Table of contents
  1. The Bible
  2. The Biblical Dispensations
  3. The Triune God
  4. His Virgin Birth
  5. His Person
  6. His Blood
  7. His Blood Atonement
  8. His Soul And Spirit’s Dissension, Bodily Resurrection, Bodily Ascension, High Priesthood, And Bodily Return
  9. God The Holy Spirit
  10. The Creation Of The Universe
  11. The Creation And Fall Of Man
  12. The Christian’s Two Natures
  13. The Christian’s Service
  14. Satan And Fallen And Unfallen Angels
  15. The Fall Of Man
  16. The Righteous And The Wicked
  17. Salvation Only Through Christ
  18. Repentance
  19. The New Birth
  20. Justification
  21. Sanctification
  22. Eternal Security Of Believers
  23. Assurance Of Believers
  24. The Church
  25. The Church’s Great Commission
  26. The Church’s Two Ordinances: Baptism And The Lord’s Supper
  27. Biblical Separation
  28. Civil Government
  29. Israel
  30. The Rapture--The Blessed Hope
  31. The Tribulation
  32. The Second Coming Of Christ
  33. The Eternal State

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What We Believe

SALVATION ONLY THROUGH CHRIST

A. The Basis Of Salvation. We believe that the salvation of sinners is Divinely initiated and wholly of grace through the mediatorial offices of Jesus Christ,, the eternal Son of God (Jonah 2:9); that Christ, by the appointment of the Father, voluntarily took upon Himself our nature, yet without sin (Matthew 18:11; Philippians 2:7-8; Hebrews 2:14-17); that He fulfilled the Divine law by His personal obedience, thus qualifying Himself to be our Savior; that He shed His incorruptible Blood in His death (Leviticus 17:11; 1 Peter 1:18-19); that He fully satisfied the just demands of a holy and righteous God regarding sin (Galatians 3:13); that His Blood sacrifice consisted not in setting us an example by His death as a martyr (Matthew 26:28); and that this sacrifice was a voluntary substitution of Himself in the sinner's place, the Just dying for the unjust, Christ the Lord bearing our sins in His own body on the tree (Isaiah 53:4-7; Romans 3:25; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18; 1 John 4:10).

B. The Means Of Salvation. We believe that, owing to universal death through sin, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless born again; that no degree of reformation however great, no attainments in morality however high, no culture however attractive, no baptism or other ordinance however administered, can help the sinner to take even one step toward heaven (Isaiah 64:6; John 3:5, 18; Galatians 6:15; Philippians 3:4- Grace Baptist Church’s ARTICLES OF FAITH 9 9); that a new nature imparted from above, a new life implanted by the Holy Spirit through the Word, is absolutely essential to salvation (John 3:16; Acts 15:11; 1 Peter 1:23; Ephesians 2:8-9); that only those thus saved are sons of God; that our redemption has been accomplished solely by the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ (Leviticus 17:11; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:18-19); that He was made to be sin and was made a curse for us, dying in our room and stead (Romans 5:6-9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Titus 3:5); and that no repentance, no feeling, no faith, no good resolutions, no sincere efforts, no "lordship salvation," no submission to the rules and regulations of any church, nor all the churches that have existed since the days of the Apostles, can add in the very least degree to the value of the Blood, or to the merit of the finished work wrought for us by Him who united in His Person true and proper Deity with perfect and sinless humanity (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5; James 1:18).

C. The Reception Of Salvation. We believe that the new birth of the believer comes only through faith in Christ (John 1:12; 3:16, 18, 36; 5:24; 6:29; Acts 13:39; 16:31; Romans 1:16-17; 3:22, 24-26; 4:5; 10:4; Galatians 3:22); that repentance is a vital part of believing; that repentance is in no way, in itself, a separate and independent condition of salvation; and that no other acts, such as holy living, confession, "lordship salvation," baptism, prayer, or faithful service, is to be added to believing as a condition of salvation.