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This "Statement of
Fundamental Truths"
contains the 16 doctrines of the
Assemblies of God. These are
non-negotiable tenets of faith
that all Assemblies of God
churches adhere to. Four of
these, Salvation, the Baptism in
the Holy Spirit, Divine Healing,
and the Second Coming of Christ
are considered Cardinal
Doctrines which are essential to
the church's core mission of
reaching the world for Christ. Download
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The Bible is our
all-sufficient rule for faith
and practice. This Statement of
Fundamental Truths is intended
simply as a basis of fellowship
among us (i.e., that we all
speak the same thing, 1
Corinthians 1:10 [KJV/NIV];
Acts 2:42 [KJV/NIV]).
The phraseology employed in this
Statement is not inspired nor
contended for, but the truth set
forth is held to be essential to
a full-gospel ministry. No claim
is made that it covers all
Biblical truth, only that it
covers our need as to these
fundamental doctrines.
- The
Scriptures Inspired
- The One True
God
- The Deity of
the Lord Jesus Christ
- The Fall of
Man
- The Salvation
of Man
- The
Ordinances of the Church
- The Baptism
in the Holy Spirit
- The Initial
Physical Evidence of the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit
- Sanctification
- The Church
and Its Mission
- The Ministry
- Divine
Healing
- The Blessed
Hope
- The
Millennial Reign of Christ
- The Final
Judgment
- The New
Heavens and the New Earth
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1. The Scriptures Inspired
The Scriptures, both the Old
and New Testaments, are verbally
inspired of God and are the
revelation of God to man, the
infallible, authoritative rule
of faith and conduct.
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2. The One True God
The one true God has revealed
Himself as the eternally
self-existent "I AM,"
the Creator of heaven and earth
and the Redeemer of mankind. He
has further revealed Himself as
embodying the principles of
relationship and association as
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The Adorable
Godhead
a. Terms Defined
The terms "Trinity"
and "persons" as
related to the Godhead, while
not found in the Scriptures,
are words in harmony with
Scripture, whereby we may
convey to others our immediate
understanding of the doctrine
of Christ respecting the Being
of God, as distinguished from
"gods many and lords
many." We therefore may
speak with propriety of the
Lord our God who is One Lord,
as a trinity or as one Being
of three persons, and still be
absolutely scriptural.
b. Distinction and
Relationship in the Godhead
Christ taught a distinction of
Persons in the Godhead which
He expressed in specific terms
of relationship, as Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit, but that
this distinction and
relationship, as to its mode
is inscrutable and
incomprehensible, because
unexplained.
c. Unity of the One Being
of Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Accordingly, therefore, there
is that in the Father which
constitutes him the Father and
not the Son; there is that in
the Son which constitutes Him
the Son and not the Father;
and there is that in the Holy
Spirit which constitutes Him
the Holy Spirit and not either
the Father or the Son.
Wherefore the Father is the
Begetter, the Son is the
Begotten, and the Holy Spirit
is the one proceeding from the
Father and the Son. Therefore,
because these three persons in
the Godhead are in a state of
unity, there is but one Lord
God Almighty and His name one.
d. Identity and Cooperation
in the Godhead
The Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit are never
identical as to Person; nor
confused as to relation; nor
divided in respect to the
Godhead; nor opposed as to
cooperation. The Son is in the
Father and the Father is in
the Son as to relationship.
The Son is with the Father and
the Father is with the Son, as
to fellowship. The Father is
not from the Son, but the Son
is from the Father, as to
authority. The Holy Spirit is
from the Father and the Son
proceeding, as to nature,
relationship, cooperation and
authority. Hence, neither
Person in the Godhead either
exists or works separately or
independently of the others.
e. The Title, Lord Jesus
Christ
The appellation, "Lord
Jesus Christ," is a
proper name. It is never
applied in the New Testament,
either to the Father or to the
Holy Spirit. It therefore
belongs exclusively to the Son
of God.
f. The Lord Jesus Christ,
God with Us
The Lord Jesus Christ, as to
His divine and eternal nature,
is the proper and only
Begotten of the Father, but as
to His human nature, He is the
proper Son of Man. He is
therefore, acknowledged to be
both God and man; who because
He is God and man is
"Immanuel," God with
us.
g. The Title, Son of God
Since the name
"Immanuel" embraces
both God and man in the one
Person, our Lord Jesus Christ,
it follows that the title, Son
of God, describes His proper
deity, and the title, Son of
Man, His proper humanity.
