What We Believe
It is a frightening trend in today’s world that churches put only vague information about their beliefs on their website, as if they are unwilling to stand up for what they believe. We here at GMC are not afraid of our message. We believe the scripture makes perfect sense and we take God at His Word in its literal meaning. Below is a breakdown of our beliefs as a church, if you have any questions please contact us and we will go into even more clarity with you.
The Bible
Every word in the original writings of the Holy Scriptures is inspired of God and without error (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet.1:20-21; 1 Cor. 2:13).
The Eternal Godhead
The Godhead exists eternally in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God (Gen. 1:1; Jn. 10:30, 4:24; Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14).
The Person and Work of Christ
The Eternal Son of God became incarnate in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is true God and true man, having been born of the virgin Mary (Jn. 1:1,14,18; Matt. 1:21-23; Heb. 1:6,8; 1 Jn. 5:20; 1 Tim. 2:5).
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Godhead, who regenerates, indwells, baptizes, and seals all true believers in Christ and fills those yielded to Him (Matt. 28:19; Jn. 1:13; 3:3-6; Titus 3:5; 1 Cor. 2:12; 6:19; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:30).
The Total Depravity of Man
Mankind was created in the image and likeness of God, but in Adam all humanity fell into sin with the result that all are sinners, hopelessly incapable of salvation in ourselves, apart from the grace of God (Gen. 1:27, 9:6; Rom. 5:12, 3:23; Eph. 2:1).
Eternal Salvation
Salvation is received by faith alone in Christ alone, who died in substitutionary sacrifice for our sins and rose again (Acts 4:12; 13:38,39; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; Rom. 4:4,5; 5:1).
Assurance of Salvation
All who are born of the Spirit and live by faith in Christ have the assurance of salvation and are secure in Christ (Rom. 5:1; Jn. 3:5,6; 1 Jn. 5:13; Jn. 10:28,29; 17:12; 2 Tim. 1:12).
Personal Spiritual Growth
Every believer is justified at the moment of faith in Christ (positional sanctification), and is promised ultimate sanctification (perfect sanctification) with the ability of progressive development in life spiritually, (progressive sanctification) (Heb. 10:10,14; Jn. 17:17; Eph. 5:26,27; 1 Thess. 4:3,4; 1 Jn. 3:2).
The Church
The Church, embracing all true believers of this age, is the body and bride of Christ, formed by the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The local assembly is a subset of the universal church and is comprised of a group of localized believers who meet regularly for worship, study, prayer and fellowship for the mutual edification of its members (Eph. 1:22,23; 5:24,25,30; 1 Cor. 12:12,13,27). The scriptural ordinances of the local church are baptism and the Lord’s supper are for all believers in Christ (Matt. 28:19,20; Mk. 16:15,16; Acts 8:12,36-38; 9:18; 10:47; 1 Cor. 1:16; 11:23-26).
Evangelism
It is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and by word to the truths of Holy Scripture and to seek to proclaim the gospel to all nations (Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19-20).
Eternal Rewards
Christians are called to a life of faithful and obedient service to our Lord and to a testimony of holiness in the power of the Holy Spirit, which service includes the sharing of the Gospel message to the whole world. There is promised reward in heaven for faithfulness in such service (1 Pet. 1:15,16; Jn. 12:25,26; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. 3:12-15).
Angels
Angels were originally created holy but now exist as unfallen and fallen including Satan (Col. 1:16; Neh. 9:6; Ps. 143:2-5; Jude 6; Matt. 25:41; Rev. 12:9; Eph. 6:11,12).
Satan
Satan is the author of sin and the cause of the fall of mankind. He is the open and declared enemy of God and man and he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:2-11; Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10).
The End Times
We believe that the final years of human history will be characterized by worldwide persecution and divine judgment. We believe that the return of Jesus will be personal, bodily, visible, and glorious. His second coming, the blessed hope for which we must be constantly prepared, is a source of encouragement and comfort, a motive for holy living, and an inspiration for ministry and mission. We believe that when Jesus returns, he will subdue his enemies and establish his kingdom on earth and will reign in perfect righteousness. (Titus 2:13; 1 Thess. 1:10; 4:13-18; 5:4-10; 2 Cor. 5:9-11; 1 Cor. 3:12-15; Rev. 3:10; Matt. 24:21,29,30; 25:31; Rev. 20:1-6,11-15; Matt. 25:46).