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About Join us at 10:45am on Sundays! To find out or about Grace Bible Church go to www.gracebibletx.com/ Story Statement of Faith Note: This statement represents what one must believe and affirm in order to become a member at GBC. Of the Holy Scripture Although the light of nature and the works of creation and providence do reveal the nature and power of God, these means of revelation are only sufficient to leave humanity inexcusable in sin before God (Rom 1:20). Therefore, it has pleased the Lord to commit his purpose, will and nature to humanity in writing. The product of which is the Holy Scripture. The Holy Scripture exists in sixty-six books (i.e. the Protestant Old and New Testaments) and is the only infallible rule of faith and life for the Christian (2 Tim 3:16-17). As such, Scripture alone possesses authority under which all who profess the name of Christ must submit. Though all Scripture is not equally clear, a person may attain sufficient understanding for life and godliness through the use of ordinary means to interpret Scripture. As the Westminster Confession states, “All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all: yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed, and observed for salvation, are so clearly propounded, and opened in some place of Scripture or other, that not only the learned, but the unlearned, in a due use of ordinary means, may attain unto a sufficient understanding of them” (1.7). The Holy Spirit so superintended the human authors of Scripture that through the human authors’ respective personalities and styles (2 Pet 1:20-21), the product was precisely the Word of God and therefore without error in the whole or in the part (Matt 5:18; 2 Tim 3:16). Further, the Holy Spirit so communicated God’s revelation by means of human authors that though culturally and historically contextualized, the Holy Scripture is applicable to all people in all generations when rightly interpreted and applied. Of the Triune God There is but one God (Deut 6:4; Is 41:4; 43:10-13; 44:6-8) who is an infinite, all knowing, and all-powerful spirit (John 4:24). God created all things in heaven and on earth, things visible and invisible for his own purpose, pleasure and glory (Gen 1-2; Eph 3:9). God eternally exists in three persons, namely the Father, Son and Spirit (Matt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14; 1 Pet 1:2). The Father is not the Son. The Son is not the Spirit. The Spirit is not the Father (Matt 3:16-17). The Father, Son and Spirit are equally and fully God and therefore possess all of the attributes of deity (cf. 1 Cor 8:6, 15:24, Gal 1:1, Eph 5:20, 1 Tim 1:2 with reference to the Father; cf. Mark 2:1-12, John 1:1, 14, 18, 8:58-59, 10:30-31, Titus 2:13, 2 Pet 1:1 with reference to the Son; cf. Acts 5:3-4, Matt 28:19, 2 Cor 13:14 with reference to the Spirit). The Son of God became incarnate approximately 2000 years ago, grew “in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man” (Luke 2:52) all the while living and dying wholly obedient to the will of his Father and therefore, without sin (Heb 4:15; 1 Pet 2:22). This incarnation consisted in adding humanity and deity in one person. As a result of the incarnation, the Son of God became and remains, one person who exists in two natures, full deity and full humanity. None of the attributes of deity or humanity were erased, given over, inoperative, or forfeited in this union. The Son of God was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:35). He suffered under Pontius Pilate and was crucified. As a result of his crucifixion and the predetermined plan of God, the God-Man died a substitutionary death for his people in the most absolute sense, the just for the unjust (2 Cor 5:15). Further, he was buried and on the third day, rose bodily from the dead and appeared to many of his disciples (1 Cor 15:1-8). He ascended into heaven, where he sits at the right hand of God the Father (Acts 1:9). As a result of his accomplished work, he became the head over all things to the church, which is his body. Further, he does not cease to intercede and advocate for his people while seated at the right hand of the Father on high (Eph 1:22-23; Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25). Of the Nature and Fall of Humanity Humanity, both male and female was created “in the image of God according to His likeness” (Gen 1:26-27). As such, humanity existed without sin and therefore in unhindered relationship with God his Maker; however, humanity became corrupted in every part as a result of disobedience to God’s prohibition not to eat the forbidden fruit (Gen 3:1-13) thereby incurring the penalty of spiritual and physical death. “By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the parts and faculties of soul and body” (Westminster Confession 6.2). As a result of this original sin, all of the posterity of Adam and Eve, Christ being the only exception, inherits a corrupt nature and therefore a guilty status before God (Rom 5:18). Even further, humanity is now entirely disposed to all evil and utterly indisposed to and incapable of any good (Gen 6:5; Rom 3:9-18). Of Salvation Because all of humanity is utterly indisposed to and incapable of any good, the salvation of humanity is wholly by the grace of God alone through the redemptive work of Christ alone (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Eph 2:8-9). Salvation cannot be obtained through any effort of humanity but may be appropriated solely by faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. A person is justified, that is declared righteous by God, on the basis of God’s grace through faith in Christ. This justification takes place as a result of Christ’s righteousness being transferred to the account of the individual and the individual’s sins being transferred to the account of Christ when he bore sin on the cross (Rom 4:1-8). Because of this divine exchange, God can be both just, in that he condemned sin in his Son and the justifier, in that he justifies those who believe in his Son (Rom 3:26). God does not leave justified man in the estate in