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We
view the Bible as the inspired, infallible Word of God. It gives a true
history of the creation of the heavens, the earth, and of mankind. It
contains the correct prophecy of the ages to come regarding the heavens and
the earth, and the destiny of man. Furthermore, there is no salvation
outside of that which is contained within its pages.
There
is only ONE GOD: the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and of all
mankind. This One God, the I AM, is manifested (revealed) to mankind as
FATHER (Creator), SON (Savior, 1 John 5:20), and Holy Ghost (indwelling
Spirit, Rom. 8:11). God is a Spirit (John 4:24), the Eternal One, the
Creator of all things, and of all men. Thus making Him their Father (through
creation, Malachi 2:10). The Lord is the First and the Last, and beside Him
there is no God (Isa. 44:6). Since it took the shedding of blood for the
remission (forgiveness) of the sins of the world, God as the Father, being a
Spirit, had no blood to shed; so He prepared a body of flesh and blood (Heb.
10:5), that He might fulfill the prophecy of Isa. 43:11, "Beside ME there is
no SAVIOUR". Thus , when Jesus was born into the world, he was "Jehovah Our
Saviour", the One God of the universe, the Lord God Almighty, born as a
man. The Holy Ghost is not the third person in the Godhead. The Holy Ghost
is the Spirit, Jesus Christ coming to dwell in the hearts and lives of those
who receive Him. That is why, when speaking of the Spirit, Jesus said, "I
will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you" (John 14:16-26;Rom. 8:9;
1 Cor. 13:5).
We
believe that everyone experiencing the New Birth, having identified with the
death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, should strive to live a
life of holiness, "without which no man shall see the Lord". The Apostolics
of Boone is in full fellowship with the Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Tri-State District, Section C (Northeast Tennessee & Western North
Carolina).
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