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40 CREEDAL STATEMENTS
Compiled by: Aimee Semple McPherson WE BELIEVE: 1. In the verbal inspiration of the original Scriptures. 2. In the absolute trinity of the eternal God-head. 3. In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4. In the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit. 5. In the reality and personality of the devil. 6. In the natural depravity of the human race. 7. In the substitutionary atonement. 8. In the propitiation for sin only by the blood of Christ. 9. In the full salvation by grace through faith and not works. 10. In Divine Healing through the atonement. 11. In the anointing of oil and prayer for the sick. 12. In the personal Baptism of the Holy Spirit as received by the apostles. 13. In the necessity of the new birth. 14. In water baptism by immersion at age of accountability. 15. In the one and only true church composed of all blood-washed believers. 16. In the evangelization of the heathen and the nations of the world. 17. In a middle-of-the-road policy in public worship, between extreme fanaticism and ultra-ritualism. 18. In obedience to civil government. 19. In divorce only on New Testament scriptural grounds. 20. In church government, loyalty and obedience to those in authority over us in the Lord. 21. In tithing as God's financial plan. 22. In restitution for past wrongs whenever possible. 23. In the open table at the Lord's supper. 24. In the free moral will power of man, who can backslide, apostatize, and be lost. 25. In the maintenance of good works and holy living. 26. In the victorious life over sin, self, and bad habits by Bible study and an incessant prayer life. 27. In Christian perfection and holiness, through absolute surrender and consecration. 28. In Christian modesty in the matter of dress, wearing apparel, and jewelry. 29. In the keeping of the Lord's day as a matter of privilege rather than law. 30. As regards receation--liberty of conscience and a Godly example to the world. 31. In the immortality and conscious existence of the soul. 32. In the resurrection of our literal bodies, the just and unjust. 33. In a literal heaven and life everlasting for all true believers. 34. In a final day of judgment for the incorrigible wicked. 35. In the everlasting punishment of the impenitent. 36. In the personal, literal, bodily pre-millennial coming of Jesus Christ. 37. In a future, literal, one thousand years reign of Christ on earth with all His saints. 38. In the judgment seat of Christ where the saints will be finally. 39. In Christian tolerance to all denominations of the Christian faith. 40. "In essentials--unity; in non-essentials--liberty; in all things--charity."
DECLARATION OF FAITH
Compiled by: Aimee Semple McPherson I. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES We believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of the living God; true, (1)immutable, steadfast, unchangeable, as its author, the Lord Jehovah; that it was written by holy men of old as they were moved upon and (2)inspired by the Holy Spirit; that it it a (3)lighted lamp to guide the feet of a lost world from the depths of sin and sorrow to the heights of righteousness and glory; an unclouded mirror that reveals the face of a crucified Savior; a plumb line to make straight the life of each individual and community; a sharp two-edged sword to convict of sin and evildoing; strong cord of love and tenderness to draw the penitent to Christ Jesus' a balm of Gilead, (4)inbreathed by the Holy Spirit, that can heal and quicken each drooping heart; the only true ground of Christian fellowship and unity; the (5)loving call of an infinitely loving God; the solemn warning, the distant thunder of the storm of wrath and retribution that shall overtake the unheeding; a sign post that points to Heaven; a danger signal that warns from Hell; (6)the divine, supreme and eternal tribunal by whose standards all men, nations, creeds, and motives shall be tried. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES 1. "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My word will by no means pass away." (Mt. 24:35) "Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven." (Ps. 119:89) 2. "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, throughly equipped for every good work." (Tim. 3:16,17) 3. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." (Ps. 119:105) 4. "And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." (2 Peter 1:19-21) 5. "You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me." (Jn. 5:39) 6. "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the world of truth." (2 Tim. 2:15) "...let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind." (Phil. 3:16) also, 1 Jn. 4:1; Is. 8:20; 1 Thess. 5:21; Acts 17:11; 1 Jn. 4:6; Jude 3; Eph. 6:17; Ps. 119:59,60; Phil. 1:9-11) II. THE ETERNAL GODHEAD We believe that there is (1)but one true and living God; maker of heaven and earth and all that is in them; the Alpha and Omega, who ever was, and is and shall be, time without end, Amen; that He is infinitely holy, mighty, tender, loving and glorious; worthy of all possible love and honor, confidence and obedience, majesty, dominion and mighty, both now and forever; and that in the unity of the Godhead there are three, equal in every divine perfection executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption. THE FATHER--Whose glory is so exceeding bright that mortal man cannot look (2)upon His face and live, (3)but whose heart was so filled with love and pity for His lost and sinbenighted children that He freely gave His only begotten Son to redeem