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What We Believe
A Statement of Faith is a document drawn up by men
to describe the most incredible details of this awesome life in
Christ. Words are too shallow to express our gratitude and humility
to the fact that God has saved us by His grace, but we still must
endeavor to try.
Here you will find everything you need to know about
what we believe at GracePointe Baptist Church. If you have any further
questions, please feel free to click here
and contact us or
you can
click here and download our full
statement of faith.
A Summary of What We Believe
Because what we really believe is what we really do!
"...because of our love of Christ, His gospel, and His church, we
endeavor to assert anew our commitment to the central truths of the
Reformation and of historic evangelicalism. These truths we affirm
not because of their role in our traditions, but because we believe
that they are central to the Holy Scriptures - The Bible."
- Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone)
We reaffirm the inerrant Scripture to be the sole source of
written divine revelation, which alone can bind the conscience.
The Bible alone teaches all that is necessary for our salvation
from sin and is the standard by which all Christian behavior
must be measured.
We deny that any creed, council or individual may bind a
Christian's conscience, that the Holy Spirit speaks
independently of or contrary to what is set forth in the Bible,
or that personal spiritual experience can ever be a vehicle of
revelation.
- Solus Christus (Christ alone)
We reaffirm that our salvation is accomplished by the
mediatorial work of the historical Christ alone. His sinless
life and substitutionary atonement alone are sufficient for our
justification and reconciliation to the Father.
We deny that the gospel is preached if Christ's substitutionary
work is not declared and faith in Christ and his work is not
solicited.
- Sola Gratia (Grace alone)
We reaffirm that in salvation we are rescued from God's
wrath by His grace alone. It is the supernatural work of the
Holy Spirit that brings us to Christ by releasing us from our
bondage to sin and raising us from spiritual death to spiritual
life.
We deny that salvation is in any sense a human work. Human
methods, techniques or strategies by themselves cannot
accomplish this transformation. Faith is not produced by our
unregenerated human nature.
- Sola Fide (Faith alone)
We reaffirm that justification is by grace alone through
faith alone because of Christ alone. In justification Christ's
righteousness is imputed to us as the only possible satisfaction
of God's perfect justice.
We deny that justification rests on any merit to be found in us,
or upon the grounds of an infusion of Christ's righteousness in
us, or that an institution claiming to be a church that denies
or condemns Sola Fide can be recognized as a legitimate church.
- Soli Deo Gloria (to God alone be glory)
We reaffirm that because salvation is of God and has been
accomplished by God, it is for God's glory and that we must
glorify Him always. We must live our entire lives before the
face of God, and the authority of God and for His glory alone.
We deny that we can properly glorify God if our worship is
confused with entertainment, if we neglect either Law or Gospel
in our preaching, or if self-improvement, self-esteem or
self-fulfillment are allowed to become alternatives to the
gospel.
(The above was adapted from The Cambridge Declaration, 1996 You may
click here to read the full declaration)
Complete PDF version of
GPBC's Confession of Faith
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