What We Believe

Grace Fellowship

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WHAT WE BELIEVE...

We believe that the Bible is the final authority of the believer for faith and practice and should be interpreted normally, literally, grammatically, historically and contextually. We believe in the plenary and verbal inspiration of the Scriptures, whereas the Holy Spirit superintended the divinely prepared human authors of Scripture so that using their own backgrounds, personalities and styles, they composed and recorded without error God’s revelation to man in the words of the original autographs (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21).

We believe that there is one living and true God (Deut. 6:4) who is an infinite, all knowing Spirit (John 4:24), perfect in all His attributes, one in essence, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14) – Each equal in authority thus equally deserving worship and obedience (1 Cor. 8:6; John 5:21-23; Matt. 12:31).

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, while eternally existing as God, became a man, born of a virgin having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, in order to reveal God and redeem sinful man (John 1:1-2; 3:16; Phil. 2:7). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through the substitutionary death on the cross and was raised from the dead, confirming our redemption, in the same body in which he suffered (Rom. 3:24-25; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; 2 Cor. 5:21).

We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third person of the triune Godhead, permanently indwells and regenerates all believers, baptizes them into the body of Christ, and empowers them for works of service (Eph. 1:13; John 14:16; 1 Cor. 12:13). We believe that the Bible commands believers to be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18) and that the Spirit has bestowed spiritual gifts on all believers for the purpose of glorifying God and building up the body of Christ, His church (Rom. 12:6-8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11; Eph. 4:11-13).

We believe that Christ will gather the church and translate them to heaven in the rapture (John 14:1-3; 1 Thes. 4:16-17; 1 Cor. 15:51-53). At this time each believer will be rewarded according to his works (1 Cor. 3:12-15; 2 Cor. 5:10).

We believe that there will be a seven year tribulation (Dan. 9:27; Rev. 4-19) preceding Christ’s second advent (Rev. 19). After which time, Christ will rule on an earthly throne for 1000 years (2 Sam. 7:12, 16; Rev. 20:1-7). Following the millennial reign of Christ, Satan will be thrown in to the lake of fire (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:10) and the wicked from all time, will be resurrected, and made to stand before the Great White Throne judgment. Having receive their judgment, they too are cast in to the lake of fire for eternal, conscious punishment (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:11-15).