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Mt Beulah's
Statement of Faith
Statement of
Faith of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Article One
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.
Article Two
We believe 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.
Article
Three We believe
that Christ did truly rise again from the dead, and took
again His body, with all things appertaining to the
perfections of man's nature, and ascended into heaven
and there sits until He shall return to judge all men at
the last day.
Article
Four We believe 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.
Article Five
We believe 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.
Article Six
We believe 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).
Article
Seven We believe 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).
Article
Eight We believe,
teach, and firmly maintain the scriptural doctrine of
justification by faith alone (Romans 5:1).
Article
Nine We believe 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 (1 John
1:7-9).
Article Ten
We believe 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; 1 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 (2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Peter 3:18).
Article
Eleven We believe
that the Pentecostal baptism of 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; Acts 1:5; 2:14, 8-17; 10:44-46;
19:6).
Article
Twelve We believe 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).
Article Thirteen We believe in the imminent,
personal, premillennial second coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter
3:1-4; Matthew 24:29-44), and love and wait for His
appearing (2 Timothy 4:8).
Article
Fourteen We believe
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).
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