Salvation Through Jesus Christ
Salvation is deliverance from spiritual death and enslavement by sin.
God provides salvation for all who believe and accept His free offer
of forgiveness. Mankind’s only hope of redemption from the fallen
sinful state is through the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son–blood
that was shed as Jesus died on the cross. [The account of the
crucifixion of Jesus is recounted by four of His contemporaries:
Matthew (chapter 27), Mark (chapter 15), Luke (chapter 23), and John
(chapter 19).] (Luke 24:47; John 3:3,16,17; Rom. 8:16; 10:13-15;
Ephesians 2:8,9; 4:24; Titus 2:11-12; 3:5-7)
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. (Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:16,17; James 5:14-16)
Baptism in the Holy Spirit
All believers are entitled to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit,
and therefore should expect and earnestly seek the promise of the
Father, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was
the normal experience of all believers in the early Christian
church. With the experience comes the provision of power for
victorious Christian living and productive service. It also provides
believers with specific spiritual gifts for more effective ministry.
The baptism of Christians in the Holy Spirit is accompanied by the
initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues (unlearned
languages) as the Spirit of God gives them audible expression. (Luke
24:49; Acts 1:4,8; 2:4; 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9; 1 Cor.
12:1-31)
The Second Coming of Christ
All Christians who have died will one day rise from their graves and
will meet the Lord in the air. Christians who have not yet died will be
raptured or caught up with them, to be with the Lord. Then Christians of
all ages will live with God forever. The scriptural truth of the Lord’s
soon return is "the blessed hope". (Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52;
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Titus 2:13)
FOR A FULL LIST OF OUR 16 CARDINAL DOCTRINES, VISIT THE ASSEMBLIES OF
GOD GENERAL COUNCIL WEBSITE: http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/Statement_of_Fundamental_Truths/sft_short.cfm

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