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Abounding Grace
Christian Church -
Statement of Faith |
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The
Bible
as
the
inspired
and
infallible
Word
of
God.
(II
Timothy
3:15,16)
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One
God,
eternally
existent
in
three
Persons,
Father,
Son
&
Holy
Spirit.
(Matthew
28:19;
II
Corinthians
13:14) |
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The
Creation,
test
and
fall
of
man
as
recorded
in
Genesis,
his
total
spiritual
depravity
and
inability
to
attain
Divine
righteousness
on
his
own.
(Romans
5:12,18) |
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The
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
the
Savior
of
men,
conceived
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
born
of
the
Virgin
Mary,
very
God
and
very
man.
(Luke
1:26-35;
John
1:18;
Isaiah
9:6) |
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That
Christ
died
for
our
sins,
was
buried,
rose
again
the
third
day,
and
personally
appeared
to
His
disciples.
(I
Corinthians
15:1-4;
Romans
4:25). |
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Water
baptism
through
immersion
in
the
name
of
the
Eternal
Godhead
in
order
to
fulfill
the
command
of
Christ.
(Matthew
28:19) |
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Communion,
the
Lord’s
Table
as
symbolic
of
the
body
and
blood
of
the
Lord.
(I
Corinthians
11:28-32) |
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The
baptism
in
the
Holy
Spirit
as
an
experience
subsequent
to
salvation
with
the
scriptural
evidence
of
speaking
in
other
tongues
as
the
Spirit
give
them
utterance.
(Acts
2:1-4;
19:1-6) |
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Divine
healing
as
part
of
the
redemptive
work
of
Christ
on
the
cross.
(Isaiah
53:4;
Matthew
8:16,17;
James
5:13,14) |
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The
operation
of
the
gifts
of
the
Spirit
as
enumerated
in I
Corinthians
12 -
14,
as
manifested
in
the
Early
Church. |
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The
sanctifying
power
of
the
Holy
Spirit
which
enables
a
believer
to
live
a
holy
life.
(Hebrews
12:14;
I
Peter
1:15,16) |
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The
Resurrection
of
the
just
and
the
return
of
the
Lord.
(I
Thessalonians
4:16,17;
Acts
24:15;
Revelation
19:7-9) |
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