Monday, March 03, 2014

Christian Essentials from Grace Community Church

 Christian Essentials
The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture, as originally given, and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
The unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead.
The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the (all, rendering man subject to God's wrath and condemnation.
The conception of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit and his birth of the virgin Mary.
Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death (as our Representative and Substitute) of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Son of God.
The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Christ effective to the individual sinner, granting him repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ.
The indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit in the believer.
The expectation of the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.


Christian Non-Essentials
At Grace Community Church we recognize that great Christian men and women throughout the Church Age have had differing positions on No-Essential issues of doctrine. Issues not included in the Christian Essentials are still important, but should not be a source of division in Christ's Church. These non-essential issues are rather an opportunity (or God's people to humbly search God's Word for understanding. The Elders of Grace Community Church seek to establish Grace Community as a "safe place" to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and in his Word. Non-Essential Doctrines (i.e. Spiritual gifts, Millennial Views, Worship Styles, etc... ) provide Christ's Church with opportunities to humbly seek to better understand God's Word, while accepting one another (Romans 14:1-7) from a foundation grounded in the unity of the Christian Essentials - the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our pastors and elders welcome questions and discussion on any point of doctrine at anytime, whether part of Christian Essentials or Non-Essentials.

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