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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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