What We Believe

 

At GraceBuilt Church we are Christians. That simply means we follow Jesus and His Word, the Bible. We’re not a denomination. We have nothing against denominations, but we associate with all those who love Jesus and hold to the essentials of Biblical faith:

  • The Bible is the Word of God. Period.

  • No one created God. God created everything.

  • God is a Trinity. There is one God who consists of three distinct persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. No one can fully understand that, but it’s what the Bible says.

  • Like it or not, everyone is a sinner. We inherited sin from the first people, Adam and Eve, who rebelled against God. The result of sin is death and eternal separation from God (that is, Hell).

  • There’s a solution for sin! Jesus, the Son of God, stepped out of eternity; was born of the virgin Mary; and lived the perfect, sinless life that we could not. He died on the cross to suffer the punishment for sin in our place. He was buried and then rose from the dead. If we believe in who Jesus is and what He has done, all our sins are forgiven and we are promised the presence of God through the Holy Spirit who lives in every believer, and an eternity with God in Heaven. 

  • Love is why Jesus died for us. Our highest desire is to enjoy His love and help everyone else enjoy His love with us.

Since we serve in an un-churched, and at-risk community, we are faced with people needing guidance on pressing social issues.  Rather than give advice or counseling we simply help our community apply the Bible to the challenges they face.

 

Doctrinal Statement

 
  1. We believe that there is one living and true GOD, eternally existing in three persons:  The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory; that this triune God  created all, upholds all, and governs all things.  

(Genesis 1:1;Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 44:8 and 48:16; Matthew 28:19-20; John 10:30; Hebrews1:3).  

  1. We believe that the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God,  fully inspired without error and the infallible rule of faith and practice. The Word of God  is the foundation upon which this church operates and is the basis for which this church  is governed. We believe that the Word of God supersedes any earthly law that is  contrary to the Holy Scriptures. We believe that the King James Version of the Bible is  an accurate translation from the original ancient text. It is from this translation that we  establish our doctrine and Statement of Faith.  

(Isaiah 28:13; Nehemiah 8:8; John 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Peter 1:23-25; 2 Peter 1:3- 4 and 1:21). 

  1. We believe in the person of God the Father, an infinite, eternal, personal Spirit,  perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love; that He concerns Himself mercifully in the  affairs of men; that He hears and answers prayer; and that He saves from sin and death  all those who come to Him through Jesus Christ.  

(Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalms 90:2; Psalms 102:27; John 3:16 and 4:24; 1 Timothy 1:17; Titus 1:3). 

  1. We believe in the person of Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived by the  Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings, his  substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual  intercession for His people and personal, visible return to earth.  

(Isaiah 7:14; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:23; Mark 16:19; Luke 1:34-35; John 1:1-2, 8:58 and 11:25; 1  Corinthians 15:3-4; 1 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 1:8; 1 John 1:2; Revelation 1:8). 

  1. We believe in the person of the Holy Spirit, Who came forth from the Father and Son  to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and to regenerate, sanctify and  empower for ministry all who believe in Christ. 

(Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 3:18; John 16:8-11; Romans 8:26 and 15:13,16; Hebrews 9:14),  

  1. We believe the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Jesus Christ and that He is an  abiding helper, teacher, and guide.  

(John 6:13, 14:16-17 and 16:8-11; Romans 8:26).

  1. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and in the exercise of all  Biblical gifts of the Spirit.  

(1 Corinthians 14)  

  1. We believe that all people are sinners by nature and, therefore, are under  condemnation; that God saves and regenerates based upon faith by the Holy Spirit  those who repent of their sins and confess Jesus Christ as Lord.  (Acts 8:15-17; Ephesians 2:1-3 and 8-9; Romans 3:23 and 5:8; Titus 3:5).  
  2. We believe in the universal church, the living spiritual body, of which Christ is the  head and all who are born again are a part of the Body of Christ.  (1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Ephesians 4:15-16) 
  3. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted two ordinances for the church: (a)  full immersion water baptism of believers, and (b) the Lord's Supper. 

(Matthew 28:19; Luke 22:19-20; Acts 2:38; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)  

We also believe that the Lord Jesus Christ validated the ordinance of marriage.  (Matthew 19:4-5 and John 2:1-11) 

  1. We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ which is His personal, visible  return to earth and the establishment of His millennial kingdom, in the resurrectionof the body, the final judgment and eternal blessing of the righteous and endless  Separation of the wicked.  

(Matthew 16:27; Acts 1:11; Revelation 19:11-16, 20:11-15) 

  1. We believe in a literal Heaven and a literal Hell and that all those who place their  faith, hope and trust in Jesus Christ will spend eternity in Heaven with the Lord, while  those who reject Jesus’ free gift of salvation will spend eternity separated from the Lord.  (Psalm 9:17; Matthew 5:3, 5:22, 18:9 and 25:31-34; Mark 9:42-49;  Luke 12:5; John 3:18; Hebrews 12:23; 1 Peter 1:4; Revelation 14:10-11 and 20:11-15) 
  1. We believe in the creation and God as the Creator. We believe that God created  man and that He created them male and female. As such He created them different so  as to complement and complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage  between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of  human society. For this reason homosexuality, and all other “sexual preferences” or  “orientations” are unnatural, sinful, and unacceptable to God. Accordingly, this ministry  will not perform any marriage ceremonies between two individuals of the same sex. It  will not condone or recognize such same-sex marriages, civil unions, or domestic  partnerships even if the state passes laws that provide for recognition of such unions.  We believe that marriage is exclusively the legal union of one genetic male and one  genetic female sanctioned by the state and evidenced by a marriage ceremony. We also  believe that legitimate biblical sexual relations are exercised solely within marriage.  Hence, sexual activities such as, but not limited to, adultery, fornication, pre-marital sex,  incest, polygamy, homosexuality, transgenderism, bisexuality, pedophilia and bestiality  are inconsistent with the teachings of the Bible and the Church. Further, lascivious behavior, the creation, viewing and/or distribution of pornography and efforts to alter one’s physical gender are incompatible with a true biblical witness.  (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6; Romans 1:18-32; I Corinthians 5:11, 6:9-11, 6:18-20, 7:1-3; Galatians  5:19-21; Ephesians 5:3-7; 1 Timothy 1:9-11)