About Us
Who we are:
We are a group of believers that have a hunger for the
Word of God and sound doctrinal teaching. We want to
reach out to those who are searching for the absolute
truths of God's Word. We want to reach those that are
positive to the teaching of the Word of God.
Word of God and sound doctrinal teaching. We want to
reach out to those who are searching for the absolute
truths of God's Word. We want to reach those that are
positive to the teaching of the Word of God.
Bible Study:
Sunday 10:30am-12:00 noon
Gum Springs City Hall
Arkadelphia, AR
If you would like to join us for Bible
study & need directions, please
contact us.
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Grace Bible Ministry
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What we Believe |
Statement of Doctrine
1. The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired Word of God, authoritative, inerrant, and God-breathed. (2
Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13)
2. The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, eternal in being, identical
in nature, equal in power and glory and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2
Corinthians 13:14)
3. The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the human race fell,
inherited a sinful nature, became alienated from God, and is totally unable to retrieve his original condition.
(Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:12)
4. The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having
been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem
sinful man; that He accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice;
that our redemption is made sure to us by His literal physical resurrection from the dead (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke
1:35; Romans 3:24-25; 4:25; 1 Peter 1:3-5); that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven, exalted at the right
hand of God the Father, where as the High Priest for His people, He fulfills the ministry of Representative,
Intercessor and Advocate. (Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2).
5. The Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, indwells all believers in the present
age, baptizes them into the Body of Christ, seals them unto the day of redemption, and that it is the duty of
every believer to be filled by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13-14; 5:18)
6. Salvation
We believe that salvation in every dispensation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by
personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ whose precious blood was shed for the forgiveness of our sins
(Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7).
7. The Eternal Security of Believers
We believe that all believers are kept secure forever. (Romans 8:1, 38-39; John 10:27-30; 1 Corinthians 1:4-8)
8. The Church
We believe that the Church, which is now the Body and will be the Bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made
up of all born-again believers of this Age irrespective of their affiliation with Christian organizations. (Ephesians
1:22-23; 5:25-27; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14)
9. The Personality of Satan
We believe in the personality of Satan, who is the open and declared enemy of God and man. (Job 1:6-7;
Matthew 4:2-11; Isaiah 14:12-17)
10. The Blessed Hope
We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord Jesus in the air
to receive to Himself the dead in Christ and believers who are alive at His coming, otherwise known as the
Rapture and Translation of the Church. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14)
11. The Tribulation
We believe that the Rapture of the Church will be followed by the fulfillment of Daniel's seventieth week, the
latter half of which is the time of Jacob's trouble, the Great Tribulation. (Daniel 9:27; Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew
24:15-21; Revelation 6:1-19; 21)
12. The Second Coming of Christ
We believe that the Great Tribulation will be climaxed by the Premillennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ to
earth to set up His kingdom. (Zechariah 14:4-11; Matthew 24:15-25, 46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Revelation
20:6)
13. The Eternal State
We believe that the human soul and human spirit of those who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for
salvation do at death immediately pass into His presence, and there remain in conscious bliss until the
resurrection of the body at His coming, when soul, human spirit and body reunited will be Honoraryd with Him
forever in the glory; but the souls of unbelievers remain after death in conscious misery until the final judgment
of the great white throne at the close of the millennium, when the soul and body reunited will be cast into the
lake of fire, not to be annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of His power. (Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 2 Thessalonians
1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Revelation 20:11-15)
14. The Responsibility of Believers
We believe that all believers should seek to walk in such a manner as to not bring reproach upon their Lord and
Saviour, that it is the obligation of every believer to witness by life and by word to the truths of the Holy
Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all the world (Acts 1:8); that it is the responsibility of all
believers to remember the work of the Lord in prayer and to support it with their means as the Lord has
prospered them. (1 Corinthians 16:2)
15. Church Ordinance
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted the ordinances of baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper
to be observed until His return. (Mt. 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
16. Sovereignty
We believe that God, existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is sovereign, and exercises supreme and absolute
rule over all creation as a part of and consistent with the essence and attributes of deity. (1 Chronicles
29:11-12; Daniel 4:35; Psalm 24:1; Ephesians 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15)
17. Spirituality
Spirituality is the condition of being saved, clean before the Lord through confession of personal sins,
yieldedness to God the Holy Spirit, and walking in the light.
We believe that a believer becomes carnal through an act of mental, verbal or overt sin and that fellowship with
God is restored by confession of sin and walking in the light. While confessed sin produces forgiveness and
cleansing of sins, fellowship with God requires walking in the light. (Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:18; Romans
6:6, 11, 13; 1 Corinthians 11:30-31; 1 John 1:7, 9)
18. Spiritual Gifts
We believe that God the Holy Spirit in grace and apart from human merit sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts to
believers in this dispensation. The permanent spiritual gifts which exist today are Pastor-Teacher, evangelist,
governments, ruling, exhortation, teacher, ministry, helps, giving and mercy. We further believe that the
temporary spiritual gifts were apostle, prophet, tongues, interpretation of tongues, word of wisdom, word of
knowledge, discerning of spirits, faith, healings, and miracles. Tongues and interpretation of tongues ceased in
70 A.D. and the other eight temporary gifts ceased with the completion of the Canon of Scripture. (Romans
12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, 28-30; 13:8; Ephesians 4:11)
1. The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired Word of God, authoritative, inerrant, and God-breathed. (2
Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13)
2. The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, eternal in being, identical
in nature, equal in power and glory and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2
Corinthians 13:14)
3. The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the human race fell,
inherited a sinful nature, became alienated from God, and is totally unable to retrieve his original condition.
(Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:12)
4. The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having
been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem
sinful man; that He accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice;
that our redemption is made sure to us by His literal physical resurrection from the dead (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke
1:35; Romans 3:24-25; 4:25; 1 Peter 1:3-5); that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven, exalted at the right
hand of God the Father, where as the High Priest for His people, He fulfills the ministry of Representative,
Intercessor and Advocate. (Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2).
5. The Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, indwells all believers in the present
age, baptizes them into the Body of Christ, seals them unto the day of redemption, and that it is the duty of
every believer to be filled by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13-14; 5:18)
6. Salvation
We believe that salvation in every dispensation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by
personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ whose precious blood was shed for the forgiveness of our sins
(Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7).
7. The Eternal Security of Believers
We believe that all believers are kept secure forever. (Romans 8:1, 38-39; John 10:27-30; 1 Corinthians 1:4-8)
8. The Church
We believe that the Church, which is now the Body and will be the Bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made
up of all born-again believers of this Age irrespective of their affiliation with Christian organizations. (Ephesians
1:22-23; 5:25-27; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14)
9. The Personality of Satan
We believe in the personality of Satan, who is the open and declared enemy of God and man. (Job 1:6-7;
Matthew 4:2-11; Isaiah 14:12-17)
10. The Blessed Hope
We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord Jesus in the air
to receive to Himself the dead in Christ and believers who are alive at His coming, otherwise known as the
Rapture and Translation of the Church. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14)
11. The Tribulation
We believe that the Rapture of the Church will be followed by the fulfillment of Daniel's seventieth week, the
latter half of which is the time of Jacob's trouble, the Great Tribulation. (Daniel 9:27; Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew
24:15-21; Revelation 6:1-19; 21)
12. The Second Coming of Christ
We believe that the Great Tribulation will be climaxed by the Premillennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ to
earth to set up His kingdom. (Zechariah 14:4-11; Matthew 24:15-25, 46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Revelation
20:6)
13. The Eternal State
We believe that the human soul and human spirit of those who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for
salvation do at death immediately pass into His presence, and there remain in conscious bliss until the
resurrection of the body at His coming, when soul, human spirit and body reunited will be Honoraryd with Him
forever in the glory; but the souls of unbelievers remain after death in conscious misery until the final judgment
of the great white throne at the close of the millennium, when the soul and body reunited will be cast into the
lake of fire, not to be annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of His power. (Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 2 Thessalonians
1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Revelation 20:11-15)
14. The Responsibility of Believers
We believe that all believers should seek to walk in such a manner as to not bring reproach upon their Lord and
Saviour, that it is the obligation of every believer to witness by life and by word to the truths of the Holy
Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all the world (Acts 1:8); that it is the responsibility of all
believers to remember the work of the Lord in prayer and to support it with their means as the Lord has
prospered them. (1 Corinthians 16:2)
15. Church Ordinance
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted the ordinances of baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper
to be observed until His return. (Mt. 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
16. Sovereignty
We believe that God, existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is sovereign, and exercises supreme and absolute
rule over all creation as a part of and consistent with the essence and attributes of deity. (1 Chronicles
29:11-12; Daniel 4:35; Psalm 24:1; Ephesians 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15)
17. Spirituality
Spirituality is the condition of being saved, clean before the Lord through confession of personal sins,
yieldedness to God the Holy Spirit, and walking in the light.
We believe that a believer becomes carnal through an act of mental, verbal or overt sin and that fellowship with
God is restored by confession of sin and walking in the light. While confessed sin produces forgiveness and
cleansing of sins, fellowship with God requires walking in the light. (Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:18; Romans
6:6, 11, 13; 1 Corinthians 11:30-31; 1 John 1:7, 9)
18. Spiritual Gifts
We believe that God the Holy Spirit in grace and apart from human merit sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts to
believers in this dispensation. The permanent spiritual gifts which exist today are Pastor-Teacher, evangelist,
governments, ruling, exhortation, teacher, ministry, helps, giving and mercy. We further believe that the
temporary spiritual gifts were apostle, prophet, tongues, interpretation of tongues, word of wisdom, word of
knowledge, discerning of spirits, faith, healings, and miracles. Tongues and interpretation of tongues ceased in
70 A.D. and the other eight temporary gifts ceased with the completion of the Canon of Scripture. (Romans
12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, 28-30; 13:8; Ephesians 4:11)