and reconcile them unto Himself. THE SON--(4)Co-existent and co-eternal with the Father, who, conceived by the Holy Spirit and (5)born of the Virgin Mary took upon Himself the form of man, bore our sins, carried our sorrows, and by the shedding of His precious blood upon the cross of Calvary, purchased redemption for all that would believe upon Him: then, bursting the bonds of death and hell rose from the grave and ascended on high leading captivity captive, (6)that as the great mediator between God and man, He might stand at the right hand of the Father making intercession for those whom He laid down His life. THE HOLY SPIRIT--The (7)third person of the Godhead, the Spirit of the Father shed abroad, omnipotent, omnipresent, performing an inexpressibly important mission upon earth, convicting of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, (8)drawing sinners to the Savior, rebuking, pleading, searching, comforting, guiding, quickening, teaching, glorifying, baptizing, and enduing with power from on high those who yield to His tender ministrations, preparing them for the great day of the Lord's appearing. 1. "...Before Me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be after Me." (Is. 43:10) "Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one." (Is. 44:8) 2. "...You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live." (Ex. 33:20) 3. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (Jn. 3:16) 4. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made." (Jn. 1:1-3) (Also Job 38:4-7) 5. "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel..." (Mt.1:23) 6. "I, even I, am the LORD, and besides Me there is no savior." (Is. 43:11) "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all..." (Tim. 2:5,6a) "For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. " (Eph. 2:18) 7. "For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one." (Jn. 5:7) 8. :But when the Helper comes whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me." (Jn. 15:26) (Also, 2 Cor. 13:14; Mt. 28:19; Rom. 8:11; Jn. 16:7-14) III. THE FALL OF MAN We believe that man was (1)created in the image of God, before whom he walked in holiness and purity, but that voluntary disobedience and transgression, he fel from the Eden of purity and innocence to the depths of sin and iniquity, and (2)that in consequence of this, all mankind are sinners sold unto Satan,(3)sinners not by constraint but by choice, shapen in iniquity and (4)utterly void by nature of that holiness required by law of God, positively inclined to evil, (5)guilty and without excuse, justly deserving the condemnation of a just and holy God. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES 1. "So God created man in His own image." (Gn. 1:27) 2. :Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned" (Rom. 5:12)"...by one man's disobedience many were made sinners..." (Rom. 5:19) Also, Jn. 3:6, Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:15-19; 8:7) 3. "We have turned, every one, to his own way; " (Is. 53:6)(Also, Gen. 6:12; 3:9-19) 4. "among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others." (Eph. 2:3)(See Rom. 1:18,32; 2:1-16; Mt. 20:15; Gal. 3:10; Ez. 18:19,20) 5. "...so that they are without excuses." (Rom. 1:20) "...that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God." (Rom. 3:19) (Also, Gal. 3:22) IV. THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION We believe that (1)while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, the Just for the unjust; (2)freely, and by divine appointment of the Father, taking the sinner's place, bearing his sins, receiving his condemnation, dying his death, (3)fully paying his penalty, and signing with His life's blood, the pardon of every one who should believe upon Him; (4)that upon simple faith and acceptance of the atonement purchased on Mount Calvary, (5)the vilest sinner may be cleansed of his iniquities and made whiter than driven snow. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES 1. "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed." (Is. 53:5) 2. "Who gave Himself for us, tht He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, Zealous for good works." (Titus. 2:14) 3. "Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon." (Is. 55:7) 4."Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them." (Heb. 7:25) 5. "Come now, and let us reason together, 'Says the LORD, 'Though your sins are liked scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool." (Is. 1:18) V. SALVATION THROUGH GRACE We believe that (1)the salvation of sinners is wholly through grace; (2)that we have no righteousness or (3)goodness of our own (4)wherewith to seek divine favor, and must come, therefore, throwing ourselves upon the (5) unfailing mercy and love of Him who bought us and washed us in His own blood, (6)pleading the merits and the righteousness of Christ the Savior, standind upon His word and accepting the (7)free gift of love and pardon. SCRIPTURE REFENCES 1. "For by grace you have been saved..." (Eph. 2:8) 2. "There is none righteous, no, not one:" (Rom. 3:10) 3. "...All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Rom. 3:23) 4. "But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away." (Is. 64:6) 5. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life." (Jn. 6:47) 6. "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have brought near by the blood of Christ." (Eph. 2:13) 7. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 6:23) VI. REPENTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE We believe that (1)upon s
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