Freedom & Faith Bible Fellowship

Freedom & Faith Bible Fellowship Non-trinitarian Christian fellowship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1 Timothy 1:5 "But the goal of our His sacrifice has set us free from the fear of death.

Freedom & Faith Bible Fellowship
Summary Statement of Faith


1 God
• We believe in one and only one Creator of all things, aka “God”. (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Corinthians 8:6a)

2 Jesus
• We believe in Jesus, the Son of God, miraculously born, crucified, raised from the dead, and chosen by God as Savior of the World. (Luke 3:22, 9:35, 1 Corinthians 8:6b, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, John 10:36,

1 John 4:14, Acts 4:12, Romans 10:8-9, 1 Corinthians 15:27-28)

3 The Bible
• We believe the Bible is the inspired word of God and we study it diligently to seek wisdom, knowledge, and guidance for life. We believe we have the freedom to carefully examine and question what anyone says about it. (2 Timothy 2:15, 3:16, Matthew 7:7, Acts 17:11, Psalm 119:105, 1 Thessalonians 5:21)

4 Resurrection
• We believe there will be a resurrection of the dead, which is the hope of his calling in this age, and everyone will face judgment, some to receive God’s promise of eternal life in His Kingdom on a new earth in the age to come, and some to death. (Acts 24:15, John 5:28-29, Mathew 6:10, Romans 6:23, Ephesians 1:17-21, 2 Peter 3:13)

5 Freedom
• It is for freedom that Christ set us free! Jesus Christ brings the gifts of freedom and the possibility of eternal life to those who accept him. We are empowered to choose a life free of slavery to sinful behaviors so that we can start over and be new. (John 8:34-36, Galatians 5 {whole chapter}, Romans 6:4, 23, 8:5, 20-21, 1Peter 2:16, Hebrews 2:15, Romans 12:2, 1 John 2:16-17, 1 John 4:18)

6 Spirit and Soul
• We believe in the distinction between spirit and soul.
• We describe the spirit as the life sustaining power; the bible calls it breath of life from God, which makes our bodies alive. When God provides the spirit, which is our own unique thoughts and intentions, the body of the person becomes a living soul. Therefore, since we have been created in the image of God, we each have our own spirit, as God has his own spirit, and when the spirit leaves the body and returns to God, the living soul dies. (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Genesis 2:7, Hebrews 4:12, Genesis 1:27, 1 Corinthians 2:11, Ezekiel 18:4, Psalm 146:4, Ecclesiastes 12:7)

7 Holy Spirit
• Holy spirit is the wisdom and power of God, used to accomplish His will from the beginning of creation. The Holy spirit is a gift, deposited in us when we become believers. This deposit is our counselor, from God, to offer wisdom and guidance in all things, remind us of what Jesus taught and to tell others about him and what he did to accomplish God’s will. (Genesis 1:2, Acts 10:38, 11:15-17, Acts 2:4, Ephesians 1:13-14, 17-19, Jeremiah 10:12, John 14:26, 15:26, John 4:34)

8 War
• We firmly believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ to his followers and will not engage in governmental wars of mankind. He taught us to love our enemies and to pray for them. As Christians we are commanded to love one another. The Bible teaches us to let God deal with vengeance and we are to wait patiently for Him to take action. So, in order to obey God and Christ, and to truly love one another, or all human beings, we respectfully do not engage in military conflict. (Romans 12:17-19, 2 Cor. 10:3-5, Ephesians 6:12-17).

9 Life’s Purpose
• We believe the highest calling of humanity is to love God with our whole mind, heart, and life; to love all others whether friends or enemies and we worship God in Spirit and Truth. (Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 5:44, John 4:24)

04/15/2022

We are continuing our study through 1st and 2nd Kings this Sunday.

Taking time to listen to and understand what God and His Word tells us. Doing it is the next and most important step...I...
08/29/2020

Taking time to listen to and understand what God and His Word tells us. Doing it is the next and most important step...Is that still, small voice saying something you need to hear?
We’re reading Acts 18 this week.

12/30/2019

During a recent Bible study, we discussed the forms of ‘love’ used in John 21:15-17.

In the Greek language there are four forms of the English word ‘love.’
According to gods-word-first.org, the four forms of love are defined as; (1) Agapeo: Unconditional love; the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation, (2) Phileo: Love between friends (3) Eros: The sense of being in love; romantic love, and (4) Storge: Love of family; Parent/child, siblings, cousins, etc. In a very close family, agape is felt as well.

This is significant to us because when the word ‘love’ is used in the Bible there may be a reason for which form is used. There are Bible scholars that argue that using different forms of words is simply the author being artistic with the wordsmithing. Various words can be used to bring out the same message but selecting certain words can make the phrases sound more poetic. There are Bible scholars on the other side of the curve that will argue that there are divine reasons for the specific words chosen in each biblical verse. They say to fully understand what the scripture is saying the Bible student should engage in a deep word study of the original language.

We feel that the significance of words used in scripture can at times be carefully chosen and at other times it could be the author’s poetic license. It is up to the Bible student to decide and to incorporate their research into their belief system according to their personal relationship with almighty God.

One great example is found in John 21:15-17, where Jesus asks Peter three separate times if Peter loves him. Let’s look at these verses with the definitions listed above inserted for the word ‘love.’

John 21:15-17 (NIV)
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you unconditionally love (agape) me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I dearly love you as your friend (phileo).”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you unconditionally love (agape) me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I dearly love you as your friend (phileo).”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”
17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you dearly love me as my friend (phileo)?”
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you dearly love me as my friend (phileo)?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I dearly love you as your friend (phileo).”
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
(Italics and emphasis are ours.)

We leave it up to you to decide. Are the two different forms of love used for a divine purpose toward understanding, or were they used to give the passage more flair?

In my opinion, I think there is more to it than just poetic license.

09/01/2019

Yay, Bible study!

Our largest group for Bible study ever.
05/05/2019

Our largest group for Bible study ever.

05/05/2019

Bible Study today.

We were happy to welcome the Bretschneider family to join our Bible study this week. They are a family touring the Unite...
04/29/2019

We were happy to welcome the Bretschneider family to join our Bible study this week. They are a family touring the United States. A great experience for the kids.

Just like the first Christians, we enjoyed time with God's word, then fellowship and food, of course.

12/03/2017

Bible study tomorrow morning at my place.
9:30.

08/14/2017
06/25/2017

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Albuquerque, NM

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