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About
Us: Our
Statement of Faith
Want to know our beliefs in a quick
'nutshell'? We believe the following…
CHRISTIANITY ALONE
BIBLE ALONE
ONE GOD
TRINITY
COMPLETE DEPRAVITY OF MAN
JESUS THE SAVIOR
SALVATION, A GIFT AND WORK OF GOD
ETERNITY FOR ALL
For a freckle more…
CHRISTIANITY ALONE
We firmly believe that true Christianity
alone reveals to mankind all crucial things needing to be known
about: 1) how to be forgiven of the guilt of sin and be made
right with God through what He's done and provided 2) how to
live increasingly holy lives that bring glory to God 3) what
lies ahead (eternally) for everyone.
BIBLE ALONE
We firmly believe the Bible alone is God's
Word to mankind. It is inspired (God breathed), complete,
sufficient, efficient, living, active, performing its work in
those who believe, renewing the mind and transforming lives.
ONE GOD
We firmly believe there has been, and only
ever will be, one true and living God.
TRINITY
We firmly believe the one true and living
God is revealed as a trinity / tri-unity of three separate but
equal and eternally existing Persons; God the Father, God the
Son - Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit.
COMPLETE DEPRAVITY OF MAN
We firmly believe mankind is totally
depraved. We do not understand this to mean that everyone is as
bad as they can be, but that all are completely dead in sin and
therefore unable in and of themselves to please God or to effect
any portion of their own salvation. All have sinned and this sin
earns death (spiritual, physical, eternal).
JESUS
We firmly believe Jesus is fully God, and
fully man. He is the Savior, the Way - the Truth - the
Life and so much more. He is Immanuel - God with us, Who
condescended to come to earth and be born of a virgin, being
conceived of the Holy Spirit. He lived a sinless and perfect life, then shed His blood on
Calvary
's
Cross, dying in our place to fully pay the penalty due for our
sin.
He was buried, and He resurrected bodily after 3 days and 3
nights in the tomb. He returned to heaven, but will one day soon
return to gather His own to Himself, and to judge the world that
has rejected Him.
SALVATION
We firmly believe salvation is by grace
through faith, a gift of God. It is not a work of man. It is
initiated, sustained, and completed by God alone. Salvation
allows us to have a right relationship with God, having been
reconciled to Him through Jesus and His atoning work. Those made
alive in the spirit (born again) are enabled (and, indeed, are
responsible) to believe on and trust in Jesus' finished work on
Calvary's cross, and will enjoy all the benefits of being God's
child, being conformed to Christ's image, and spending all of
eternity with Him.
ETERNITY FOR ALL
We firmly believe those saved by God's
grace will have ETERNAL LIFE spent in His presence. We firmly
believe those not saved will have ETERNAL PUNISHMENT in hell.
Some related Scriptures (Acts 4:12; Rm
10:9; Jn 6:47; 1 Cor 10:31; 2 Ths 1:9; Rev 21:1-8; Mt 25:31-46;
2 Tim 3:16; Heb 4:12; 1 Ths 2:13; Rm 12:1-2; Mal 3:6; Dt 6:4; 1
Tim 2:5; Rm 3:30; Js 2:19; Mt 3:16-17; Mk 1:9-11; Lk 3:21-22; Gen 1:26; Eph 2:1-7; Jn 3:3;
Eph 2:8-9; Rm 3:23; Rm 6:23;
Rm 5:6;
Col
2:9;
Jn 14:6; Mt
1:23
;
Is
7:14
;
Mt
1:20;
Heb
4:15
;
2 Cor
5:21;
Acts
20:28;
Eph
1:7; Rm 5:6; 1 Ths 5:9-10; 1 Cor 15:3-4; Acts
1:11; Jude 15; 2 Cor
5:10;
Eph 2:8-9; Eph 1:4; Jn
15:16
;
17:9,12-15; 2 Cor
5:20; Jn
3:3; Eph 1:7-12; 2 Cor 5:8)
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www.givengrace.com
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