APR 4

Revelation 1:9
Memorise Revelation 1:9
“For the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ”

WHY BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN?

The BP Church of Singapore is first of all a Protestant Church. The word “protestant” simply means “one who publicly protests”. The Protestant Church stands against the Roman Catholic Church and all her doctrines and practices, thus only preaching and teaching what the Holy Scriptures say. The branch of Protestantism that the BP Church follows is known as the Reformed Faith on the European continent, and as Presbyterianism in the British Isles.

The BP church holds on to Reformed theology, which is well expressed in Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion and the Westminster Confession of Faith with its Larger and Shorter Catechisms. These creeds and confessions are excellent standards but the standard par excellence is still the Bible. The Bible, infallible and inerrant, is our supreme rule of faith and practice. Hence the word “Bible” is prefixed to “Presbyterianism”.

Another reason why the word “Bible” is added to “Presbyterian” is because there was a need then to be distinct from those in the Synod of Chinese Presbyterian Churches. The Synod was linked to the Malayan Christian Council, which was becoming modernist and ecumenical. Continual association with the Synod would mean acceptance and relationships with the Roman Catholic Church! A stand had to be made. Thus in APR 1955, ties were severed with the Synod, and Life Bible- Presbyterian Church was born.

The BP Church is really a Bible-believing, Bible-obeying and Bible-loving group of Christians, regardless of one’s gender, age, cultural background and social status. We who are in the BP Church must have this undying passion for the Word of God, because it is our milk and meat, light and lamp. The more we study the Word, the more we will know God and walk closely with Him. We cannot do without the Bible.

Thought: “I would not give a penny for your love of truth if it is not accom­panied with a hearty hatred of error...”– C.H. Spurgeon 1834 – 1892
Prayer: My gracious, merciful and loving Father, may I be continually contending and defending the precious faith that God has given me.