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Declaration of
Faith:
The Church of God believes the whole Bible to
be completely and equally inspired and that it
is the written Word of God. The Church of God
has adopted the following Declaration of Faith
as its standard and official expression of its
doctrine.
We Believe:
- In the verbal inspiration of the
Bible.
- In one God eternally existing in
three persons; namely, the Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost.
- That Jesus Christ is the only
begotten Son of the Father, conceived of
the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin
Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried,
and raised from the dead. That He
ascended to heaven and is today at the
right hand of the Father as the
Intercessor.
- That all have sinned and come short
of the glory of God and that repentance
is commanded of God for all and
necessary for forgiveness
of sins.
- That justification, regeneration,
and the new birth are wrought by faith
in the blood of Jesus Christ.
- In sanctification subsequent to the
new birth, through faith in the blood of
Christ; through the Word, and by the
Holy Ghost.
- Holiness to be God's standard of
living for His people.
- In the baptism with the Holy Ghost
subsequent to a clean heart.
- In speaking with other tongues as
the Spirit gives utterance and that it
is the initial evidence of the baptism
of the Holy Ghost.
- In water baptism by immersion, and
all who repent should be baptized in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost.
- Divine healing is provided for all
in the atonement.
- In the Lord's Supper and washing of
the saints' feet.
- In the premillennial second coming
of Jesus. First, to resurrect the
righteous dead and to catch away the
living saints to Him in the air. Second,
to reign on the earth a thousand years.
- In the bodily resurrection; eternal
life for the righteous, and eternal
punishment for the wicked.
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