Full Gospel Church Of God
Stroudsburg,PA
DECLARATION OF FAITH
We believe:
1. In the verbal inspiration of the Bible. (2 Timothy 3:16)
2. In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. (John 1:1-14, 18)
3. That Jesus Christ is the (John 3:16) only begotten Son of the
Father, (Mat 1:18) conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
4. That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and
that repentance is commanded of God for forgiveness of sins.
(Romans 3:23)
5. That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought
by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
(Romans 5:1; Titus 3:7; Titus 3:5)
6. In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
(Romans 5:2; 1 Cor. 1:30; 1 Thess. 4:3; Hebrews 13:12)
7. Holiness to be God's standard of living for His people
(Luke 1:75; 1 Thess. 4:7; Heb.12:14)
8. In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
(Mat. 3:11; Luke 24:49, 53; Acts 1:4-8)
9. In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance
and that is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
(John 15:26; Acts 2:4; 10:44-46: 19:1-7)
10. 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.
(Mat. 28:19: Mark 1:9,10; John 3:22,23; Acts 8:36,38)
11. Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
(Psalm 103:3; Isaiah 53: 4,5; Matt. 8:17; James 5:14-16; 1 Pet 2:24)
12. In the Lord's Supper. (Luke 22:17-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26.) And washing of the saints' feet. (John 13:4-17; 1 Tim. 5:9,10.
13. 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 for a thousand
years.
(1 Cor. 15: 52; 1Thes. 4:15-17; 2Thes. 2:1. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years. Zec. 14:4; 1Thes. 4:14 ; 2Thes. 1:7-10; Jude 14,15; Rev. 5:10; 19:11-21; 20:4-6.)
14. In the bodily resurrection (John 5:28,29; Acts 24:15; Rev. 20:5,6.); eternal life for the righteous (Mat. 25:46; Luke 18:30; John 10:28; Rom. 6:22; 1 John 5:11-13) and eternal punishment for the wicked. (Mat. 25:41-46; Mark 3:29; 2Thess. 1:8,9; Rev. 20:10-15; 21:8)