The
Scripture Inspired | The
One True Godhead | Man,
His Fall and Redemption | The
Salvation of Man | Baptism
in Water | The
Lord's Supper | The
Promise of the Father | Evidence
of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit | The
Church | Total
Prosperity | Blessed
Hope | Lake
of Fire | The
Millennial reign of Jesus |
The Church
accepts the Scriptures as the revealed Will of God, the all
sufficient rule of faith and practice, and for the purpose
of maintaining general unity, adopts these fundamental Tenets
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The Scripture
Inspired.
The Bible is the inspired Word of God, a
revelation from God to man, the living, infallible, and everlasting
rule of faith and conduct, and is superior to conscience
and reason. (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews
4:12)
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The One
True Godhead.
The triune Godhead is comprised of 3 separate
and distinct personalities, The Father, The Son, and The
Holy Spirit, who are eternally self-existent, self-revealed
and function as one entity.
Jesus Christ, who is God manifested in the flesh, is the
second member of the Godhead, co-equal and co-eternal with
the Father and The Holy Spirit. (John1:1-5, 10-14; Matthew
28:18-20)
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Man,
His Fall and Redemption.
Man was created good and upright, for God
said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness". But
man, by voluntary transgression, fell and his only hope of
redemption is in Jesus Christ the Son of God. (Genesis 1:26-31,
3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21)
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The Salvation
of Man.
Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed
blood of Jesus Christ. (Romans 3:24; John 3:3) On
the cross Jesus Christ became sin and sickness providing
both salvation and divine healing for all mankind (Psalm
103:3), being justified freely by His Grace through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. For by
grace we are saved through faith. (Ephesians 2:8) "The
word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart;
that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord,
and believe in your heart that God raised Him from
the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart
man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with
the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."
(Romans
10:8-10)
The Evidences of Salvation. The inward evidence
to the believer of his salvation is the direct witness
of the Spirit. (Romans 8:16; 1 John 3:18-19, 24). The
outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness
and true holiness. "You will know them by
their fruits." (Matthew 7:16-20)
Faith and Works. Salvation is by faith in Jesus
Christ and not by human works; however, our works will
determine the rewards in eternity. (Ephesians
2:8-10; Galatians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 5:10)
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Baptism
in Water.
The ordinance of baptism by a burial with
Christ should be observed as commanded in the Scriptures
by all who have truly repented and in their hearts have truly
believed in Christ as Savior and Lord. In so doing,
they declare to the worked that they have died with Jesus
and that they have also been raised with Him to walk in newness
of life.
(Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:4; Acts 10:47-48)
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The Lord's
Supper.
"And when He had given thanks, He broke
it, and said, 'This is my body which is broken for you. Do
this in remembrance of me.'
In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying,
'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; Do this, as often
as you drink it, in remembrance of me.' Let a man examine
himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup." (2
Corinthians 11:24-25, 28)
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The Promise
of the Father.
All believers are entitled to, and should
ardently expect and earnestly seek, the promise of the Father,
the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, according to the command
of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-5;
Acts 2:38) With it comes the endowment of power for
life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses
in the work of the ministry. (Acts 1:8 1 Corinthians
12:1-31). This wonderful experience is distinct from
and subsequent to the experience of the new birth. (Acts
2:38; 10:44-46; 11:14-16).
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The Evidence
of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
The full consummation of the Baptism of believers
in the Holy Spirit is evidenced by the initial physical sign
of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance
and by the subsequent manifestation of spiritual power in
public testimony and service. (Acts 2:4; 10:44-46;
19:2, 6; 1:8; Galatians 5:16-26)
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The Church.
The church is the body of Christ, the habitation
of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the
fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer,
born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the general assembly
and church of the first born, whose names are written in Heaven. (Ephesians
1:22-23; 2:19-22; Hebrews 12:23)
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Total
Prosperity.
Spiritual. 3 John 2; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.
Mental. 2 Timothy 1:7; Romans 12:2; Isaiah
26:3.
Physical. Isaiah 53:4,5; Matthew 8:17; 1 Peter
2:24.
Financial. Malachi 3:10-11; Luke 6:38; 2 Corinthians
9:6-15; Deuteronomy 28:1-14.
Social. Proverbs 3:4; Luke 2:52; Ester 2:15.
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Blessed
Hope.
Jesus is coming again to gather all His Saints
to ever be with Him (1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians
4:16-17).
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The Lake
of Fire.
Those who have not accepted the redemptive
work of Jesus Christ will suffer eternal separation from
the Godhead. The devil and his angels, the beast and
the false consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake
of fire which burns with brimstone. This is the second
death, the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20; 20:10-15).
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The Millennial
Reign of Jesus.
The Scriptures promise the return of our
Lord Jesus Christ with His saints from Heaven to rule and
reign for one thousand years on earth (1 Thessalonians 1:7;
Revelation 19:11-16; 20:1-6) After this, there shall
be a new heaven and a new earth (Revelation 21).
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