The Holy Bible
We Believe:
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In the trinity, God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ is true God and true man.
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The Holy Spirit is a divine person.
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All scripture is given by the inspiration of God.
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All have sinned and come short of the glory of God and are in need of salvation.
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Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all men.
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It is the will of God that every Believer be filled with the Holy Spirit.
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Healing is provided in the redemptive work of Christ and is available to every Believer.
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There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust.
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In the personal, visible, imminent return of Jesus Christ.
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In water baptism and observance of the Lord's Supper.
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In Prosperity and that God wants His children to prosper.
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That the just shall live by faith and without faith it is impossible to please God.
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The Word of God is every believer’s daily bread.
WHY DO WE STAND WHEN WE SING?
II Chronicles 20:19
"And the Levites, of the Children of the Kohahites, and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high."
Psalms 135:2-3
"Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God, Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant."
WHY DO WE CLAP OUR HANDS?
Psalms 47:1
"O clap your hands, all ye people: shout unto God with the voice of triumph."
WHY DO WE LIFT OUR HANDS?
Psalms 134:2
"Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord."
Psalms 63:4
"Thus I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name."
I Timothy 2:8
"I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting"
WHY DO WE BOW DOWN AND KNEEL?
Psalms 95:6
"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker."
WHY DO WE AUDIBLY PRAISE UNTO GOD?
Psalms 103:1
"Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name."
Psalms 34:1
"I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth."
Psalms 100:1
"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands."
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF WORSHIP?
John 4:24
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. "
John 4:23, 24
"But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a spirit.. and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth."
Philippians 3:3
"For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh."
WHY DO WE ANOINT WITH OIL AND PRAY FOR THE SICK?
James 5:14-I5
"Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
