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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