What Assemblies of God believe

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We believe that the Bible (ie. the Old and New Testament excluding the Apocrypha) is the inspired Word of God,the infallible and all sufficient rule for faith and practice' (2 Timothy 3:15-16) (2 Peter 1:21)

 

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'And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. Every Scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching,for reproof,for correction,for instruction,
which is in righteousness' (2 Timothy 3:15-16)

 

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'For no prophecy,ever came by the will of man,but men spake from God,being moved by the Holy Spirit' (2 Peter 1:21)

 

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'We believe in the Unity of the One True and Living God,who is the Eternal,Self Existent 'I AM',who has revealed Himself as One Being co-existing in 3 Persons - Father,Son and Holy Spirit' (Deuteronomy 6:4) (Mark 12:29) (Matthew 28:19) (2 Corinthians 13:14)

 

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Hear,O Israel. The LORD our God,the LORD is One' (Deuteronomy 6:4 NIV) 'The most important One',answered Jesus,'Is this. Hear O Israel,the LORD,our God,the LORD is One' (Mark 12:29 NIV)

 

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'Therefore,go and make disciples of all nations,baptising them in the name of the Father and of His Son and of the Holy Spirit' (Matthew 28:19 NIV) 'May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all' (2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV)

 

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'We believe in the virgin birth' 'Therefore,the Lord Himself will give you a son and you will call Him Immanuel' (Isaiah 7:14) 'The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call His name,Immanuel (which means,'God with us') (Matthew 1:23)

 

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We believe in 'the sinless life of Christ' (Hebrews 7:26) 'For such a High Priest became us,who is holy,harmless,undefiled,separate from sinners and made higher than the heavens' (1 Peter 2:22)'He committed no sin and no deceit was found in His mouth'

 

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We believe in 'the sinless life of Christ' (Hebrews 7:26) 'For such a High Priest became us,who is holy,harmless,undefiled,separate from sinners and made higher than the heavens' (1 Peter 2:22)'He committed no sin and no deceit was found in His mouth'

This is all so wonderful, quite overwhelming to read although I know it well...

 

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We believe in 'the miraculous ministry of Christ' (Acts of the Apostles 2:22) 'Fellow Israelites,listen to this,Jesus of Nazereth was a man acredited by God,to you,by miracles,wonders and signs,which God did among you,through Him,as you,yourselves know'

 

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We believe in the Substitutionary,atoning death of the Lord Jesus Christ' (1 Corinthians 15:3) 'For what I received I passed on to you,as of first importance that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures' (2 Corinthians 5:21) 'God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us,so that in Him,we might become the righteousness of God'

 

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We believe in the 'Bodily Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ' (Luke 24:39) 'And saying,'It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon' (1 Corinthians 15:4) 'That He was buried,that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures'

 

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We believe in 'the triumphant ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ' (Ephesians 4:8-10) 'This why it says,"When He ascended on high,He took many captives and gave gifts to the people. What does,"He ascended",mean except that He also descended to the lower earthly regions. He that descended is the same also,as He that ascended,far above the heavens,that He might fill all things' (AoG GB)

 

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'We believe in the abiding intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ' (Romans 8:34) 'Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus,who died,more than that,who was raised to life,is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us'. (Hebrews 7:25) 'Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God,through Him,because He always lives to intercede for them'

 

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'We believe in the personal,visible,bodily return in power and glory and the blessed hope of all believers' (1 Corinthians 15:22-24) 'For as in Adam all die,so in Christ,all will be made alive. But each in turn,Christ,the firstborn,then when He comes,those who belong to Him. Then the end will come,when He hands over the Kingdom to God the Father,after He has destroyed all dominion, authority and power'

 

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(1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) 'Brothers and sisters,we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death,so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind,who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. According to the Lord's word,we tell you that we who are still alive,who are left until the coming of the Lord,will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord,Himself will come down from heaven,with a loud command,with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that,we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore,encourage one another with these words'

 

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(Revelation 20:1-6) 'And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,having the keys to the abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragan,that ancient serpent,who is the devil or Satan and bound him for a thousand years. He threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it over him,to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be set free for a short time. I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jews and because of the Word of God. They had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years'

 

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'We believe in the fall of man,who was created pure and upright but fell by voluntary transgression' (Genesis 1:26-31) (Genesis 3:1-7) (Romans 5:12-21)

 

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(Genesis 1:26-31 NIV) 'Then God said,"Let us make mankind in our image,in our likeness,so that they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds in the sky,over the livestock and all the wild animals and over all the creatures that move along the ground'

 

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(Genesis 3:1-7 NIV) 'Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord had made. He said to the woman,"Did God really say,"you must not eat from any tree in the garden?" The woman said to the serpent,"We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,but God did say,"You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden and you must not touch it or you will die". "You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman"For God knows that when you eat from it,your eyes will be opened and you will be like God,knowing good and evil". When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good and pleasing to the eye and also desirable for gaining wisdom,she also gave some to her husband,who was with her and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves'