WHAT WE BELIEVE (TENETS OF FAITH AND PRINCIPLES ):

TENETS OF FAITH ARE THE NON NEGOTIABLE CORE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS WHICH FOUR GOSPEL BIBLE MISSION STRONGLY ADHERE TO.  BELOW ARE THE THIRTEENTH OF SUCH CAREFULLY SELECTED BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES  - 

1.  WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD ALMIGHTY,  THE CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AND MAKER OF ALL THINGS OUT OF NOTHING. (GENESIS 1:1-28; JOHN 1:1-3)

2.  WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING  GOD, WHO WAS INCARNATED AND BEGOTTEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,  BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY, CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY,  DIED AND WAS BURIED,  RAISED FROM THE DEAD ON THE THIRD DAY,  ASCENDED TO HEAVEN AND WILL COME BACK SOON TO RAPTURE THE SAINTS AND MILLENNIAL REIGN UPON EARTH. (JOHN 1:14; 1COR. 15:50-57; 1THESS. 4:13-18)

3.  WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO PROCEED FROM BOTH THE FATHER AND THE SON,  AND EXTERNAL,  AND  IN HIS WORK OF SANCTIFICATION,  REGENERATION AND ENDOWMENT OF POWER THROUGH THE FRESH FIRE BAPTISM AS IT WAS IN THE UPPER ROOM IN JERUSALEM (JOHN 15:26; ACTS 1:8; ACTS 2:1-4)

4.  WE BELIEVE IN THE DIVINE SUFFICIENCY OF THE HOLY BIBLE IN IT'S ENTIRELY,  TO BE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD AND THE ONLY INFALLIBLE RULE,  AND FINAL AUTHORITY IN ALL MATTERS OF FAITH,  DOCTRINE AND CONDUCT. (2TIM. 3:16-17; 1THESS. 2:13; 2PT. 1:20-21)

5.  WE BELIEVE THAT MAN WAS CREATED AND MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF THE HOLY GOD,  BUT THROUGH ADAM'S TRANSGRESSION AND FALL,  THROUGH THE DECEIT OF THE DEVIL, SIN CAME INTO THE WORLD, YET, JESUS CHRIST,  THE SON OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED TO DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL AND THEREBY GAVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM BY SHEDDING HIS BLOOD TO REDEEM AND RESTORE MAN TO GOD(ROM.5:1-12; 1JOHN 3:8)

6. WE BELIEVE IN THE PERSONAL SALVATION AS A GIFT OF GOD TO MAN, WHICH IS MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE IRRESPECTIVE OF COLOUR,  CREED OR TONGUE BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST JESUS, AND THUS PRODUCING GOOD WORKS THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD(EPH.2:8-9; JAMES 3:14-26).

7. WE BELIEVE IN SPIRITUAL UNITY AND PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS,  WHICH COMPRISE THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH;  BODY OF CHRIST THAT IS COMMISSIONED TO PROCLAIM THE WORLD TO MANKIND WITH MIRACULOUS SIGNS FOLLOWING THEM THAT BELIEVE (1PETER 2:3-10; MARK 16:15-18; MATT. 28:18-20).

8. WE BELIEVE IN THE SANCTIFICATION OF BELIEVERS THROUGH THE SHEDDING OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST AND TRUE HOLINESS OF HEART, CHARACTER AND DISTINCTION FROM WORLDLY SYSTEM WHICH IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH EXEMPLARY LIFE OF LEGACY,  IMPARTATION OF GRACE AND BY CONSCIOUSLY RAISING A HEALTHY CHRISTIAN BODY WITH MORAL CONDUCTS AND GODLY DRESSING APPEARANCES... FOR ONE OUGHT TO DRESS HOW HE/SHE IS TO BE ADDRESSED (COL. 1:14; 1PETER 3:15-17; 1JOHN 2:15; TITUS 2:11-14; 1TIM. 2:8-10).

9. WE BELIEVE IN WATER BAPTISM BY IMMERSION AS THE ORDINANCE AND SYMBOL OF CHRISTIAN'S IDENTIFICATION WITH CHRIST IN HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION. ALSO IN THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE AS DISTINCT FROM THE NEW BIRTH WHICH PRODUCES THE NINE GIFTS AND FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (ACTS 1:8; ACTS 2:1-4, 38-39; ACTS 19:1-7; 1COR. 12:4-11; EPH. 5:22-23).

10. WE BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, THE ETERNAL JOY OF THE SAVED BELIEVERS WHOSE GARMENTS WERE WASHED IN THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LAMB TO SHARE IN THE ENDLESS ECSTASY IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN THE HEAVENLY PARADISE, AND THE ETERNAL PUNISHMENT OF THE LOST SOULS IN     HELL FIRE, THOSE WHO DIED PHYSICALLY IN THEIR SINS WITHOUT ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS THE LORD OF THEIR LIVES (HEB. 9:27; REV. 20:15-20).

11. WE BELIEVE IN SUPERNATURAL HEALING,  SIGNS AND WONDERS AND MIRACLES OF THE SOUL,  SPIRIT AND BODY AND SETTING THE PRISONERS OF THE DEVIL AND DARKNESS FREE BY THE POWER OF GOD THROUGH PRAYERS, FAITH, LAYING ON OF HANDS,  HOLY COMMUNION, ANOINTING OIL, WATER AND MANTLES, PROPHETIC UTTERANCES,  ANOINTING SERVICES, HEALING AND DELIVERANCE MINISTRATIONS, ETC (JAMES 5:14-16; MARK 16:14-18; ISA. 53:4-5; MARK 11:23-24; 2TIM. 1:6; ACTS 19:11-12).

12. WE BELIEVE IN INTENSIVE GOSPEL CAMPAIGN BY REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD, THE NEEDY,  THE POOR,  THE YOUTHS, AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED THROUGH OUR MORAL CARE SERVICES, EVANGELISM TECHNIQUES,  TELEVISION, RADIO, SATELLITE, INTERNET SERVICES, AND MANY MORE MISSIONARY OUTREACHES (MATT. 28:19-20; GAL. 6:9-10).

13. WE BELIEVE IN THE OBLIGATORY NATURE OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS(GEN.14:20; GEN. 28:22; PROV. 3:9-10; MAL. 3:10; 1COR. 16:2,11; 2COR. 9:6-7; HEB. 7:10)