WHAT WE BELIEVE
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THE BIBLE TO BE THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD
2 TIMOTHY 3:15-16
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THERE IS ONE GOD, ETERNALLY EXISTENT IN THREE PERSONS: FATHER, SON, & HOLY GHOST
DEUTERONOMY 6:4; MATTHEW 28:19; JOHN 14:16-17
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IN REPENTANCE
MARK 1:15; LUKE 13:3; ACTS 3:19
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IN JUSTIFICATION
ROMANS 5:1; TITUS 3:7
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IN THE NEW BIRTH
JOHN 3:3; 1 PETER 1:23
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IN SANCTIFICATION SUBSEQUENT TO JUSTIFICATION
ROMANS 5:2; 1 COR. 1:30 & 6:11; 1 THESS. 4:3; 2 THESS 2:13; HEBREWS 13:12; 1 PETER 1:2
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IN HOLINESS
LUKE 1:75; 1 THESS. 4:7;
HEBREWS 12:14
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IN WATER BAPTISM
MATTHEW 28:19; JOHN 3:22, 23;
ACTS 8:36, 38
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IN BAPTISM (FILLING) WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT SUBSEQUENT TO THE CLEANSING IN SANCTIFICATION
MATTHEW 3:11; LUKE 24:29,53; ACTS1:4-8
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IN SPEAKING IN TONGUES AS THE SPIRIT GIVES THE UTTERANCE AS THE INITIAL EVIDENCE OF THE FILLING IN THE HOLY GHOST
JOHN 15:16; ACTS 2:4, 10:44-46, 19:1-7; ISAIAH 28:11
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IN SPIRITUAL GIFTS
1 COR. 12:1, 7, 10, 28, 31; 14:1
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IN SIGNS FOLLOWING BELIEVERS
MARK 16:17-20; ROMANS 15:18-19; HEBREWS 2:4
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IN THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
ROMANS 6:22; GALATIONS 5:22-23; EPHESIANS 5:9; PHILLIPPIANS 1:11
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IN DIVINE HEALING PROVIDED FOR ALL IN THE ATONEMENT
PSALM 103:3; ISAIAH 53:4-5; MATTHEW 8:16; JAMES 5:14-16; 1 PETER 2:24
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IN THE LORD’S SUPPER
LUKE 22:17-20;
1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26
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IN TITHING AND GIVING
MALACHI 3:10; LUKE 6:38
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IN THE PREMILLENNIAL SECOND COMING OF JESUS— 1ST TO RESURRECT THE DEAD SAINTS AND TO CATCH AWAY THE LIVING SAINTS TO HIM IN THE AIR
1 COR. 15:52; 1 THESS. 4:15-17;
2 THESS 2:1
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2ND) TO REIGN ON THE EARTH A THOUSAND YEARS
ZECHARIAH 14:4; 2 THESS 1:7-10, JUDE 14:15; REV 5:10; 19:11-21; 20:4-6
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IN RESURRECTION
JOHN 3:3; 1 PETER 1:23
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IN ETERNAL LIFE FOR THE RIGHTEOUS
LUKE 19:30; JOHN 10:28; ROMANS 6:22; 1 JOHN 5:11-13
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IN ETERNAL PUNISHMENT FOR THE WICKED
MATTHEW 25:41-46; MARK 3:29;
2 THESS. 1:8-9; REVELATION 20:10-15; 21:8
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MARRIAGE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY
Marriage — Highest Praise defines marriage as the permanent, exclusive, comprehensive, and conjugal “one flesh” union of one man and one woman, intrinsically ordered to procreation and biological family, and in furtherance of the moral, spiritual, and public good of binding father, mother and child. (Genesis 1:27-28, Genesis 2:18-24, Matthew 19:4-9, Mark 10:5-9, Ephesians 5:31-33)
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Sexual Immorality — Highest Praise believes that sexual acts outside marriage are prohibited as sinful. Consequently, Highest Praise members must resist and refrain from any and all sexual acts outside marriage — including but not limited to adultery, fornication, incest, zoophilia, pornography, prostitution, masturbation, voyeurism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, sodomy, polygamy, polyamory, solo-gamy, or same-sex sexual acts. (Exodus 20:14, Leviticus 18:7-23, Leviticus 20:10-21, Deuteronomy 5:18, Matthew 15:19, Matthew 5:27-28, Matthew 15:19, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-13, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, Hebrews 13:4, Galatians 5:19, Ephesians 4:17-19, Colossians 3:5)
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Sexual Identity — Highest Praise believes that God created mankind in His image: male (man) and female (woman), sexually different but with equal personal dignity. Consequently, Highest Praise members must affirm their biological sex and refrain from any and all attempts to physically change, alter, or disagree with their predominant biological sex — including but not limited to elective sex-reassignment, transvestite, transgender, or non-binary “genderqueer” acts or conduct. (Genesis 1:26-28, Romans 1:26-32, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
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