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The Church of God
(Cleveland, TN) believes the whole Bible to
be completely and equally inspiried 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.
...In the verbal
inspiration of the Bible.
...In one God
eternally existing in three persons; namely,
the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
...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
cruified, buried and raised from the dead.
That He ascended to heaven and is today at
the right hand of the Father as the
Intercessor.
...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.
...That justification,
regeneration, and the new birth are wrought
by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
...In sanctification
subsequent to the new birth, through faith
in the blood of Christ; through the Word,
and by the Holy Ghost.
...Holiness to be God's
standard of living for His people.
...In the baptism with
the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
...In speaking with other
tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and
that is the initial evidence of the baptism
of the Holy Ghost.
...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.
...Divine healing is
provided for all in the atonement.
...In the Lord's Supper
and washing of the saints' feet.
...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. Second, to
reign on the earth a thousand years.
...In the bodily
resurrection; eternal life for the
righteous, and eternal punishment for the
wicked.
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