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Metro Praise has 16 truths that it holds as sound doctrine. They are as follows:
1. WE BELIEVE… The Scriptures are
inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind. Genesis to Revelations.
2. WE BELIEVE… There is only One True
God–revealed in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly
known as the Trinity).
3. WE BELIEVE… In the Deity of the
Lord Jesus Christ. As God's Son Jesus was both human and divine
4. WE BELIEVE… Though originally
good, man willingly fell to sin– ushering evil and death, both physical and
spiritual, into the world.
5. WE BELIEVE… Every person can have
restored fellowship with God through 'salvation' (accepting Christ's offer
of forgiveness for sin).
6. WE BELIEVE... And practice two
ordinances—(1) Water Baptism by Immersion after repenting of one's sins
and receiving Christ's gift of salvation, and (2) Holy Communion (the
Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's suffering and death
for our salvation.
7. WE BELIEVE... The Baptism in the
Holy Spirit is a special experience following salvation that
empowers believers for witnessing and effective service, just as it did in
New Testament times.
8. WE BELIEVE... The initial physical
evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit is ‘speaking in tongues,’ as
experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout Acts and the
Epistles.
9. WE BELIEVE... Sanctification
initially occurs at salvation and is not only a declaration that a
believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong process of separating
from evil as believers continually draw closer to God and become more
Christ-like.
10. WE BELIEVE... The Church has a
mission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We believe 'the
Church' is the Body of Christ and consists of the people who, throughout
time, have accepted God's offer of redemption (regardless of religious
denomination) through the sacrificial death of His son Jesus Christ.
11. WE BELIEVE... A Divinely Called and
Scripturally ordained leadership ministry serves the church. The Bible
teaches that each of us under leadership must commit ourselves to reach
others for Christ, to worship Him with other believers, and to build up or
edify the body of believers–the Church.
12. WE BELIEVE... Divine healing of the
sick is a privilege for Christians today and is provided for in Christ's
atonement (His sacrificial death on the cross for our sins).
13. WE BELIEVE... In The Blessed
Hope—When Jesus raptures His Church prior to His return to earth (the
second coming). At this future moment in time all believers who have died
will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air, and
Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord
forever.
14. WE BELIEVE... In The Millennial
Reign of Christ when Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming
and begins His benevolent rule over earth for 1,000 years. At that time
many in the nation of Israel will recognize and accept Him as the Messiah,
the Savior who died for them and all mankind.
15. WE BELIEVE... A Final Judgment will
take place for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for
their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.
16. WE BELIEVE... And look forward to
the perfect new heavens and a new earth that Christ is preparing
for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell
with Him there forever following His millennial reign on earth. 'And so
shall we forever be with the Lord!"
Since we share the doctrines of the Assembly of God you may visit their website to receive indepth scripture reference on all these doctrines - CLICK HERE to visit their site now.
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