What We Believe

(Statement of Faith)

God

We believe that God’s purpose concerning man is: (1) to seek and to save that which is lost, (2), to be worshiped by man, and (3), to build a body of believers in the image of His Son.  That these believers, saved and called out of the world, constitute the Body or Church of Jesus Christ built and established upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the Chief Cornerstone. We believe in God, and that HE is the only God.  He is a Triune being revealed as Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.  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 (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10, 11; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22).

Christ

We believe that Christ is the Son of God, the second person of the Holy Trinity. He was incarnated in the flesh, born of the Virgin Mar, thus called Jesus.  So doing, uniting one person, God and Man.

Since the name Immanuel embraces both God and man in the one person, our Lord Jesus Christ, it follows that the title Son of God describes His proper deity, and the title Son of Man, His proper humanity.  Therefore, the title Son of God belongs to the order of eternity, and the title Son of Man to the order of time (Matthew 1:21-23; 2 John 3; 1 John 3:8; Hebrew 7:3; 1:1-13).

The Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity and is ever abiding, convicting, regenerating and sanctifying believers.  Being baptized with the Holy Spirit adds to the believer’s power.  Mark 16:16, 17, 18; Acts 2:4.

Origin of Sin

We believe that man was created good and upright in God’s likeness without sin. By his own choice he transgressed against God and thereby brought on physical and spiritual death.  Sin is the determined death of mankind, a corruption that is inherited from the first man, Adam; by it we became separated from God.  Heb. 9:11; Rom. 7; 1 John 1:6-10.

Salvation of Mankind

We believe that the blood is the atonement for man, for without it there is no life. Man’s only hope of restoration to rightful place in God is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Lev. 17:11; Rom. 5:11; Heb. 9:7, 12, 13.

Repentance

We believe that repentance is a through a change of heart and mind, by so doing man turns away from the guilt of sin.  For a penitent heart God will not reject.  Ps. 51:4; Ezek. 18:31; Acts 2:38

Regeneration

We believe in that new birth and that recreation, that is, God’s work, causing us, believers, to live a spiritual life, which is regeneration.  John 3: 3, 6; Titus 3:5; 1 John 3:14.

Justification

We believe that God through His mercy justifies us through faith, by which He grants unto us full pardon when we accept Christ, His Son, as Lord by faith.  Rom.3: 23, 24; Isa. 53:11; Rom. 5:1 Rom.10: 8,9,10.

Destiny

We believe the impenitent sinner is brought to a final punishment.  There is an end to all things, for there is an end to time.  Rev. 19:19:20; Rev. 20:3.

The glorious rewards are laid up for those who believe on the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ until the day of resurrection.  1 Thess.  4:16; Matt.  13:43; Rev. 21:4; Rev. 22:5; Rev. 22:14.

Baptism

What we teach and believe concerning Baptism is to be buried with Christ, and risen also with Him.  To be immersed in water.  Matt. 28:19.

It is a sacrament in which we believe in our Lord ordained before He left, to be carried out by His ministers.  Matt. 16:16; John 3:5.

Resurrection

We believe that the dead in Christ shall rise first.  For Christ who died, rose again.  1 Cor.  15:12, 13, 14, 20; John 11:25; Rom.  5:6

Second Coming of Christ

We believe our teaching of His coming is strongly our conviction, for it is our hope of glory.  St. John 14:3, 7; 1 Thess.  4:13, 18. 

We also believe that 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  (Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:27, 30; Revelation 1:7; 19:11-14; 20:1-6).  This millennial reign will bring the salvation of the nation of Israel (Ezekiel 37:21, 22; Zephaniah 3:19, 20; Romans 11:26, 27) and the establishment of universal peace (Isaiah 11:6-9; Psalm 72:3-8; Micah 4:3,4).

Lord’s Supper

It is a memorial communion supper of our Lord and Savior, that was celebrated by Him and His disciples during His last Passover (Luke 22:20; 1 Cor. 111:24, 25), of which we believe.

Foot Washing

For it is our belief to be doers of His Word and not hearers only, as foot Washing is a humble act of obedience, of the example laid down by our Lord Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Gifts

Our belief and teaching of spiritual gifts is of God, for His Son rose, led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.  Eph.  4:7; 1 Cor. 12:13, 14.  We believe in all nine “Gifts of the Spirit” (The Holy Ghost):

The Gifts of Revelation

·         The Word of Wisdom

·         The Word of Knowledge

·         Discerning of spirits

The Gifts of Power

·         Faith

·         Healing

·         Miracles

The Gifts of Inspiration

·         Prophecy

·         Diverse Kings of Tongues (speaking in tongues)

·         Interpretation of Tongues

Gift of the Holy Ghost

We believe anyone that believes is heir to that precious gift, the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:38). 

The Holy Ghost is to guide in all truth, to keep, sanctify, and for power to live.  We also believe that all backsliders and sinners must be clean (sanctified) before they receive the Holy Ghost.  We further believe that it the Holy Ghost gives us the power (Acts 1:8) and is a baptizer (Acts 1:5; Luke 3:16) and seals us (Eph. 1:13-14).

All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism the Holy Ghost 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 come the endowment 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 Corinthians 12:1-31).  This experience is distinct form 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 reverence for God (Acts 2:43; Hebrew 12:28), an intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work (Act 2:42), and a more active love for Christ, for His Word, and for the lost (Mark 16:20).

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; James5: 14-16).  We believe as the Apostle James said in James 5:15 and as it is written in Isa.  53:5.

We do not fight doctors and medicines, for the Bible gives evidence of their necessities.  Ezek.  47:12; Proverbs 17:22.

Sanctification

Sanctification is an act of separation form that which is evil and of dedication unto God (Romans 12:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 5:32; Hebrew 13:12).  Scriptures teach a life of “holiness without which no man shall see the Lord” (Hebrew 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 (Romans 6:1-11, 13; 8:1,2,13:  Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:12, 13; 1 Peter 1:5) 

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 (Ephesians 1:22, 23; 2:22; Hebrew 12:23).

Since God’s purpose concerning man is to seek and to save that which is lost, to be worshiped by man, and to build a body of believers in the image of His Son the priority reason-for-being of the Christ Holy Sanctified Church as part of the Church is:

(a)     To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world (Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19,20; Mark 16:15,16).

(b)     To be a corporate of body in which man may worship God (1Corinthinas 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 Corinthians 12:28; 14:12).

The Christ Holy Sanctified Church 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.  This experience:

·         Enables them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit with accompanying supernatural signs (Mark 16:15-20; Acts 4:29-31; Hebrew 2:3,4).

·         Adds a necessary dimension to a worshipful relationship with God (1 Corinthians 2:10-16; 1 Corinthians 12-14).

·         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 (Galatians 5:22-26; 1Corinthaians 14:12; Ephesians 4:11,12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Colossians 1:29).