This
organization accepts the Holy Scriptures as the revealed will
of God, the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice, and for
the purpose of maintaining general unity, adopts the
statements of fundamental truths, which are as follows:
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 (11 Timothy 3:15-17; 1
Thessalonians 2:13; 11 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 Spirit
(Deuteronomy 6:14; Isaiah 43:10,11: Matthew 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 the
following:
a. His virgin
birth (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:31,35)
b. His sinless
life (Hebrews 7:26; I Peter 2:22)
c. His miracles
(Acts 2:22; 10:38)
d. His
substitution work on the cross (1 Corinthians 15:3; 11
Corinthians 5:21).
e. His bodily
resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6; Luke 24:39, 1 Coring
15:4)
f. His
exaltation to the right hand of God (Acts 1:9, 11; 2:33;
Philippines 2: 9-11)
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 are separation from _ God (Genesis
1:26, 27; 2:17; 3:6, Romans 5:12-19)
5. THE
SALVATION OF MAN
Man’s only hope
of redemption is thought the shed blood of Jesus Christ the
Son of God.
a.
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 spirit, being justified by grace through faith,
man becomes an heir of God according to the hope of eternal
life (Luke 24:47; John 3:3; Romans 10:13-15; Ephesians 2:8;
Titus 2:11; 3:5-7)
b. The
Evidences of Salvation
The inward
evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit
(Romans 8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of
righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24; Titus 2:12).
6. THE
ORDINANCES OF THE ORGANIZATION
The Ordinance
of baptism by immersion is commanded in the Scriptures. 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 (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts
10:47,48; Romans 6:4)
b. 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
Peter1:4);
a memorial of
His suffering and death (1 Corinthians 11:26); and
is
enjoined on all
believers till He comes!
7. THE
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
All Believers
are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek
the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and
fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This
was the normal experience of all in the early Christian
Church. With it comes the endowment of power for life and
service, and bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the
work of the ministry. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; 1 Corinthians
12:1-13). 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 Spirit 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; Hebrews 12:28) an intensified consecration to God and
dedication to His work (Acts 2:42), and a more active love for
Christ, for His Word and for the lost (Mark 16:20).
8. THE
EVIDENCE OF THE BAPTISM IN HOLY
SPIRIT
The baptism of
believers in he Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial
physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of
God gives them utterance (Acts 2:4). The speaking in tongues
in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues
(1 Corinthians 12:4-10, 28), but different in purpose and use.
9.
SANCTIFICATION
Sanctification
is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of
dedication unto God (Romans 12:1,2; 1 Thessalonians 5:23;
Hebrews 13:12). The Scriptures teach a life of holiness
without which no man shall see the Lord. (Hebrew 12:14). By the
power of the Holy Spirit 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
(Romans 6:1-11,13; 8:1,2,13; Galatians 2:20; Philippians
2:12,13; 1 Peter 1:5).
10. 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 WORLDWIDE GOSPEL, the Firstborn, which are written in
heaven (Ephesians 1:22, 23; 2:22; Hebrews 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 of a Full Gospel Organization as part of the
Church is:
a. To be an
agency of God for evangelizing he world (Acts 1:8; Matthew
28:19,20;
Mark 16:
15)
b. To be a
corporate body in which man may worship God (Corinthians
12:13).
c. To be a
channel of God’s purpose to build a body of saints being
perfected in the
Image of His
Son (Ephesians 4:11-16; 1 coring 12:28; 14:12)
This WORLDWIDE
GOSPEL exists expressly to give continuing emphasis to this
reason-for-being in the New Testament apostolic pattern by
teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy
Spirit.
a. Enables them
to evangelize in the power of the Spirit with accompanying
Supernatural
signs (Mark 16:15-20; Acts 4:29-31; Hebrews
2:3,4).
b. Adds a
necessary dimension to worshipful relationship with God
(Corinthians 2:
10-16: 1
Corinthians 12, 13 and 14).
c. Enables them
to respond to the full working of the Holy Spirit in statement
of
fruit and gifts
and ministries as a New Testament times for the edifying of
the
Body of Christ
(Galatians 5:22-26; 1 Corinthians 14:12; Ephesians 4:11,12; 1
Cur
12:28;
Colossians 1; 29).
11. THE
MINISTRY
A divinely
called and scriptural ordained ministry has been provided by
our Lord for the threefold purpose of leading the Organization
in the following:
1.
Evangelization of the work (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
(Ephesians 4:11-16).
12.
DIVINE HEALING
Divine healing
is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness
is provided for in the atonement and is the privilege of all
believers (Isaiah 53:4,5; Matthew 8:16,17; James 5:14-16).
13. THE
FINAL JUDGMENT
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 Thessalonians 4:16,17; Romans 8:23; Titus
2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:51,52).
14. THE
MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST
The second
coming of Christ includes the rapture (caught up together) 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 (Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24: 27,30; Revelation
1:7; 19: 11-14; 20: 1-6). This millennial reign will bring the
salvation of national Israel (Ezekiel 37: 21,22; Zephaniah 3:
9,20; Romans 11:26,27 and the establishment of universal peace
(Isaiah 11: 6-9; psalm 72: 3-8; Micah 4:3,4).
15. THE
FINAL JUDGMENT
There will be a
final judgment 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 fire and
brimstone, which is the second death (Mathew 25:46; Mark 9:
43-48; Revelation 19:20; 10: 11-15; 21:8).
16. THE
NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH
We, according
to His promise, look for new heavens and new each, wherein
dwelled righteousness: (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:22).
ORDINANCES
SECTION
1. WATER BAPTISM
The ordinance
of Baptism by immersion in water (Matthew 28; 19) shall be
administered to all those who have repented of their sins and
who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ to the saving of
their souls, and who give clear evidence of their salvation
(Romans 6:3-5; Colossians 2:12).
SECTION
2. HOLY COMMUNION
The ordinance
of the Lord_ s supper shall be observed regularly as enjoined
in the scriptures (Luke 22:19,20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26).