which he found him but begins to sanctify him, that is make him holy, really, wholly and progressively (Phil 1:9-10; 2 Pet 3:18). Though this sanctification is effectual, it is not complete in this life and therefore, the experience of the believer is always one of real struggle against sin (Rom 7:14-25; Gal 5:16-24; 1 John 1:8). Salvation is not complete until Christ returns and the believer, body and soul is fully and finally reunited with the Savior in perfect intimacy and purity (1 John 3:2). Of the Church The church, namely the institution established by God through Christ for the purpose of assembling people for his glory exists both visibly and invisibly. The invisible church “consists of the whole number of the elect that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ” (Westminster Confession 15.1). God alone knows those who makeup the invisible church (2 Tim 2:19). The visible church includes all those who profess and practice true Christianity. All Christians are instructed by God in his word to be committed to the visible church and therefore, the local assembly (Heb 10:25). The church has received two sacraments from the Lord, namely baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which are to be observed throughout the duration of this age by those who profess the name of Christ. Of the End Times Christ will at the end of this age, return bodily to judge the living and the dead and consummate his kingdom (Matt 25:31-33; Acts 1:11 2 Tim 4:1). At that time, he will eternally condemn all those who have not trusted in him for salvation and therefore are not his (Matt 25:41; Rev 20:11-15). These will be cast from the favorable presence of God forever (2 Thess 1:9). Further, Christ will welcome all those who have truly trusted in him for salvation into eternal bliss and pleasure where they will live forever in the presence of God (Matt 25:21, 23, 46; 1 Thess 4:13-5:11). Mission Grace Bible Church exists for the purpose of glorifying God by upholding His truth to the world . (1 Tim. 3:14-15) This goal is primarily accomplished in three specific areas: Through our commitment to Worship; (Rom.12 :1-2; Eph. 5:15-21); through our commitment to study and teach His Word; (1 Timothy 4:13); through our commitment to Witness to the lost world. (Mt. 28:16-20) Commitment to Worship Throughout the history of mankind, God’s chosen people have worshiped Him. It started with Adam and his children. We see in Genesis 4 that both Cain and Abel were involved in sacrifice and offering. This was their worship. Of course one was accepted and one was not. Noah had been on the Ark for about one year when it came to rest on dry ground he came off. The first thing he did was build an altar and worship the God of heaven. The second of the ten commandments says to not have any gods before the one true God — in particular to not “bow down to them nor serve them” (Ex. 20:5). Other examples in the Old Testament are David in the Psalms, Jeremiah in the captivity, Nehemiah in the return to the Promised land. All these had a great burden to worship the God of heaven. When you read the New Testament, you find no difference. Paul says in Romans 12:1-2 that we are to present our “bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship” (NIV). Again in Ephesians 5:19 it says that we should be “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs., singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord”. This worship did not stop with the chosen of God in the days of Scripture but is now expected of God’s chosen in this generation. Jesus said, “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him” (John 4:23). Grace Bible Church seeks to glorify God by giving Him acceptable worship. Commitment to study His Word: When Paul wrote to Timothy to encourage and strengthen him in the ministry he warned him that a time was coming when men would not endure sound doctrine. Their desire would be to bring in teachers who tickle their ears. The people will want things taught according to their own desires and not according to the truth (2 Tim. 4:1-5). In addition, the Spirit Himself says that men will depart from the faith giving heed to demonic spirits and their teaching of false doctrine (1 Tim. 4:1-5). The Scriptures are saturated with warnings about false teaching and false prophets that come in the name of Christ. The commitment of Grace Bible church is to teach the whole counsel of God to the whole world and in particular to the people of the local church. The church is the arm of truth to the world on God’s behalf. We seek to glorify God by teaching His inerrant word as authoritative for the life of the Christian. Commitment to Witness: Because of the nature of this commitment, sharing the Gospel message (evangelism) is not the only focus of the weekly meetings of the local church. At GBC we not only teach the Gospel itself but we teach people how to share the Gospel in their daily lives out in the world. That is where the Gospel message is needed. With many false gospels abounding today, GBC is committed to the message given in Holy Scripture. We teach that from the time Adam took the fruit from Eve and ate, man has been in rebellion to the Lord of heaven. The testimony of Scripture is that all men have one thing in common, sin. There is no one on earth who is without sin. Romans 3 makes it very clear that all men are separated from God because of sin. As a result of this separation, we cannot save ourselves by being good and are in desperate need of a Redeemer. Jesus Christ lived a sinless life and He alone had the ability to pay our sin debt. The Scriptures are very clear that unless we repent and trust the sacrifice of Jesus Christ personally we cannot be restored to a relationship with God. By His death, burial, and resurrection, our salvation is made possible. He was and is our substitute. He took our penalty and gives us His righteousness. There is no other name under heaven by which men can be saved. As a body of believers we are seriously committed to proclaiming this Gospel in Gatesville, in Texas, in America, and the whole world.
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