GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH

Article III: The Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person [a] equal with God the Father and [b] God the Son and [c] of the same nature; [d] that He was active in the creation; [e] that in His relation to the unbelieving world He restrains the evil one until God’s purpose is fulfilled; [f] that He convicts of sin, of judgment and of righteousness; [g] that He bears witness to the truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony; [g] that He is the agent in the new birth; [i] that He seals, baptizes, endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies and helps the believer. And that the fruit of the Spirit [love, joy peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance] is the evidence of His indwelling rather than the speaking in tongues and other spectacular demonstrations.

John 14:16, 17
Matthew 28:19
Hebrews 9:14; John 14:26; Luke 1:35
Genesis 1:1-3
2 Thessalonians 2:7
John 16: 8-11
John 15: 26-27; Acts 5:30-32
John 3:5-6
Ephesians 1:13-14; Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Acts 11:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:18-21; John 1:33; 14:26; 16:13; Luke 3:16; 24:49; Romans 8:14, 16, 26-27