GRENIER MOUNTAIN MINISTRIES

The Trinity

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God eternally exists as three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The three distinct persons of the Trinity are all fully God; all of God’s attributes are true of each person and together they are one God. (Genesis 1:26, Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14).

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God the Father

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He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things (Genesis 1:1, Colossians 1:16, Revelation 4:11). God is sovereign and infinite, meaning He has no limitations. God the Father can be intimately known but because of His infiniteness, He can never be fully known (Psalm 145:3, Romans 11:33).

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Jesus Christ

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Jesus is the second member of the Trinity and the Son of God. He is God incarnate as man, and He was both fully God and fully human (John 1:1-3). He was born of a virgin, conceived by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18-20). He lived a perfect and sinless life in order to be a holy and worthy sacrifice. Jesus was crucified on the cross where He died. Three days later Jesus rose from the dead, conquering sin and death.

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The Holy Spirit

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The Holy Spirit is the third member of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is promised to those who profess faith in Jesus (Acts 2:38). The Holy Spirit teaches and bears witness about Jesus (John 15:26). He sanctifies followers of Jesus (1 Corinthians 6:11). He convicts the world of sin (John 16:8-11).

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The Bible

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The Bible is the authoritative and inerrant Word of God; it is God’s revelation about Himself to man (2 Timothy 3:16-17). The Bible is the living Word of God, applicable to all time, and is not only the measure and standard of truth, but truth itself ( Hebrews 4:12).

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Man

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We are the pinnacle of God’s creation, created in the likeness of God (Genesis 1:27). We have rebelled against God through sin and separated ourselves from the glory of God (Romans 3:23) and are all in need of redemption (Romans 6:23).

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Salvation

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Salvation is a gift from God that can never be earned through good works or self-improvement. Salvation is only given by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8-9). Salvation is based on the work of Jesus on the cross where He sacrificially died, bearing the sin and punishment of all mankind, and paying the price required of sin for all those who believe in Him (Romans 5:6-9).

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The Church

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The church is the community of all true followers of Jesus Christ. The church is the body of Christ of which Jesus is the head (1 Corinthians 12:12-14, Ephesians 5:23), set on the mission given by Jesus to make disciples and spread the love of Christ (Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15). 

 

Baptism

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Baptism is a public confession of faith in Jesus to God, the church, and the world (Matthew 10:32). Jesus modeled baptism and commanded it (Matthew 28:19), making baptism a symbolic act of obedience and faith. Baptism by immersion represents the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, symbolizing our old self dying, being buried in the water, and raised as a new creation in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:3-4).

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Eternity

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Jesus will return one day (Matthew 24:44, 1 Thessalonians 4:16) and on that day all will be judged (Romans 14:10-12). For those who are in Christ Jesus there is no condemnation, and they will spend eternity in the presence of God, the new Heaven and the New Earth (Matthew 25:34, 2 Peter 3:13). Those who reject Jesus will be separated from Him by their sin in a real place of eternal conscious punishment called Hell (Matthew 25:41 & 46).

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Sanctity of Life

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We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of immeasurable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life (Psalm 139).

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Marriage and Gender

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We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as described in Genesis 2:18-25. We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other (1 Corinthians 7:1-4). We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged outside of a marriage between a man and a woman (1 Corinthians 6:18-20, Exodus 20:14).

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We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person. As male or female, these two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:26-27).

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Final Authority for Matters of Belief and Conduct

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The statement of belief does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. 

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