On
the Bible:
Apostolic Christians
believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. It
is inerrant, reliable, and holds the key to every human
need.
(See John 5:39; Matthew 24:35; II Timothy 3:16; II
Peter 1:21.)
On
Salvation: We hold
to the same instructions given by the Apostle Peter in
Acts 2:38. Full salvation comes by grace through faith
in Christ, repentance from sin, water baptism by
immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
The Spirit bears witness to the new birth of the
believer, leading and translating the new convert into
the spiritual Kingdom of God. The Spirit also helps the
new believer to succumb to God's will by becoming a
living testimony to the indwelling Spirit and nature of
Jesus Christ.
(See Acts 8:16; 10:44-48; 19:1-7; 22:16.)
On the Deity
of Jesus Christ: We
believe that there is only one God who has manifested
Himself to the world in the person of Jesus Christ.
The divine nature that resided in Christ was the
selfsame Jehovah of the Old Testament and the Holy
Spirit of the Church age.
(See Isaiah 9:6; John 8:58; John 14:8-11; Colossians
2:9-10.)
On
Holiness: We teach that a truly born
again, Spirit filled believer, should desire a
life-style that is pleasing to God in every aspect of
human life. The Scriptures make it clear that dress,
conduct, amusements, morality, speech and all other
activities are important attributes of the converted
believer's confession and also a living testimony to a
yielded temple for the indwelling Spirit of God.
(See Romans 12:1-2; I Corinthians 11:1-15; Galatians
5:16-26.)
On Miracles
and Divine Healing:
Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today, and forever
(Hebrews 13:8). God can heal, deliver, and work
miracles in the twenty-first century just as He did in
the first. We have the right and confidence to trust
Him for this in Jesus' Name.
On Christ's
Return: We look for the literal, personal return
of Christ; for His Church (I Thessalonians 4:16-18) and
secondly, to set up a kingdom that shall rule in peace.
(See Acts 1-11; II Timothy
4-8; Revelations 20:6.)
On The
Ten Commandments of God:
Rom 7:22
For I delight in the law of God after the
inward man:
Rom 7:12
Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the
commandment holy, and just, and good.
Rom 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual:
but I am carnal, sold under sin.
1 Cr 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and
uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping
of the
commandments
of
God.
Rev 12:17
And
the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make
war with the remnant of
her seed, which keep the
commandments of
God, and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev. 14:12
Here
is the patience of the
saints: here [are] they that keep the
commandments
of
God, and the faith of
Jesus.
Heb
13:8
Jesus
Christ the same
yesterday, and to day, and
for ever.
2 Cor 13:5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove
your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Matt 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy
the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but
to fulfil.
The Ten
Commandment have not been abolished, but rather they
have been moved from the stones tablets into the flesh
heart of those who have the Spirit of Christ indwelling
the temple.
1 Cr 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the
temple of God, and
[that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
