Doctrinal Basis

Sidang Injil Borneo (Borneo Evangelical Church) Handbook 2nd edition 1989

We believe in:

• The divine inspiration and supreme authority of all the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments (2Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:21).

• The triune Godhead, Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Is 45:21-22; Jer 10:10, Mt 28:19, 1Thes 1:9-10)

• The two fold nature of Our Lord Jesus Christ, true God and true man (Mt 16:16; Jn 20:28; 1Tim 2:5; Jn 1:14; 1:18);
  The virgin birth of Jesus Christ (Lk 1:34-35);
  The vicarious (substitutionary) death of Jesus Christ (Is 53:5-6; Mt 20:28; 2Cor 5:21);
  The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:23-24);
  The eternal deity of Jesus Christ (Jn 1:1; Col 1:17);
  The present majesty of Jesus Christ (Heb 1:3);
  The future coming in glory of Jesus Christ (Acts 1:11; 1Thes 4:15-17)

• The fall of man and his consequent moral depravity and his need of regeneration (Jn 3:36; Rom 3:23; 5:12; Eph 2:1-3; Jn 3:31);
  The justification by faith through the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ (Rom 3:21-26; Eph 2:8);
  The sanctification by the Holy Spirit (Jn 14:17; 2Thes 2:13);
  The resurrection of the body both of the just and of the unjust (1Thes 4:16-17; Rev 20:11-15);
  The eternal life of believers and eternal punishment of unbelievers (Mt 25:46; Jn 5:25-29)