Therefore, the title Son of
God, belongs to the order of
eternity, and the title, Son
of Man, to the order of time.
h. Transgression of the
Doctrine of Christ
Wherefore, it is a
transgression of the Doctrine
of Christ to say that Jesus
Christ derived the title, Son
of God, solely from the fact
of the incarnation, or because
of His relation to the economy
of redemption. Therefore, to
deny that the Father is a real
and eternal Father, and that
the Son is a real and eternal
Son, is a denial of the
distinction and relationship
in the Being of God; a denial
of the Father, and the Son;
and a displacement of the
truth that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh.
i. Exaltation of Jesus
Christ as Lord
The Son of God, our Lord Jesus
Christ, having by Himself
purged our sins, sat down on
the right hand of the Majesty
on high; angels and
principalities and powers
having been made subject unto
Him. And having been made both
Lord and Christ, He sent the
Holy Spirit that we, in the
name of Jesus, might bow our
knees and confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord to the glory of
God the Father until the end,
when the Son shall become
subject to the Father that God
may be all in all.
j. Equal Honor to the
Father and to the Son
Wherefore, since the Father
has delivered all judgment
unto the Son, it is not only
the express duty of all in
heaven and on earth to bow the
knee, but it is an unspeakable
joy in the Holy Spirit to
ascribe unto the Son all the
attributes of Deity, and to
give Him all honor and the
glory contained in all the
names and titles of the
Godhead except those which
express relationship (see
Distinction and Relationship
in the Godhead, Unity of the
One Being of Father, Son and
Holy Spirit , and Identity and
Cooperation in the Godhead)
and thus honor the Son even as
we honor the Father.
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3. The Deity of the Lord
Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the
eternal Son of God. The
Scriptures declare:
His virgin birth,
His sinless life,
His miracles,
His substitutionary work on
the cross,
His bodily resurrection from
the dead,
His exaltation to the right
hand of God.
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4. The Fall of Man
Man was created good and
upright; for God said, "Let
us make man in our own image,
after our likeness."
However, man by voluntary
transgression fell and thereby
incurred not only physical death
but also spiritual death, which
is separation from God.
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5. The Salvation of Man
Man's only hope of redemption
is through the shed blood of
Jesus Christ the Son of God.
Conditions to Salvation
Salvation is received through
repentance toward God and faith
toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By
the washing of regeneration and
renewing of the Holy Spirit,
being justified by grace through
faith, man becomes an heir of
God, according to the hope of
eternal life.
The Evidence of Salvation
The inward evidence of
salvation is the direct witness
of the Spirit.
The outward evidence to all
men is a life of righteousness
and true holiness.
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6. The Ordinances of the
Church
Baptism in Water
The ordinance of baptism by
immersion is commanded by the
Scriptures. All who repent and
believe on Christ as Saviour and
Lord are to be baptized. Thus
they declare to the world that
they have died with Christ and
that they also have been raised
with Him to walk in newness of
life.
Holy Communion
The Lord's Supper, consisting
of the elements --bread and the
fruit of the vine-- is the
symbol expressing our sharing
the divine nature of our Lord
Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4 [KJV/NIV]),
a memorial of his suffering and
death (1 Corinthians 11:26 [KJV/NIV]),
and a prophecy of His second
coming (1 Corinthians 11:26 [KJV/NIV]),
and is enjoined on all believers
"till He come!"
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7. The Baptism in the Holy
Spirit
All believers are entitled to
and should ardently expect and
earnestly seek the promise of
the Father, the baptism in the
Holy Spirit and fire, according
to the command of our Lord Jesus
Christ. This was the normal
experience of all in the early
Christian Church. With it comes
the enduement of power for life
and service, the bestowment of
the gifts and their uses in the
work of the ministry.
This experience is distinct
from and subsequent to the
experience of the new birth.
With the baptism in the Holy
Spirit come such experiences as:
-
an overflowing fullness of
the Spirit, John 7:37-39 [
KJV/
NIV],
Acts 4:8 [
KJV/
NIV]
-
a deepened reverence for
God, Acts 2:43 [
KJV/
NIV],
Hebrews 12:28 [
KJV/
NIV]
-
an intensified
consecration to God and
dedication to His work,
Acts 2:42 [
KJV/
NIV]
-
and a more active love for
Christ, for His Word and
for the lost, Mark 16:20 [
KJV/
NIV]
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8. The Initial Physical
Evidence of the Baptism in the
Holy Spirit
The baptism of believers in
the Holy Spirit is witnessed by
the initial physical sign of
speaking with other tongues as
the Spirit of God gives them
utterance.
