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What We Believe…
…there
is but one living and true God everlasting,
of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness;
Maker and Preserver of all things, both
visible and invisible. And in the unity of
this Godhead there are three Persons of one
substance of eternal being, and equal in
holiness, justice, wisdom, power, and
dignity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Ghost.
…that the
Son, who is the Word of the Father, the very
and eternal God, of one substance with the
Father, took man’s nature in the womb of the
blessed virgin; so that two whole and
perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead
and the manhood were joined together in one
Person, never to be divided, whereof is one
Christ, very God and perfect man, who
actually suffered, was crucified, dead, and
buried, to reconcile the Father to us, and
to make atonement, not only for our actual
guilt, but also for original sin.
…that Christ
did truly rise again from the dead, and took
again His body, with all things appertaining
to the perfections o man’s nature, and
ascended into heaven and there sits until He
shall return to judge all men at the last
day.
…the Holy
Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the
Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory
with the Father and the Son, very and
eternal God (Acts 5:3-4)
…in the
verbal and plenary inspiration of the Holy
Scriptures, known as the Bible, composed of
sixty-six books and divided into two
departments, Old and New Testaments. WE
believe the Bible is the Word of God, the
full and complete revelation of the plan and
history of redemption (II Timothy 3:16).
…that eternal
life with God in heaven is a portion of the
reward of the finally righteous; and that
everlasting banishment from the presence of
the Lord and unending torture in hell are
the wages of the persistently wicked
(Matthew 25:46; Psalm 9:17; Revelation
21:7-8).
…that Jesus
Christ shed His blood for the remission of
sins that are past, for the regeneration of
penitent sinners, and for salvation from sin
and from sinning (Romans 3:25; 1 John
3:5-10; Ephesians 2:1-10).
…teach, and
firmly maintain the scriptural doctrine of
justification by faith alone (Romans 5:1).
…that Jesus
Christ shed His blood for the complete
cleansing of the justified believer from all
indwelling sin and from its pollution,
subsequent to regeneration (I John 1:7-9).
…in
sanctification. While sanctification is
initiated in regeneration and consummated in
glorification, we believe that it includes a
definite, instantaneous work of grace
achieved by faith subsequent to regeneration
(Acts 26:18; I John 1:9). Sanctification
delivers from the power and dominion of
sin. It is followed by life-long growth in
grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ (II Corinthians 4:16; 2 Peter
3:18)
…that the
Pentecostal baptism with the Holy Ghost and
fire is obtainable by a definite act of
appropriating faith on the part of the fully
cleansed believer, and the initial evidence
of the reception of this experience is
speaking with other tongues as the Spirit
gives utterance (Luke 11:13; Luke 24:49;
Acts 1:5; 2:14, 8-17; 10:44-46; 19:6)
…in divine
healing as in the atonement (Isaiah 53:4-5;
Matthew 8:16-17; Mark 16:14-18; James
5:14-16; Exodus 15:26).
…in the
imminent, personal, premillennial second
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (I
Thessalonians 4:15-17; Titus 2:13; II Peter
3:1-4; Matthew 24:29-44), and love and wait
for His appearing (II Timothy 4:8).
…it is the responsibility of
every believer to dedicate his life to
carrying out the work of the Great
Commission (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20;
Acts 1:8).
These are the “Articles of Faith” for the
International
Pentecostal
Holiness Church
We do firmly believe, teach, and maintain
them as true and scriptural doctrine. |
