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Statement of Faith..What We Believe
WE BELIEVE in the Godhead; that our God is one but manifested in three persons-the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit being equal as one. God the Father is greater than all, the Son is the Word flesh-covered and the Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal. [John 14:28]
WE BELIEVE 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. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to undo the works of the devil and gave His life and shed His blood on Calvary to redeem and restore man back to God. [1 John 3:8]
WE BELIEVE that 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]
WE BELIEVE in the New Birth. Man's first step towards salvation is godly sorrow that worketh repentance. The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced, produces eternal fruit. [2Cor. 7:10]
WE BELIEVE in Water Baptism. Baptism by water is by immersion, is a direct commandment of our Lord, as is for believers only. The ordinance is a symbol of the Christian's identification with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection. [Acts 8:36-39]
WE BELIEVE in Baptism in the Holy Ghost. 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 give utterance.
[Acts 2:4]
WE BELIEVE in Divine Healing. Healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith, and the laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ, and is the privilege of every member of the Curch today. [1 Peter 2:24]
WE BELIEVE in the Resurrection of the Just and the Return of Our Lord. 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...". 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. [Acts 1:11, Rev. 20:6]
WE BELIEVE in Hell and Eternal Retribution. 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 furation of 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]
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