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GSM
Statement of Faith
WE BELIEVE:
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That the Bible is the Word of God supernaturally inspired, so that
it is inerrant in the original manuscripts and preserved by God
in its verbal, plenary inspiration, so that it is a divinely authoritative
standard for every age and every life (2 Peter 1:21; 2 Tim. 3:16;
Matt. 4:4).
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That the Godhead exists eternally in three persons: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, and that these three are one God (Matt. 28:19;
John 15:26; 2 Cor. 13:14; Isa. 45:21, 22).
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In God as absolute and sole creator of the universe, and that creation
was divine fiat, not through evolutionary process (Gen. 1:1; Neh.
9:6; Acts 14:15).
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That God, by His sovereign choice and His love for men, sent Jesus
Christ into the world to save sinners (John 3:16; Ro. 6:23; 8:32;
John 17:3).
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That Jesus Christ in the flesh was both God and man, that He was
born of a virgin and that He lived a sinless life, in which He revealed
in the four Gospels, that He was crucified, died as a penalty for
our sins and was raised from the dead bodily on the third day. Later
He ascended to the Father's right hand where He is head of the church
and intercedes for believers, and from whence He is coming again
personally, bodily, visibly to this earth to set up His millennial
Kingdom (1 Tim. 3:15; John 1:1-3, 14; Matt. 1:23-25; 2 Cor. 5:21;
Heb. 4:15; 7:25; Acts 4:10-12; 10:38; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Eph. 1:20-22;
1 Cor. 8:6; Rev. 10:1-6).
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That since, in His death by His shed blood, the Lord Jesus Christ
made a perfect atonement for sin, redeeming us from the curse of
the law by becoming a curse for us--men are saved, justified on
the simple and single ground of His shed blood (Ro. 5:11; Gal. 3:13;
Acts 16:31).
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That such salvation with its forgiveness of sins, its impartation
of a new nature and its hope of eternal life, is entirely apart
from good works, baptism, church membership, or man's efforts, and
is of pure grace (Eph. 2:8, 9; Titus 3:5-7).
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That a true believer will have a change in his/her lifestyle according
to 2 Cor. 5:17 and if he/she does sin, that through confession and
God's promise to forgive in 1 John 1:9, fellowship with the Heavenly
Father is immediately restored. We, as Christians, are to walk uprightly
before the Lord to the best of our ability and depending upon His
Word to teach us, correct us and establish us in spiritual maturity
through the work of the Holy Spirit (Col. 3:6-10; Gal. 2:20; John
17).
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That all who receive Christ are then indwelt by the Holy Spirit
and become joint-heirs with Christ. At death, a Christian's spirit
departs to be with Christ in conscious blessedness, and at the rapture
his/her body will be raised to the likeness of the body of His glory
and dwell forever in His presence (Ro. 8:17; Acts 7:59; Phil. 1:21;
2 Cor. 5:8; 1 Cor. 15:50-58; 1 Thess. 2:13-18).
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That the Holy Spirit is a Person, is God and possesses all the
divine attributes (John 15:26; Ro. 8:9-11; Isa. 48:16; Acts 10:45-48;
11:12; 19:2-6).
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