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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:
1. We believe in the verbal inspiration of
the Bible.
2. We believe in One God, eternally existing
in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
3. We believe 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.
4. We believe 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.
5. We believe that justification, regeneration,
and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
6. We believe in sanctification subsequent
to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through
the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
7. We believe holiness to be God’s standard
of living for His people.
8. We believe in the baptism with the Holy
Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
9. We believe in speaking with other tongues
as the Spirit give utterance and that it is the initial evidence
of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
10. We believe 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.
11. We believe divine healing is provided
for all in the atonement.
12. We believe in the Lord’s Supper and washing
of the saints’ feet.
13. We believe 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.
14. We believe in the bodily resurrection;
eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.
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