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Debbie Rich Ministries believes the following to be true, according to the Word of God...
The Scriptures
The Godhead
Man, His Fall and Redemption
Eternal Life and the New Birth
Water Baptism
Baptism in the Holy Ghost
Sanctification
Divine Healing
Resurrection of the Just and the Return of Our Lord
Hell and Eternal Retribution
THE SCRIPTURES
The Bible is the inspired
Word of God, the product of holy men of old who spoke and
wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The New
Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, we accept as
our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and
doctrine.
(II Tim. 3:16, I Thess. 2:13, II Peter 1:21).
THE GODHEAD
Our God is one, but
manifested in three persons - The Father, The Son, and
The Holy Spirit, being co-equal (Phil. 2:6). God the
Father is greater than all; the sender of the Word
(Logos) and the Begotten (John 14:28, John 16:28, John
1:14). The Son is the Word flesh-covered, the One
Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the
beginning (John 1:1, John 1:18, John 1:14). The Holy
Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son
and is eternal
(John 15:26).
MAN, HIS FALL AND REDEMPTION
Man is a created being,
made in the likeness and image of God, but, through
Adam's transgression and fall, sin came into the world.
"All have sinned and come short of the glory of
God." As it is written, "There is none
righteous, no, not one." Jesus Christ, the Son of
God, was manifested to undo the work of the devil and
gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore
man back to God (Rom. 5:14, Rom. 3:10, Rom. 3:23, I John
3:8). Salvation is the gift of God to man, separate from
works and the law, and is made operative by grace through
faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God.
(Eph. 2:8)
ETERNAL LIFE AND THE NEW BIRTH
Man's first step toward
salvation is godly sorrow that worketh repentance. The
New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced,
produces eternal life.
(II Cor. 7:10, I Jn. 5:12, Jn. 3:3-5)
WATER BAPTISM
Baptism in water is by
immersion, is a direct commandment of our Lord, and is
for believers only. The ordinance is a symbol of the
Christian's identification with Christ in His death,
burial and resurrection (Matt. 28:19, Rom. 6:4, Col.
2:12, Acts 8:36-39). The following recommendations
regarding the water baptismal formula is adopted: to wit:
"On the confession of your faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, and by his authority, I baptize
you in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy
Ghost. Amen."
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST
The Baptism in the Holy
Ghost and fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord
Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is
received subsequent to the New Birth. This experience is
accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other
tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance.
(Matt. 3:11, John 14:16-17, Acts 1:9, Acts 2:38-39, Acts 19:1-7, Acts 2:4)
SANCTIFICATION
The Bible teaches that
without holiness no man can see the Lord. We believe in
the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet
progressive work of grace, commencing at the time of
regeneration and continuing until the consummation of
salvation at Christ's return.
(Heb. 12:14, I Thess. 5:23,
II Peter 3:18, II Cor. 3:18, Phil. 3:12-14, I Cor. 1:30)
DIVINE HEALING
Healing is for the
physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the
power of God through the prayer of faith, and by the
laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement
of Christ, and is the privilege of every member of the
Church today.
(Mark 16:18, James 5:14-15, I Peter 2:24,
Matt 8:1-17, Isa. 53:4-5)
RESURRECTION OF THE JUST
AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD
The angels said to Jesus'
disciples, "This same Jesus shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." His
coming is imminent. When He comes, "...the dead in
Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air...." (Acts 1:11,
I Thess. 4:16-17). Following the Tribulation, He shall
return to earth as King of kings and Lord of lords, and
together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests,
He shall reign a thousand years.
(Rev. 20:6)
HELL AND ETERNAL RETRIBUTION
The one who physically
dies in his sins without accepting Christ is hopelessly
and eternally lost in the Lake of Fire and therefore has
no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or
repenting. The Lake of Fire is literal. The terms
"eternal" and "everlasting" used in
describing the duration of the punishment of the damned
in the Lake of Fire, carry the same thought and meaning
of endless existence as used in denoting the duration of
joy and ecstasy of saints in the presence of God.
(Heb. 9:27, Rev. 19:20)
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