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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THE ETERNAL STATE

We believe that at death the spirits and souls of those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation pass immediately into His presence in heaven and there remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the glorified body when Christ comes for His own (Luke 23:42; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23); that at this time, their bodies will be resurrected and, reunited with their spirits and souls, they will be with Christ forever in the glories and blessings of heaven (1 Corinthians 15:51-57); that the spirits and souls of the unbelieving remain after death conscious of condemnation and in misery until the final judgment of the great white throne at the close of the millennium (Luke 16:19-26; Revelation 20:11-15); that at this time, their bodies Grace Baptist Church’s ARTICLES OF FAITH 15 will be resurrected and, reunited with their spirits and souls, they will be cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15); and that they will not be annihilated, but punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 1:6-7). GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF STRATHROY May 2005