Bible: Inspired Word of God
The Bible is the inspired truth without error, even to the very words, and that it is therefore the inspired word of God.
God created mankind to have fellowship with Him, but they defied God by sinfully living life their own way. To rectify this, we need God's saving grace to end our separation from Him.
As the Bible teaches, salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not by works. Faith in Jesus is the means by which a person is justified.
At the same time, a sinner must believe the gospel; he is commanded to repent of his sinful life, to be baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ, and to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit with the initial sign of speaking with other tongues (Acts 2:38; 4:12; 8:12-17; 10:43-48; 19:1-6).
Thus the various aspects of faith and obedience work together in God's grace to reconcile us to God.
One
There is one God who revealed Himself in the Old Testament as Jehovah revealed himself in His Son, Jesus Christ. Thus, Jesus Christ was and is God. In other words, Jesus is the one true God manifested in flesh, for in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily (John 1:1-14; I Timothy 3:16; Colossians 2:9).
While fully God, Jesus was also fully man, possessing a full and true humanity. He was both God and man.
Moreover, the Holy Spirit is God with us and in us.
Thus God is manifested as Father in creation and as the Father of the Son, in the Son for our redemption, and as the Holy Spirit in our regeneration.
Listen to this short message about the Pentecostal Experience. Preached by Rev. Stanley Harvey, pastor of the Pentecostals of Sydney.
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