Grace Ministries
Statement of Faith
We believe that God's Word Teaches;
1. Verbal Inspiration of the Bible
We believe the Holy Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, to be verbally inspired of God in the original manuscripts; infallible, inherent and God-breathed, a perfect rule of faith and practice.
2. The Trinity
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. The Lord Jesus Christ
We believe that God, the Son, who has always existed, became a man (without diminishing His deity) by virgin birth through Mary. He lived a sinless life and as the infinite God-Man took upon Himself the sins of all men, died in their place and satisfied God concerning their sins.
We further believe in the literal, physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He was then ascended and exalted to the right hand of God as the Great High Priest of all believers.
4. The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment, and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption.
5. Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin, the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man is totally depraved and, of himself, is utterly unable to remedy his lost condition.
6. Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (apart from any works by man) whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of sins.
7. Eternal Security
We believe that all who have with their total persons come to reliance upon the work of Christ for their salvation will never lose this relationship.
8. Devil and Demons
We believe that Satan is a person who is aided by a host of evil spirit beings called demons. Their design is to destroy believers, their homes and their churches. Every believer is subject to their attack but may be made victorious through Jesus Christ.
9. Sanctification
Each believer partaking of eternal life (Christ's life) was spiritually and positionally crucified, buried and risen with Christ. The old nature (old man, old self) died at that point in time. This must become an experiential reality to each believer as he chooses to walk in the Spirit and not after the flesh. Sanctification, then, is Christ living His life out through the believer. This is not teaching passivity, sinless perfection or the deification of man.