<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Grace Baptist</title> <link rel="canonical" href="http://gbf-online.org/tab0/content2.html" /> <meta name="keywords" content=""> <meta name="description" content=""> <base href="."> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../contentbuilder/defaultcontent.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../pagelayout/stylesheets/60/sheet.css" type="text/css"> <style> <!-- @import url(../contentbuilder/defaultcontent.css); @import url(../pagelayout/stylesheets/60/sheet.css); --> </style> <!-- 10.1.9.103 --> </head> <body class="contentbackground"> <!-- layout style = 2 begin --> <!-- row 0 begin --> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"> <!-- column 0 begin--> <td valign="top" width="100%"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" valign="top"> <tr> <td><a name="0.0"></a></td> </tr> <tr><td> <!-- content cell0.content0 begin --> <b><font face="Arial" size="4"> <p align="center">WE BELIEVE IN...</p> <p align="left"></font><i><font face="Arial">1. The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture</p> <dir></b></i></font><font size="3"> <p>God authored the entire Bible - every word of it and every part of it (2 Timothy 3:16). The Bible is God's Truth (John 1 7:1 7). It is without error!</p></dir></font><b><i><font face="Arial"> <p>2. The Deity of Jesus Christ</p> <dir></b></i></font><font size="3"> <p>He is fully God as well as fully man. He has always existed as God, and He always will be God (John 1:1; 20:31; 1 Timothy 3:16).</p></dir></font><b><i><font face="Arial"> <p>3. Christ's Virgin Birth and Miracles</p> <dir></b></i></font><font size="3"> <p>Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1: 18-25) and was sinless (Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:22). He performed miracles to authenticate His credentials as Israel's Messiah<br>(John 20:30, 3 1).</p></dir></font><b><i><font face="Arial"> <p>4. Christ's Blood Atonement for Sin</p> <dir></b></i></font><font size="3"> <p>Jesus shed His blood as the payment for our sins. Without the shedding of His blood, there would be no remission of sin (Romans 3:2 42 6; Colossians 1:13, 14; Hebrews 9:14-28; Revelation 1:5).</p></dir></font><b><i><font face="Arial"> <p>5. Christ's Bodily Resurrection</p> <dir></b></i></font><font size="3"> <p>Jesus arose bodily from the grave, triumphing over death and assuring believers of their future resurrection (Luke 24:1-12, 34-48; 1 Corinthians 15:1-20).</p></dir></font><b><i><font face="Arial"> <p>6. Christ's Personal Return</p> <dir></b></i></font><font size="3"> <p>Jesus assured His disciples that He will come again John 1 4:1-3). Angels announced His return (Acts 1: 11), and the apostles taught that He will return (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 3:1-10; 1 John 3:2).</p></dir></font> <!-- content cell0.content0 end --> </td></tr> </table> </td> <!-- column 0 end --> </tr> </table> <!-- row 0 end --> <!-- </table> -- > <!-- layout style = 2 end --> <div><img src="../images/shim.gif" height="20"></div> <!-- siteState = --></body> </html>