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The Doctrinal Statement
ACTS 2:38
"...Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost."
We believe the one baptism as recorded in Acts 2:1-4, 10:44-48, and 19:1-6
is evidenced by the speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives
utterance as the initial evidence thereof.
The New Birth (being born again) includes a genuine repentance, water
baptism in Jesus' Name, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, evidenced by
the speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives the utterance.
We fully believe the mystery of the Godhead. We believe that Jesus was
both human and divine, and further, that the Godhead be understood to mean
all the fullness of God. (Colossians 1:19 and 2:9) We believe that Jesus
was Mary's son and Mary's God, Creator and creature, God
manifest in the flesh; that the flesh of Jesus was the same as ours, with
the exception that it had no sin; that Jesus was the Eternal Father made
visible, apart from whom there is no God. We believe that as the final
consummation of all things there will be only one God, and that will be our
Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that in order to escape the judgment of God and to have the
hope of enjoying the glory of eternal life, one must be thoroughly saved
from his sins, wholly sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost, and that
a wholly sanctified life is the only true standard of Christian life.
(Hebrews 12:14; I Peter 1:15-17). |
