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revelation of His will for the salvation life, and conduct. • persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. • the Holy Spirit and virgin birth. Way for mankind to be reconciled to God. He died for our sins according to the Scriptures. He was resurrected bodily from the dead by the Holy Spirit and walked the earth forty days teaching and performing the miraculous. Afterward, He ascended into heaven and sits on the throne of David at the right hand of the Father. •
We believe that the completed work of Christ: His birth, life,
ministry, water and Spirit baptism,
teachings, miracles, crucifixion, death, burial, descent into hell, resurrection, and ascension to the right hand of God the Father fulfilled the promise of God whereby the Holy Ghost was sent to earth for empowerment of the Kingdom of Heaven in the earth. • We believe Jesus is alive and has been ruling as King and Lord of all things since His ascension and crowning evidenced by the fulfillment of Joel 2:28-32... the Day of Pentecost and the gift of the Holy Spirit Acts 2:1-4. Christ's Kingship is evidenced by the divine gift and working presence of the Holy Spirit as He manifests Himself and administrates the spiritual gifts of the Kingdom given to the believing church on earth. • We believe Christ rules with authority over all things, principalities and powers. A life in the Kingdom of God is not appointed for some future event. The Kingdom of Heaven is a Now reality seen through the eyes, ears and acts of faith. Hebrews 11:1-3 The Kingdom of Heaven on earth has not been postponed for a future reign. Jesus is King, High Priest and Advocate this day, this moment... to those who believe and receive Him. He is actively administering the affairs of His Church and the affairs of nations through the Holy Spirit. • We believe the Name of Jesus represents who He is and all that He is. He is the only begotten Son of God and the Son of man sent from heaven... fully God and fully man. •We believe in the experience of Pentecost: the gift of tongues, baptism and empowerment of the Holy Spirit are for those who believe and receive. • is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ through the Church Body Universal. He is sent to comfort, indwell, guide, instruct, fill, and empower the believer for godly living and service in the Truth of God, the Word and the Spirit while the church age remains. It is the Holy Spirit who empowers and administrates spiritual gifts: visions, prophetic dreams, knowledge, wisdom, miracle healing, prophetic songs, prophetic utterances, speaking in tongues and the ability to interpret spiritual language with spiritual understanding. during this present church age. They are not to be regarded as the means of salvation. Water baptism by submersion is the initiation rite to the Kingdom life which identifies our death to self and obedience to Jesus Christ as King and Lord of our lives. •
We
believe that the
Church, defined, is composed of all such persons who through saving
faith in
Jesus Christ, initiation into the Kingdom through water baptism and the divine work of regeneration by the Holy Spirit are the Body of Christ of which Christ is the Head and the Head of Christ is God the Father. 1Corinthians 11:3 • We believe that man was directly created by God in His own image. God's commands. perfect state with God. The entire human race is, therefore, born into sin and lost in sin. repentance and faith in Jesus Christ can regeneration by the Holy Spirit and life in the Kingdom of Heaven be obtained. Salvation is a gift of God and not a result of the plans or works of mankind. • We believe that the atoning death of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only way of justification and salvation for all who believe. Jesus Christ by personal profession of faith in Him, that He is the Christ, the Son of God and trust in Him and rely on Him, receive new life of the spirit by the Holy Spirit and the promise of eternal life. •
We
believe that
during the destiny age of the Church, the Holy Spirit is to convict of
sin and regenerate
the repentent sinner. Through genuine sorrow and repentance, and believing, recieving and submitting to Christ, one experiences the regeneration of the spirit . We become a new creature. on the personal life and service of the believer. and of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment and eternal damnation. The dead in Christ will rise first and those who are still alive will be caught up together to meet the Lord. I Cor.15:52; I Thess.4:16-17 •
We believe that all the saved should live a life that honors and
glorifies
the
Lord and find a church body
in which to serve. We are commanded of God to remain separate from false doctrines, sinful pleasures, and unrighteous practices. • We believe in the existence of uncountable numbers of angels who worship God. Angels are also assigned to minister to believers. • We believe in the existence of Satan, the devil, a fallen angelic being, who with his demons opposes God, His people, and His work, over whom believers have spiritual victory through the Name of Jesus Christ. Satan is a free agent. He has a realm of authority in sinful mankind and he has demonic subjects who administer his realm of demonic influence. Satan is not omnipresent (present everywhere), omnipotent (have absolute power and authority), or omniscient (knowing everything). Only our Living Triune God
possesses these attributes!
Ephesians 6:12 AMP
For we are not wrestling with
flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. |
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