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Why Do We...
- Stand
to sing?
"Then the Levites
of the children of the Kohatites and the children of the Korahites stood
up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high"
(II Chronicles 20:19)
- Lift
our hands?
"Because Your lovingkindness is better then life, my lips shall
praise you. Thus I will bless you while I live; I will lift up my hands
in Your name." (Psalms 63:3,4; 134:2)
- Clap
our hands?
"Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the
voice of triumph!" (Psalms 47:1)
- Offer
audible praise to God?
"And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as
the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thundering, saying,
"Alleluia! For the Lord omnipotent reigns" (Revelation 19:1,6;
Psalms 103:1)
- Dance
before the Lord?
"And David danced before the Lord with all his might and David
was girded with a linen ephod." (II Samuel 6:14; Psalms 149:3;
Ecclesiastes 3:4)
- What
is prophecy?
"But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification and
exhortation, and comfort." (I Corinthians 14:3; Amos 3:8)
- Why do
we prophesy?
"Follow
after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy"
(I Corinthians 14:1; 12:7-10)
- Have
tongues and interpretation of tongues?
"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for
the profit of all: to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy,
to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues,
to another the interpretation of tongues" (I Corinthians 12:7,10;
14:5; 14:27; 14:39)
- Sing
choruses as well as hymns
"And do not be drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled
with the Spirit, speaking to one another in Psalms and Hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." (Ephesians
5:18,19; Colossians 3:16)
- Have
this type of worship
"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers
will worship the Father in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23,24)
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- THE SCRIPTURES
The
Bible is the inspired Word of God, the product of holy men of old who
spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. We accept the
New Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, as our infallible guide
in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine (II Timothy 3:16; I Thessalonians
2:13; II Peter 1:21)
- THE
GODHEAD
Our God is One God manifested in three persons - the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit (Philippians 2:6; Matthew 3:16-17). God the
Father is greater then all, the Source of the Word (Logos), and the
Begetter (John 1:14, 14:28, 16:28). Jesus is the Son of God, One with
the Father, the Word made flesh, the only Begotten; and He has existed
with the Father from the beginning (John 1:1, 1:14, 1:18, 10:30). The
Holy Spirit was sent by the Son from the Father and He is eternal. (John
15:26).
- MAN
- HIS FALL AND REDEMPTION
Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but
through Adam's transgression and fall, sin came into the world. "For
all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God." "As
it is written, there is none righteous, no not one." Jesus Christ
the Son of God was manifested to undo the works of the devil. He gave
His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God. (Romans
5:12, 3:23, 3:9-10; I John 3:8; Galatians 3:13-14). Salvation is the
gift of God to man, separate from works and the law; and it is made
operative by grace thorough the faith in Jesus Christ, producing works
acceptable to God. (Ephesians 2:8).
- ETERNAL
LIFE AND NEW BIRTH
Man's first step towards salvation is Godly sorrow that worketh repentance.
The new birth is necessary to all men; and when fulfilled, it produces
eternal life (II Corinthians 7:10, I John 5:12, John 3:3-5).
- WATER
BAPTISM
This ordinance is a symbol of the Christians identification with
Christ in His death, burial and resurrection (Matthew 28:19, Romans
6:4, Colossians 2:12, Acts 8:36-39).
- INFILLING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The infilling of the Holy Spirit is a gift from God as promised by
the Lord Jesus Christ to those who are believers in this dispensation
and is received subsequent to the new birth. This experience is accompanied
by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit
Himself gives utterance (Matthew 3:11; John 14:16-17; Acts 1:8, 2:4,38-39;
19:1-7).
- SANCTIFICATION
The Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see the Lord.
We believe in the Doctrine of Sanctification, as a definite yet progressive
work of grace; it begins at the time of regeneration and continues until
the believer goes to heaven. (Hebrews 12:14; II Peter 3"18; I Thessalonians
5:23; I Corinthians 1:30).
- DIVINE
HEALING
Healing is for physical ills of the human body and is accomplished
by the power of God through the prayer of faith and the Laying on of
Hands (Mark 16:18; James 5:14-20).
- RESURRECTION
OF THE JUST AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD
The Angels said "This same Jesus... shall so come in like manner..."
His coming is imminent. When He comes, "The dead in Christ shall
rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the Air..." (Acts
1:11; I Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:6).
- HELL
AND ETERNAL RETRIBUTION
The one who physically dies in his sins without Christ is hopelessly
and eternally lost in the Lake of fire and therefore has no further
opportunity of hearing the Gospel. (Hebrews 6:1-2; 9:27; Revelation
19:20)
- COMMUNION
- THE LORD'S SUPPER
We partake of the Lords Supper to show the Lords death till He comes
(I Corinthians 11:23-31). The Bread symbolizes the Lord's broken body
(Isaiah 53:5 I Corinthians 11:24). The Cup represents the new covenant
in His blood. (I Corinthians 11:25).
- LAYING
ON OF HANDS
This is a simple belief that power or anointing can be transferred
from one person to another by the laying on of hands. This was practiced
by the Levitical priesthood and by Jesus. Laying on of hands was practiced
for imparting, the infilling of the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:16-8) for healing
(Mark 5:22, 23,28-31,41), to confer office (Acts 6:2-6), to anoint (I
Timothy 4:14), to ordain and to consecrate the believer into the service
of the Lord.
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