WHAT WE BELIEVE

"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer

Core Beliefs

_{The following are the core beliefs of Grace Chapel Indio based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.}

Our Mission Statement

LOVE GOD
JOIN TOGETHER
SERVE OTHER
REACH THE WORLD

Our Beliefs

<sub>Statement of Faith

In what follows we present a basic summary of the doctrinal teachings of Grace Chapel. We present it from two perspectives — what we do not believe and what we do believe. What we do not believe is just as important as what we do believe. You will find discussed below both of these categories.</sub>

First, let's blast before we build:

What we do not believe:


<sub>•  We reject a man-centered worship and gospel message that denies the sovereignty of God in all things especially in salvation.

•  We reject that a person must speak in tongues to be saved, or to know that they are filled with the Holy Spirit.

•  We reject that a Christian can be demon possessed.

•  We reject the faith movement teaching of “positive confession” or these “health/wealth” teaching that is prevalent today. This false teaching says that we, like God, have the ability to create our own reality by the confession of our lips and that God is obligated to heal because of the positive confession of our lips.

•  We reject the notion that a person living in sickness or poverty is settling for less than his full inheritance in Christ. It is our desire that people be healed of sickness and delivered from poverty, but they are not second-rate citizens of the Kingdom if they are experiencing one or both of these life situations.

•  We reject that “prophecy” given through the gift of prophecy is equal to or supersedes the Word of God. The Bible, the Word of God, is the completed Word of prophecy given by the Holy Spirit. It is not being added to today or superseded!

•  We reject teaching based upon humanistic secular psychology and philosophy. While we respect our fellow believers who work in mental health related fields, we at Grace Chapel believe that the central mission of the church is to proclaim God’s Word to a lost and hurting world. It is God’s Word that changes lives for the better.</sub>

Now, let's build:
What we do believe:


<sub>•  We believe in the Tri-unity of the Godhead — Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each existing as separate persons yet one in essence. There is only one God. — Isa. 45:21; John 1:1-3; Rev. 1:8; 1 John 5:7

•  We believe in the inerrancy of Scripture; that the Bible, Old and New Testaments is the inspired, infallible Word of God. — 2 Tim. 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 Thess. 2:13

•  We believe that all mankind is sinful by nature and under the condemnation of God, thus, being unable to come to God apart from salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His bodily resurrection from the dead, that Salvation is received by faith alone apart from any works, that it is a gift of God’s grace and mercy which are neither earned nor deserved. — John 3:14-16; Rom. 5:8,9; Heb. 9:11,12; 1 Peter 2:18,19; Rom. 10:9,10; Rom. 5:1; Rom. 4:4,5; Eph. 2:8,9; John 14:6; Luke 13:3

•  We believe that God the Father is the personal, transcendent and sovereign God over all things. — Isa. 45:21

•  We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and human, that He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and provided our eternal salvation through His substitutionary death on the cross, and bodily resurrection, that He ascended back to the right hand of God the Father and ever lives to make intercession for us. — John 1:1-3

•  We believe that the Holy Spirit is fully God, that He indwells all those born-again, that He fills believers for service and that He convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, that He is the moving cause of salvation in that He draws us unto the Father and Jesus Christ so as to be saved, that He is the indwelling power for victory over the sins of the flesh. — 1 Cor. 6:19; Eph. 5:18; Eph. 1:13,14

•  We believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures are valid for today if they are exercised within the scriptural guidelines, that the Holy Spirit gives these gifts as He wills and that no believer will have all the gifts, nor that every believer must manifest any one particular gift so as to evidence the baptism (filling) of the Holy Spirit. As believers we are to

covet the best gifts, seeking to exercise them in love that the whole Body of Christ might be edified. We believe that love is more important than the most spectacular gifts and without love all exercise of spiritual gifts is worthless. — 1 Cor. 13:1-3; 1 Cor. 12-14; Rom. 12

•  We believe that there are two church ordinances — Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism is by immersion in water and is a testimony of faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The Lord’s Supper is the commemoration of our Lord’s death until He comes. It should always be done after careful self-examination. — Acts 8:36-39; 1 Cor. 11:23-32

•  We believe that church government should be simplistic rather than a complex bureaucracy, and we depend on the Holy Spirit to lead, rather than on fleshly promotion. — Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:22-23; 1 Cor. 12:27,28;

•  We believe that the Church is the Body of Christ expressed both universally and locally, that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church both locally and universally. — Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:22,23

•  We await the rapture of the church, and we believe that the second coming of Christ with His saints to rule on the earth will be personal, pre-millennial, and visible. — 1 Thess.  4:13-18; Matt. 25:31-46; Rev. 19:11-21.

•  We believe that in our services we must focus on a personal relationship with God through worship, prayer, and the teaching of the Word of God. We teach both expositorally and topically.

More information can be found on these topics by picking up a brochure at our Info Center during your next visit with us. We trust that this information was helpful to you. If you have any questions about this information please don't hesitate to ask.</sub>


Blessing,

The Elders of Grace Chapel Indio

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