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This
Statement of Faith is not intended as a creed for the Church, but as a
basis of unity for Assemblies of God ministers and churches (1 Corinthians
1:10).
(The phraseology in the statement is not claimed to be either
inspired or covering all Biblical truth, serving simply to show that
these are considered the essential doctrines upon which we unite in
fellowship.)
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We
Believe that the Bible (i.e. the Old and New Testaments excluding
the Apocrypha) is the inspired Word of God, the infallible,
all-sufficient rule for faith and practice. (2 Tim.3:15-16; 2
Pet.1:21)
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We
Believe in the unity of the one true and living God Who is the
eternal, self-existent 'I AM', Who has also revealed Himself as one
Being existing in three Persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
(Deut.6:4; Mark 12:29; Matt.28:19; 2 Cor.3:14)
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We
Believe in the virgin birth, sinless life, miraculous ministry,
substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, triumphant
ascension and abiding intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ and in
His premillennial second advent as the blessed hope set before all
believers. (Isa.7:14; Matt.1:23; Heb.7:26; 1 Pet.2:22; Acts 2:22,
10:38, 2 Cor.5:21; Heb. 9:12; Luke 24:39; 1 Cor.15:4; Acts 1:9;
Eph.4:8-10; Rom.8:34; Heb.7:25; 1 Cor. 15:22-24,51-57; 1
Thess.4:13-18; Rev.20:1-6)
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We
Believe in salvation through faith in Christ, Who, according to the
Scriptures, died for our sins, was buried and was raised from the
dead on the third day, and that through His blood we have
redemption. (Titus 2:11;3:5-7; Rom.10:8-15, 1 Cor. 15:3-4.) This
experience is also known as the new birth, and is an instantaneous
and complete operation of the Holy Spirit upon initial faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ. (John 3:5-6; James 1:18; 1 Pet.1:23; 1 John 5:1)
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We
Believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, the initial evidence of
which is the speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives
utterance. (Acts 2:4, 10:44-46, 11:14-16, 19:6; Isa.8:18)
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We
Believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the everlasting
conscious bliss of all who truly believe in our Lord Jesus Christ
and the everlasting conscious punishment of all whose names are not
written in the book of life. (Dan. 12:2-3;John 5:28-29; 1 Cor.
15:22-24; Matt. 25:46; 2 Thess. 1:9; Rev. 20:10-15)
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