| 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.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
1 Thessalonians 2:13
2 Peter 1:21
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.
Deuteronomy 6:4
Isaiah 43:10,11
Matthew 28:19
Luke 3:22
The Adorable Godhead
a. Terms Defined
The terms "Trinity" and "persons"
as related to the Godhead, while not found
in the Scriptures, are words in harmony
with Scripture, whereby we may convey to
others our immediate understanding of the
doctrine of Christ respecting the Being
of God, as distinguished from "gods
many and lords many." We therefore
may speak with propriety of the Lord our
God who is One Lord, as a trinity or as
one Being of three persons, and still be
absolutely scriptural.
Matthew 28:19
2 Corinthians 13:14
John 14:16-17
b. Distinction and Relationship in the Godhead
Christ taught a distinction of Persons in
the Godhead which He expressed in specific
terms of relationship, as Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost, but that this distinction and
relationship, as to its mode is inscrutable
and incomprehensible, because unexplained.
Luke 1:35
1 Corinthians 1:24
Matthew 11:25-27
Matthew 28:19
2 Corinthians 13:14
1 John 1:3-4
c. Unity of the One Being of Father, Son
and Holy Ghost
Accordingly, therefore, there is that in
the Father which constitutes him the Father
and not the Son; there is that in the Son
which constitutes Him the Son and not the
Father; and there is that in the Holy Ghost
which constitutes Him the Holy Ghost and
not either the Father or the Son. Wherefore
the Father is the Begetter, the Son is the
Begotten, and the Holy Ghost is the one
proceeding from the Father and the Son.
Therefore, because these three persons in
the Godhead are in a state of unity, there
is but one Lord God Almighty and His name
one.
John 1:18
John 15:26
John 17:11
John 17:21
Zechariah 14:9
d. Identity and Cooperation in the Godhead
The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are
never identical as to Person; nor confused
as to relation; nor divided in respect to
the Godhead; nor opposed as to cooperation.
The Son is in the Father and the Father
is in the Son as to relationship. The Son
is with the Father and the Father is with
the Son, as to fellowship. The Father is
not from the Son, but the Son is from the
Father, as to authority. The Holy Ghost
is from the Father and the Son proceeding,
as to nature, relationship, cooperation
and authority. Hence, neither Person in
the Godhead either exists or works separately
or independently of the others.
John 5:17-30
John 5:32
John 5:37
John 8:17,18
e. The Title, Lord Jesus Christ
The appellation, "Lord Jesus Christ,"
is a proper name. It is never applied in
the New Testament, either to the Father
or to the Holy Ghost. It therefore belongs
exclusively to the Son of God.
Romans 1:1-3
2 John 1:3
f. The Lord Jesus Christ, God with Us
The Lord Jesus Christ, as to His divine
and eternal nature, is the proper and only
Begotten of the Father, but as to His human
nature, He is the proper Son of Man. He
is therefore, acknowledged to be both God
and man; who because He is God and man is
"Immanuel," God with us.
Matthew 1:23
1 John 4:2
1 John 4:10
1 John 4:14
Revelation 1:13
Revelation 1:17
g. The Title, Son of God
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 1:3
1 John 3:8
Hebrews 7:3
Hebrews 1:1-13
h. Transgression of the Doctrine of Christ
Wherefore, it is a transgression of the
Doctrine of Christ to say that Jesus Christ
derived the title, Son of God, solely from
the fact of the incarnation, or because
of His relation to the economy of redemption.
Therefore, to deny that the Father is a
real and eternal Father, and that the Son
is a real and eternal Son, is a denial of
the distinction and relationship in the
Being of God; a denial of the Father, and
the Son; and a displacement of the truth
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
2 John 1:9
John 1:1
John 1:2
John 1:14
John 1:18
John 1:29
John 1:49
1 John 2:22,23
1 John 4:1-5
Hebrews 12:2
i. Exaltation of Jesus Christ as Lord
The Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, having
by Himself purged our sins, sat down on
the right hand of the Majesty on high; angels
and principalities and powers having been
made subject unto Him. And having been made
both Lord and Christ, He sent the Holy Ghost
that we, in the name of Jesus, might bow
our knees and confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord to the glory of God the Father until
the end, when the Son shall become subject
to the Father that God may be all in all.
