As followers of Jesus Christ, we desire to be faithful servants and trustworthy stewards of God’s truth . Because our faith rests on the Holy Scriptures, we seek to handle God’s Word carefully and accurately (2 Timothy 2:15), neither going beyond what is written (1 Corinthians 4:6) nor being led astray by philosophies, speculations, or myths (Colossians 2:8; 1 Timothy 1:4; 2 Timothy 4:3-4; Titus 1:14). Therefore, each statement below reflects the biblical convictions of Grace Underground Fellowship regarding the major doctrinal themes of Scripture. Each one is uncompromising in what it entails, being drawn from the Word of God.

The Lord God

God the Son

The Son of God is not a created being, and all created things were created through Him and by Him. He walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden, and appeared to Abraham along with all the prophets of Israel.

He became flesh through His miraculous conception in a virgin by God the Holy Spirit, was born and named Jesus. He lived faithfully without sin, died for the sins of the world, was buried, and physically rose form the dead on the third day according to the scriptures. For 40 days He appeared to many people, teaching them about the Kingdom of God. He bodily ascended into heaven, and He is presently ministering there, waiting for His literal and imminent return to inaugurate the Kingdom of God on Earth.

(Genesis 15:1-5; Exodus 3:2; 2 Samuel 24:16-17; 1 Chronicles 21:16; Isaiah 6:1-8; 38:4; Jeremiah 1:4-11; Ezekiel 1:1-3, 26-28; Daniel 7:13-14; Zechariah 14:4; Matthew 1:18-25; 17:22-23; 24:30; 27:1-28:9; Mark 9:31; 15:1-16:8; Luke 9:22; 18:33; 23:1-24:8, 27; John 1:1-4; 14-18; 2:19-22; 19:1-20:18; 1 Corinthians 10:4; 15:1-4; Colossians 1:15-18; Hebrews 1:1-2; Revelation 1:8, 11-18; 19:11-16)

God the Holy Spirit

The Bible

The 66 books of the Holy Scriptures are verbally inspired, infallible, inerrant in the original manuscripts, and is our only authority for doctrine and practice. From those original autographs and with substantial integrity in copying, the Bible has been persevered throughout the ages just as God promised. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that today’s Bible is the veritable Word of God, as long as it is translated with care.

The Bible must be interpreted as language is normally used, recognizing the importance of historical, grammatical, and dispensational contexts.

(Psalm 119:89; Isaiah 28:13; 40:8; 55:8-11; Matthew 5:18; Luke 24:27, 44; John 5:39; 16:12-13; Acts 1:16; 17:2-3; Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, 13; 10:11; Ephesians 1:10; 3:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; James 1:21; 1 Peter 1:10-12, 23-25; 2 Peter 1:3-11, 20-21)

Salvation from Eternal Death

The Holy Spirit comes into the world to reveal and glorify Jesus Christ, to convict sinners of their sin, righteousness, and judgement.

At the moment of initial belief, He imparts the very Life of Christ into believers, immerses their new human spirit into Christ in Heaven, personally indwells, seals, and immerses them into the Body of Christ, imparts spiriutal gifts, and enables them to live holy and godly lives.

Simply stated, every heavenly blessing in the heavens is ours at the moment of initial belief, having been done by, and given from, God the Holy Spirit, who personally has become our guide into all truth.

(Genesis 1:2; Psalm 139:7; Isaiah 40:13-14; Matthew 1:18- 20; 28:19; Luke 1:35; John 1:13; 3:3-8; 6:63; 14:16-17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-15, 13; Acts 2:1-4; 5:3-4; 13:52; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:9,10, 12; 6:19; 12:13; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 1:13-14; 2:22; 4:30; 5:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Timothy 3:16- 17; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 9:14; 2 Peter 1:20-21; 1 John 2:20, 27)

Salvation from eternal death is a free gift of grace, given instantly and irrevocably to all who simply believe - apart from works - in Jesus Christ, the only unique Son of God, for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. It is the present reception of Christ’s own life, together with the promise of a future bodily resurrection and everlasting life with Him on Earth.

Assurance is the birthright of every believer and is inherent in the faith that saves, for saving faith is being convinced that Jesus Christ guarantees the forgiveness of sins and eternal life to all who simply believe in Him. Therefore, assurance rests entirely on God's faithfulness to keep His promise.

Commitments to obey, sorrow for sin, turning from one’s sin, water baptism, submission to the headship of Christ, or any other act of obedience does not earn, maintain, or verify the reception of this free grace gift.

(John 1:12; 3:16-18; 4:1-26; 5:24; 6:37-40, 47-51; 10:27-30: 11:21-27; 20:31; Acts 16:30-32; Romans 3:19-4:5; 8:38-39; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:15; Titus 3:3-7; 1 John 5:9-13; Revelation 22:17)

The Body of Christ

The Lord God eternally exists in three distinct, relational Persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – who are together one uncreated Spirit Being. He alone is everlasting, all mighty, creatively free, exhaustively wise and altogether loving. He alone is deserving of all honor, confidence, and obedience.

He is deeply relational and immanent, interacting with and observing His creation in real time – giving tasks to see what people will do and testing them to see what’s in their hearts, dynamically leading humanity towards His ideal purposes and responding to humanities libertarian free-will choices with authentic, deeply felt emotion.

(Genesis 2:19; 6:6; 22:12; 30:20; 50:20; Exodus 15:25-26; 16:4; 20:20; 32:14; Deuteronomy 8:2; 13:3; 1 Samuel 15:11; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 32:31; Psalm 32:8; Proverbs 16:9; Isaiah 46:10-11; Jeremiah 17:10; 36:3; Jonah 3:10; Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; 16:13; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 2:10; Hebrews 4:13; James 1:2-4)

Upon believing, a person becomes part of the universal Church, the Body of Christ. Through spiritual union with Christ, every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places becomes theirs. The Holy Spirit gives each believer a unique gift for the mutual edification of the Body. Believers are free from the Mosaic Law in its entirety and are called to live under the headship of Jesus Christ, walking by the Spirit rather than according to the flesh.

Believers are called to walk worthy of God’s grace by diligently preserving the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. This is accomplished through the power of the Holy Spirit as we practice humility, gentleness, patience, and loving forbearance toward one another. Divisiveness is evidence of spiritual immaturity in the believer.

(John 14:20; 15:1-5; 17:20-23; Acts 10:9-16; 15:5-12; Romans 3:19-20, 28; 6:4-5, 14; 7:1-6; 14:5-6; 1 Corinthians 3:1-4; 6:17; 12:12-13; Galatians 2:11-21; 3:1-5, 27-28; 4:8-11; 5:1, 3-4, 13, 18; 6:12-15; Ephesians 1:3; 2:6-16, 11-22; 4:1-2; Colossians 2:6-23; 3:1-11; Philippines 3:2-3, 8-9; Hebrews 7:11-19; 1 Peter 2:15-16)