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STATEMENT
OF FAITH
- The
Bible is the inspired
Word of God, the product
of holy men of old who
spoke and wrote as they
were moved by the Holy
Spirit. The New Covenant,
as recorded in the New
Testament, we accept as
our infallible guide in
matters pertaining to
conduct and doctrine (2
Tim. 3:16; 1 Thess. 2:13;
2 Peter 1:21).
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- Our
God is one, but
manifested in three
Persons the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit,
being coequal (Phil.
2:6). God the Father is
greater than all; the
Sender of the Word
(Logos) and the Begetter
(John 14:28; John 16:28;
John 1:14). The Son is
the Word flesh-covered,
the One Begotten, and has
existed with the Father
from the beginning (John
1:1; John 1:18; John
1:14). The Holy Spirit
proceeds forth from both
the Father and the Son
and is eternal (John
15:26).
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- Man
is a created being, made
in the likeness and image
of God, but through
Adam's transgression and
fall, sin came into the
world. "...all have
sinned, and come short of
the glory of God..."
"As it is written,
There is none righteous,
no, not one." Jesus
Christ, the Son of God,
was manifested to undo
the work of the devil and
gave His life and shed
His blood to redeem and
restore man back to God
(Rom. 5:12; Rom. 3:23; 1
John 3:8). Salvation is
the gift of God to man,
separate from works and
the law, and is made
operative by grace
through faith in Jesus
Christ, producing works
acceptable to God (Eph.
2:8).
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- Man's
first step toward
salvation is godly sorrow
that worketh repentance.
The New Birth is
necessary to all men, and
when experienced,
produces eternal life
(2Cor. 7:10; John 3:3-5;
1 John 5:12).
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- Baptism
in water is by immersion,
is a direct commandment
of our Lord, and is for
believers only. The
ordinance is a symbol of
the Christian's
identification with
Christ in His death,
burial, and resurrection
(Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4;
Col. 2:12; Acts 8:36-39).
The following
recommendation regarding
the water baptismal
formula is adopted; to
wit: "On the
confession of your faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of God, and by
His authority, I baptize
you in the Name of the
Father, and the Son, and
the Holy Ghost.
Amen."
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- The
Baptism in the Holy Ghost
and fire is a gift from
God as promised by the
Lord Jesus Christ to all
believers in this
dispensation and is
received subsequent to
the New Birth. This
experience is accompanied
by the initial evidence
of speaking in other
tongues as the Holy
Spirit Himself gives
utterance (Matt. 3:11;
John 14:16,17; Acts 1:8;
Acts 2:38,39; Acts
19:1-7; Acts 2:4).
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- The
Bible teaches that
without holiness no man
can see the Lord. We
believe in the Doctrine
of Sanctification as a
definite, yet progressive
work of grace, commencing
at the time of
regeneration and
continuing until the
consummation of salvation
at Christ's return (Heb.
12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 2
Peter 3:18; 2 Cor. 3:18;
Phil. 3:12-14; 1 Cor.
1:30).
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- Healing
is for the physical ills
of the human body and is
wrought by the power of
God through the prayer of
faith, and by the laying
on of hands. It is
provided for in the
atonement of Christ, and
is the privilege of every
member of the Church
today (James 5:14,15;
Mark 16:18; Isa. 53:4,5;
Matt. 8:17; 1 Peter
2:24).
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- The
angels said to Jesus'
disciples, ". .
.this same Jesus, which
is taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come in
like manner as ye have
seen him go into
heaven." His coming
is imminent. When He
comes, " . . . the
dead in Christ shall rise
first: Then we which are
alive and remain shall be
caught up together with
them in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air.
. . ." (Acts 1:11; 1
Thess. 4:16,17).
Following the
Tribulation, He shall
return to earth as King
of kings, and Lord of
lords, and together with
His saints, who shall be
kings and priests, He
shall reign a thousand
years (Rev. 20:6).
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- The
one who physically dies
in his sins without
accepting Christ is
hopelessly and eternally
lost in the Lake of Fire
and, therefore, has no
further opportunity of
hearing the Gospel or
repenting. The Lake of
Fire is literal. The
terms "eternal"
and
"everlasting,"
used in describing the
duration of the
punishment of the damned
in the Lake of Fire,
carry the same thought
and meaning of endless
existence as used in
denoting the duration of
joy and ecstasy of saints
in the Presence of God
(Heb. 9:27; Rev. 19:20).
- The
present Heaven is a real
planet just like the
Planet Earth only minus
the Curse. The
Planet Heaven is directly
north of the Planet
Earth. (Isaiah
14:12-14) The
Planet Heaven orbits in
space just like all other
planets. (Psalm
19:6) The Planet
Heaven is spherical just
like Planet Earth. (Job
22:14) The Planet
Earth is an exact replica
of the Planet Heaven only
in a fallen state.
(Romans 1:20) At
the end of the 1000 Year
Reign of Christ, at the
glorious consummation of
the Ages, our Father God
will purge this present
Planet Earth of all sin
and evil. At that
time He will move His
habitation to this
restored Earth.
This new Earth will be
far superior to the old
for certain, for God
Himself will make it His
personal residence.
It is here where we will
live with Him
forever. This is
the new Heaven and the
new Earth! This is
the City of the Living
God, the Heavenly
Jerusalem. It is
from here that we will
reign and rule with
Christ throughout all of
Eternity. Human
language is not able to
describe the final state
or eternal reward of the
faithful Believer.
There will be
no more sickness, death
or sorrow, only ecstasy
in the Presence of Christ
forever. (Isaiah 65:17;
Matthew 24:35;
1Corinthians 2:9-10;
Hebrews 11:8-10, 13, 14,
16; Hebrews 12:22,28;
2Peter 3:10; Revelation
21:1-27; Revelation
22:1-21)
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