What We Believe

The following are the core beliefs of Oak Hill Bible Church - AR based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

There is one true and living God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, eternally self-existent as three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit – each of whom possesses equally all the attributes of deity and characteristics of personality (Deut 6:4 Isa 43:10-11; Matt 28-19-20; Luke 3:22).There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise.  God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom,  justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Jesus Christ is God in flesh—the incarnation of God, the Living Word (John 1:1-14), born of a virgin as a miraculous conception of the Holy Spirit (Matt 1:23; Luke 1:31, 35). He lived a sinless life on earth (Heb 7:26; 1 Pet 2:22) and performed many undeniable miracles through the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:22; 10:38). He voluntarily atones for the sins of mankind by dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying divine justice, reconciling mankind unto God, and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone (Rom 5:8-11; 1 Cor 15:3; 2 Cor 5:21). He rose from the dead exalted and glorified (Matt 28:6; Juke 24:39; 1 Cor 15:4). He ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right-hand of the Father, where He, and He alone, is the only mediator between God and man, continually making intercession for those who believe in Him (Acts 1:9, 11; 2:23; Phil 2:9-11; Heb 1:3).

Jesus Christ shall return to the earth, personally, visibly, and bodily, to establish His Kingdom. At this time, the dead in Christ shall be resurrected, believers to eternal joy with the Lord and unbelievers to condemnation and eternal suffering (Acts 1:11; 1 Cor 15:51; Heb 9:28; 1 Thess 4:16; Rev 19:20; 20:11-15; 22:6-16; Matt 25:46; Mark 9:43-48).

The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Jesus Christ and apply the saving work of Christ to men. The Holy Spirit is the “Spirit of God” and the “Spirit of Christ.” He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life unto them, seals them until the day of redemption, leads and aids them in a life of holiness unto God not fulfilling the lust of the flesh, and equips them for the work for ministry in God’s Kingdom by bearing spiritual fruit unto the glory of God (John 6:44, 63; 16:8-11; Eph 1:13-14; Gal 5:5, 16; 1 Cor 6:11). Every believer is called to live under the power of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8; 1 Cor 12:1-31). With the baptism of the Holy Spirit comes an overflowing fulness of the Spirit (John 7:37-39; Acts 4:8), a deepened reverence for God (Acts 2:43; Heb 12:28), and intensified consecration to God and dedication to His works (Acts 2:42), and a manifestation of the fruit and gifts of the Spirit (Gal 5:16-26; Rom 12:3-9); 1 Cor 12:1-31). The sole basis of all our beliefs is the Bible, God’s infallible and inerrant written revelation of His Word. We believe that the Scriptures, both the Old and New Testament, are uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit and serve as the supreme and final authority in all matters in which it speaks (2 Tim 3:15-17; 1 Thess 2:13; 2 Pet 1:21).

The sole basis of all our beliefs is the Bible, God’s infallible and inerrant written revelation of His Word. We believe that the Scriptures, both the Old and New Testament, are uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit and serve as the supreme and final authority in all matters in which it speaks (2 Tim 3:15-17; 1 Thess 2:13; 2 Pet 1:21).

God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ, who is the visible image of the invisible God, the holy scriptures, and through all of creation itself.

Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.

Mankind was created good and upright in God’s image. However, by voluntary transgression, man sinned against God. As a result, he alienated himself from God and experienced not only physical death but also spiritual death. The fellowship was broken; the image was marred. Therefore, all men are born into a sin-filled world with a sinful nature, totally unable to please God without regeneration, redemption, and reconciliation (Gen 1:26, 27; 2:17; 3:16; Rom 3:23; 5:12-19; 6:23). When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, and fractured all of creation ever since that time.

Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is wholly the work of God’s free grace and is not the work, in whole or in part, of human works, goodness, or religious ceremony (Eph 2:4-10). Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by the regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit; being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God and a joint heir with Jesus Christ according to the hope of eternal life (Luke 24:47; John 3:1-21; Rom 10:13-15; Eph 2:8-10; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7). It is the privilege of all who are born again by the Holy Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the moment they trust in and confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The assurance is not based upon human merit. However, it is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the believer the assurance of their salvation according to the testimony of God’s Word (Rom 8:35-39). The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:15-16; Gal 4:6), and the outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness unto God (Rom 6:1-18; 8:1-9; Eph 4:24).

Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil and of dedication to Gode (Rom 12:1-2; 1 Thess 5:23; Heb 13:12). The Scriptures teach that the goal of believers is to pursue a life of “holiness without which no one can see God” (Heb 12:14). Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we are able to be obedient to God’s command: “Be ye holy, for I am holy” (1 Pet 1:15-16). Sanctification is the process whereby we are saved from the power of sin in our lives through a commitment to the spiritual disciplines of prayer, daily devotions and worship, the study of God’s Word, and the fellowship of believers (Rom 16:1-13; 8:1-2, 13; Gal 2:20; Phil 2:12; 1 Pet 1:5).

The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. The church is the body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Holy Spirit, with divine appointments to fulfill her mission to evangelize the world to the saving power of Jesus Christ. He is the head of the church. As expressed in the Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, the will of God is the sole authority in matters of faith and practice.

Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom on earth.