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Grace Bible Church exists for the purpose of glorifying God by upholding His truth to the world . (1 Tim. 3:14-15) This goal is primarily accomplished in three specific areas: Through our commitment to Worship; (Rom.12 :1-2; Eph. 5:15-21); through our commitment to study and teach His Word; (1 Timothy 4:13); through our commitment to Witness to the lost world. (Mt. 28:16-20)
Throughout the history of mankind, God’s chosen people have worshiped Him. It started with Adam and his children. We see in Genesis 4 that both Cain and Abel were involved in sacrifice and offering. This was their worship. Of course one was accepted and one was not. Noah had been on the Ark for about one year when it came to rest on dry ground he came off. The first thing he did was build an altar and worship the God of heaven. The second of the ten commandments says to not have any gods before the one true God — in particular to not “bow down to them nor serve them” (Ex. 20:5). Other examples in the Old Testament are David in the Psalms, Jeremiah in the captivity, Nehemiah in the return to the Promised land. All these had a great burden to worship the God of heaven. When you read the New Testament, you find no difference. Paul says in Romans 12:1-2 that we are to present our “bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship” (NIV). Again in Ephesians 5:19 it says that we should be “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs., singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord”. This worship did not stop with the chosen of God in the days of Scripture but is now expected of God’s chosen in this generation. Jesus said, “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him” (John 4:23). Grace Bible Church seeks to glorify God by giving Him acceptable worship.
Commitment to study His Word:
When Paul wrote to Timothy to encourage and strengthen him in the ministry he warned him that a time was coming when men would not endure sound doctrine. Their desire would be to bring in teachers who tickle their ears. The people will want things taught according to their own desires and not according to the truth (2 Tim. 4:1-5). In addition, the Spirit Himself says that men will depart from the faith giving heed to demonic spirits and their teaching of false doctrine (1 Tim. 4:1-5). The Scriptures are saturated with warnings about false teaching and false prophets that come in the name of Christ. The commitment of Grace Bible church is to teach the whole counsel of God to the whole world and in particular to the people of the local church. The church is the arm of truth to the world on God’s behalf. We seek to glorify God by teaching His inerrant word as authoritative for the life of the Christian.
Because of the nature of this commitment, sharing the Gospel message (evangelism) is not the only focus of the weekly meetings of the local church. At GBC we not only teach the Gospel itself but we teach people how to share the Gospel in their daily lives out in the world. That is where the Gospel message is needed. With many false gospels abounding today, GBC is committed to the message given in Holy Scripture. We teach that from the time Adam took the fruit from Eve and ate, man has been in rebellion to the Lord of heaven. The testimony of Scripture is that all men have one thing in common, sin. There is no one on earth who is without sin. Romans 3 makes it very clear that all men are separated from God because of sin. As a result of this separation, we cannot save ourselves by being good and are in desperate need of a Redeemer. Jesus Christ lived a sinless life and He alone had the ability to pay our sin debt. The Scriptures are very clear that unless we repent and trust the sacrifice of Jesus Christ personally we cannot be restored to a relationship with God. By His death, burial, and resurrection, our salvation is made possible. He was and is our substitute. He took our penalty and gives us His righteousness. There is no other name under heaven by which men can be saved. As a body of believers we are seriously committed to proclaiming this Gospel in Gatesville, in Texas, in America, and the whole world.
