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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. |