Below is a
list of our beliefs according to the Assemblies of God. For more information,
refer to the 16 Fundamental Truths
of the Assemblies of God.
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.
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 Ghost.
3. The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare:
His virgin birth, His sinless life, His
miracles, His
substitutionary work on the cross, His
bodily resurrection from the dead, His
exaltation to the right hand of God.
4.
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.
5. 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. The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit.
The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness.
6. The Ordinances of the Church
7. 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 enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth.
With
the baptism in the Holy Ghost come such experiences as: an overflowing
fullness of the Spirit,a deepened reverence for God, an intensified consecration
to God and dedication to His work,and a more active love for Christ, for
His Word and for the lost.
8. 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. The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in
essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use.
9. Sanctification
Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of
dedication unto God. The Scriptures teach a life of "holiness without
which no man shall see the Lord." By the power of the Holy Ghost we are
able to obey the command: "Be ye holy, for I am holy." 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.
10. 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.
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,
to be a corporate body in which man may worship God, to be a channel of
God's purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of
His Son. 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, adds a necessary dimension to worshipful relationship
with God, 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.
11. 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, worship of God, building
a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.
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.
13. 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.
14. 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. This
millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel, and the
establishment of universal peace.
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 be consigned to the everlasting punishment in
the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
16. The New Heavens and the New Earth
"We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein
dwelleth righteousness."