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Article V-Tenets of Faith

This assembly accepts the Holy Scriptures as the revealed will of God, the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice

1. The Scriptures Inspired
The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct (2Tim 3:15-17; 1 Thess 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21).

2. The One True God
The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (Deut. 6:4; Isa 43:10, 11; Matt 28:19; Luke 3:22).

3. The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
the Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare:

1. His virgin birth (Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:31,35).
2. His sinless life (Heb. 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22).
3. His miracles (Acts 2:22; 10:38).
4. His substitutionary work on the cross (1 Cor 15:3; 2 Cor 5:21).
5. His bodily resurrection from the dead (Matt 28:6; Luke 24:39; 1 Cor 15:4).
6. His exaltation to the right hand of God (Acts 1:9, 11; 2:33; Phil 2:9-11; Heb 1-3).

4. The Fall of Man
Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God (Gen. 1:26, 27; 2:17; 3:6; Rom 5:12-19).

5. The Salvation of Man
Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

1. Conditions to Salvation
   Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir to God according tot he hope of eternal life (Luke 24:47; John 3:3; Rom 10:13-15; Eph 2:8; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7).
2. The Evidences of Salvation
   The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit (Rom 8:16). The outward evidence of all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness (Eph 4:24; Titus 2:12).

6. The Ordinances of the Church

1. Baptism in Water
   The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded in the Scripures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus, they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life. (Matt 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 10;47,48; Rom 6:4).
2. Holy Communion
   The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements bread and the fruit of the vine is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4); a memorial of His Suffering and death (1 Cor. 11:26); and a prophesy of His second coming 2 cor 11:26); and is ejooined on all believers "till He come!"

7. The Baptism in the Holy Ghost
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in he early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4, 8; 1 Cor 12:1-31). This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth (Acts 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9). With the baptism in the Holy Ghost come such experiences as an overflowing fullness of the Spirit (John 7:37-39; Acts 4:8), a deepened reverence for god (Acts 2:43; Heb 12:28), an intensified consecration to God and dedication to His works (Acts 2:42), and a more active love for Christ, for His Word and for the lost (Mark 16:20). the baptism of believers in the Holy Ghost is most commonly witnessed by the physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance (Acts 2:4, 10:46, 19:6).

8. The Manifestation of the Holy Spirit
The manifestation of the Holy Spirit is for the common good of the body. The gifts of the Spirit include, words of wisdom, words of knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophesy, discerning of spirits, speaking in divers tongues, and the interpretation of tongues (1 Cor 12:7-10). God has placed within the church body; apostles, prophets, teachers, miracles, healing, governments or administrations, and diversities of tongues (1 Cor 12:28).
There are different kinds of gifts but the same Spirit, there are different kinds of service but the same Lord, there are different kinds of workings, but the same God works all of them in men (1 Cor 12:4-6).

9. Sanctification
Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God (Rom 12:1, 2; 1 Thess 5:23; Heb 13:12). The Scriptures teach a life of "holiness without which no man shall see the Lord." (Heb 12:14) By the power of the Holy Ghost we are able to obey the command: "Be ye holy, for I am holy" (1 Peter 1:15, 16). Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 6:1-11, 13; 8:1,2,13; Gal 2:20, Phil 2:12, 13; 1 Peter 1:5).

10. The Church and Its Mission
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 Firstborn, which are written in heaven (Eph 1:22, 23; 2:22; Heb 12:23).
Since God's purpose concerning man is to seek and to save that which is lost, to be worshipped by man, and to build a body of believers in the image of His Son, the priority reason-for-being part of the Church is:

1. To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world (Acts 1:8; Matt 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16).
2. To be a corporate body in which man may worship God (1 Cor 12:18).
3. To be a channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son (Eph 4:11-16; 1 Cor 12:28; 1 Cor 14:12).

The church exists expressly to give continuing emphasis to the reason-for-being in the New Testament apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy Spirit This experience:

1. Enables them to evanglize in the power of the Spirit with accompanying supernatural signs (Mark 16:15-20; Acts 4:29-31; Heb 2:3-4).
2. Adds a necessary dimension to worshipful relationship with God (1 Cor 12:28; Col 1:29).
3. Enables them to respond to the full working of the Holy Spirit in expression of fruit and gifts and ministries as in New Testament times for the edifying of the body of Christ (Gal 5:22-26; 1 Cor 14:12; Eph 4:11-12; 1 Cor 12:28; Col 1:29).

11. Ministry
A divinely called and scriptural ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the three-fold purpsoe of leading the Church in:

1. Evangelization of the world (Mark 16: 15-20).
2. Worship of God (John 4:23-24).
3. Building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son (Eph 4:11-16).

12. Divine Healing
Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provded for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers (Isa. 53:4-5; Matt 8:16-17; James 5:14-16).

13. The Blessed Hope
The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the Church (1 Thess 4:16-17; Rom 8:23; Titus 2:13; 1 Cor 15:51-52).

14. The Millenial Reign of Christ
The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on the earth for one thousand years (Zech 14:4; Matt 24:27, 30; Rev 1:7, 19:11-14; 20:1-6). This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel (Ezek 37:21-22; Zeph 3:19-20, Rom 11:26-27) and the establishment of universal peace (Isa 11:6-9; Psa 72:3-8; Micah 4:3-4).

15. The Final Judgment
There will be a final fudgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of LIfe, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to everlasting punishment int he lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death (Matt 25:26; Mark 9:43-48; Rev 19:20; 20:11-21:8).

16. The New Heavens and the New Earth
"We according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" (2 Peter 3:13; Rev 21, 22).