope the glorious appearing of our
great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who
through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a
faith as precious as ours:

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Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human
ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

D. Christ as High Priest

Hebrews 4:14
Hebrews 7:26
Hebrews 9:24
E. Christ as King
Ephesians 1:20-23
Revelation 19:16

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4.View of Salvation:
A. Christ John 3:16
Life
Hebrews 2:17
1 Corinthians 1:30
Death

Isaiah 53:6,10
Hebrews 9:25-28
Burial
1 Corinthians 15:54-56
Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:12-23
Ascension
John 14:2-3
B. Conversion
Knowledge
Romans 10:14,
but James 2:19
Repentance
Acts 2:37-38
Faith
Romans 10:9-10
Matthew 11:28-29

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5.Three aspects of Salvation:

A. Justification: legal declaration by God that we are completely forgiven and no longer liable to
punishment.
Justification through Faith by Grace: Romans 3:26, 28; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:8-9
Sins Forgiven: Our sins imputed on Christ on the cross
Romans 8:1
Declared Righteous: Christ's righteousness imputed on us
1 John 3:9
Romans 6:12-13
Philippians 3:13-14
Colossians 3:10
Aspects of Justification:
Legal standing
Once for all time
Entirely God's work
Sins forgiven and Christs righteousness imputed on us so that despite our
sinfulness, God sees Christs righteousness and forgiveness upon us and
covering us.
B. Sanctification: progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin
and like Christ in our actual lives.
1 John 3:9
Romans 6:12-13
Philippians 3:13-14
Colossians 3:10
God's role:
Philippians 2:13
Hebrews 13:20-21
Our role:
Passive: Romans 6:23
Active: Hebrews 12:14
Sanctification Aspects:
Internal Condition
Continuos Throughout Life
We cooperate
Not Perfect in this Life
C. Glorification: redemption of our bodies, sin finally completely removed from our flesh
Romans 8:23-24
Philippians 3:20-21