The speaking in tongues in
this instance is the same in
essence as the gift of tongues,
but is different in purpose and
use.
- 1 Corinthians 12:4-10 [KJV/NIV]
- 1 Corinthians 12:28 [KJV/NIV]
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9. Sanctification
Sanctification is an act of
separation from that which is
evil, and of dedication unto
God.
The Scriptures teach a life
of "holiness without which
no man shall see the Lord."
By the power of the Holy
Spirit we are able to obey the
command: "Be ye holy, for I
am holy."
Sanctification is realized in
the believer by recognizing his
identification with Christ in
His death and resurrection, and
by the faith reckoning daily
upon the fact of that union, and
by offering every faculty
continually to the dominion of
the Holy Spirit.
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10. The Church and its
Mission
The Church is the Body of
Christ, the habitation of God
through the Spirit, with divine
appointments for the fulfillment
of her great commission. Each
believer, born of the Spirit, is
an integral part of the General
Assembly and Church of the
Firstborn, which are written in
heaven.
Since God's purpose
concerning man is to seek and to
save that which is lost, to be
worshipped by man, and to build
a body of believers in the image
of His Son, the priority reason
for being of the Assemblies of
God as part of the Church is:
-
To be an agency of God
for evangelizing the world.
Acts 1:8 [KJV/NIV]
Matthew 28:19,20
[KJV/NIV]
Mark 16:15,16 [KJV/NIV]
-
To be a corporate body in
which man may worship God.
1 Corinthians
12:13 [KJV/NIV]
-
To be a channel of God's
purpose to build a body of
saints being perfected in
the image of His Son.
Ephesians
4:11-16 [KJV/NIV]
1 Corinthians
12:28 [KJV/NIV]
1 Corinthians
14:12 [KJV/NIV]
The Assemblies of God exists
expressly to give continuing
emphasis to this reason for
being in the New Testament
apostolic pattern by teaching
and encouraging believers to be
baptized in the Holy Spirit.
This experience:
-
Enables them to
evangelize in the power of
the Spirit with accompanying
supernatural signs.
Mark 16:15-20 [KJV/NIV]
Acts 4:29-31 [KJV/NIV]
Hebrews 2:3,4 [KJV/NIV]
-
Adds a necessary
dimension to worshipful
relationship with God.
1 Corinthians
2:10-16 [KJV/NIV]
1 Corinthians 12
[KJV/NIV]
1 Corinthians 13
[KJV/NIV]
1 Corinthians 14
[KJV/NIV]
-
Enables them to respond
to the full working of the
Holy Spirit in expression of
fruit and gifts and
ministries as in New
Testament times for the
edifying of the body of
Christ.
Galatians
5:22-26 [KJV/NIV]
1 Corinthians
14:12 [KJV/NIV]
Ephesians
4:11,12 [KJV/NIV]
1 Corinthians
12:28 [KJV/NIV]
Colossians 1:29
[KJV/NIV]
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11. The Ministry
A divinely called and
scripturally ordained ministry
has been provided by our Lord
for the threefold purpose of
leading the Church in:
Evangelization of the world.
Worship of God.
Building a body of saints
being perfected in the image of
His Son.
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12. Divine Healing
Divine healing is an integral
part of the gospel. Deliverance
from sickness is provided for in
the atonement, and is the
privilege of all believers.
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13. The Blessed Hope
The resurrection of those who
have fallen asleep in Christ and
their translation together with
those who are alive and remain
unto the coming of the Lord is
the imminent and blessed hope of
the church.
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14. The Millennial Reign of
Christ
The second coming of Christ
includes the rapture of the
saints, which is our blessed
hope, followed by the visible
return of Christ with His saints
to reign on earth for one
thousand years.
This millennial reign will
bring the salvation of national
Israel,
and the establishment of
universal peace.
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15. The Final Judgment
There will be a final
judgment in which the wicked
dead will be raised and judged
according to their works.
Whosoever is not found written
in the Book of Life, together
with the devil and his angels,
the beast and the false prophet,
will be consigned to the
everlasting punishment in the
lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone, which is the second
death.
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16. The New Heavens and the
New Earth
"We, according to His
promise, look for new heavens
and a new earth wherein dwelleth
righteousness."
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