Hebrews 1:3
1 Peter 3:22
Acts 2:32-36
Romans 14:11
1 Corinthians 15:24-28
j. Equal Honor to the Father and to the
Son
Wherefore, since the Father has delivered
all judgment unto the Son, it is not only
the express duty of all in heaven and on
earth to bow the knee, but it is an unspeakable
joy in the Holy Ghost to ascribe unto the
Son all the attributes of Deity, and to
give Him all honor and the glory contained
in all the names and titles of the Godhead
except those which express relationship
(see Distinction and Relationship in the
Godhead, Unity of the One Being of Father,
Son and Holy Ghost , and Identity and Cooperation
in the Godhead) and thus honor the Son even
as we honor the Father.
John 5:22,23
1 Peter 1:8
Revelation 5:6-14
Philippians 2:8,9
Revelation 7:9-10
Revelation 4:8-11
The Deity
of the Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son
of God. The Scriptures declare:
His virgin birth,
Matthew 1:23
Luke 1:31
Luke 1:35
His sinless life,
Hebrews 7:26
1 Peter 2:22
His miracles,
Acts 2:22
Acts 10:38
His substitutionary work on the cross,
1 Corinthians 15:3
2 Corinthians 5:21
His bodily resurrection from the dead,
Matthew 28:6
Luke 24:39
1 Corinthians 15:4
His exaltation to the right hand of God.
Acts 1:9
Acts 1:11
Acts 2:33
Philippians 2:9-11
Hebrews 1:3
The Fall of Man
Man was created good and upright; for God
said, "Let us make man in our own 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.
Genesis 1:26,27
Genesis 2:17
Genesis 3:6
Romans 5:12-19
The Salvation
of Man
Man's only hope of redemption is through
the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of
God.
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
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
Titus 3:5-7
The Evidence 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
The Ordinances
of the Church
Baptism in Water
The ordinance of baptism by immersion is
commanded by 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
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 Corinthians 11:26), and a prophecy of
His second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26),
and is enjoined on all believers "till
He come!"
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 the early Christian Church. With
it comes 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
Acts 1:8
1 Corinthians 12:1-31
This experience is distinct from and subsequent
to the experience of the new birth.
Acts 8:12-17
Acts 10:44-46
Acts 11:14-16
Acts 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,
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
The Initial Physical
Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Ghost
The baptism of believers in the Holy Ghost
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,
but is different in purpose and use.
1 Corinthians 12:4-10
1 Corinthians 12:28
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."
Hebrews 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 the
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
Romans 6:13
Romans 8:1,2
Romans 8:13
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
Ephesians 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 the Assemblies
of God as part of the Church is:
To be an agency of God for evangelizing
the world.
Acts 1:8
Matthew 28:19,20
Mark 16:15,16
To be a corporate body in which man may
worship God.
1 Corinthians 12:13
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
1 Corinthians 14:12
The Assemblies of God 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
Hebrews 2:3,4
Adds a necessary dimension to worshipful
relationship with God.
1 Corinthians 2:10-16
1 Corinthians 12
1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians 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
1 Corinthians 14:12
Ephesians 4:11,12
1 Corinthians 12:28
Colossians 1:29
The Ministry
A divinely called and scripturally ordained
ministry has been provided by our Lord for
the threefold purpose of leading the Church
in:
Evangelization of the world.
Mark 16:15-20
Worship of God.
John 4:23,24
Building a body of saints being perfected
in the image of His Son.
Ephesians 4:11-16
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
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 Thessalonians 4:16,17
Romans 8:23
Titus 2:13
1 Corinthians 15:51,52
The Millennial
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 earth
for one thousand years.
Zechariah 14:5
Matthew 24:27
Matthew 24:30
Revelation 1:7
Revelation 19:11-14
Revelation 20:1-6
This millennial reign will bring the salvation
of national Israel,
Ezekiel 37:21,22
Zephaniah 3:19,20
Romans 11:26,27
and the establishment of universal peace.
Isaiah 11:6-9
Psalms 72:3-8
Micah 4:3,4
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 be consigned
to the everlasting punishment in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone, which
is the second death.
Matthew 25:46
Mark 9:43-48
Revelation 19:20
Revelation 20:11-15
Revelation 21:8
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
Revelation 21
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