The Attitude Of The Church Is Balance

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (II Timothy 2:15)

Another important distinctive of GLCC is our desire not to divide God's people over nonessential issues. This is not to say that we do not have strong convictions. When the Bible speaks clearly, we must as well. We take a firm stand on the foundational doctrines of the faith. But on non-essential issues we try to recognise the validity of both sides of the debate and avoid excluding or favouring those in one camp over the other.

For example we believe the Scripture teaches both the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man. It is not our job to try to reconcile the two. When teaching through the Scripture and we come to Ephesians 1:4, which says, "He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world" then we teach on God's sovereignty in choosing man. But when we come across Revelation 22:17, which says, "Come! And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" we teach on man's responsibility in choosing God. Man gets in trouble when he takes either of these two positions to an extreme. When you take a hard stand on these non-foundational issues we unnecessarily divide people, split churches and lose many we could otherwise be ministering to.

This is true in worship. Many churches will only worship using hymns and their instruments are limited to the organ and piano. Others will use only modern chorus and arrangements and a full use of instruments. At GLCC we believe in a balance of the two with a mixture of old hymns and modern choruses and a balanced use of instruments. It is not our desire to divide over nonessential issues, whether that is the style of music a church may use or the version of the Bible a church may recommend. We do not battle over the mode of baptism nor will we fight over whether the church of Jesus Christ is local, universal, or both. We may differ with others on these issues but we will not divide over them. In the Spirit of Christ we can agree to disagree over nonessential issues and together push back the gates of hell.
 

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