THE CHURCH OF GOD REFORMATION MOVEMENT EMBRACES THE FOLLOWING BIBLICAL TRUTHS AS THEIR DOCTRINES OF BELIEF.
- WE BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD TO BE THE INERRANT, INFALLIBLE, INSPIRED WORD OF GOD. 2 TIM. 3:16.
- WE BELIEVE IN SALVATION FROM SIN, BY FAITH THROUGH GRACE.
- WE BELIEVE THAT REPENTANCE MUST FOLLOW THE CONFESSION OF SIN. ROM. 10: 9
- WE BELIEVE IN WATER BAPTISM BY EMERSION OF THE ENTIRE BODY. THIS ORDINANCE IS AN OUTWARD SIGN OF AN INWARD GRACE. A DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION.
- WE BELIEVE THE REPENTANT SOUL SHOULD DESIRE THE SINCERE MILK OF THE WORD OF GOD AND GROW IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD OF GOD.
- WE BELIEVE THAT THE SOUL OF MAN THAT TRUSTS IN THAT WORD WILL BE WASHED AND MADE HOLY.
- WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE TEACHES HOLINESS AS A LIFESTYLE.
- WE BELIEVE IN THE SETTING APART OF THE BELIEVER OR SANCTIFICATION. SANCTIFICATION IS SUBSEQUENT TO SALVATION. MANY SAY,” A SECOND DEFINITE WORK OF GRACE”. FOR THE EXTENDED JOURNEY OF LIFE, SANCTIFICATION IS NOT AN OPTION; IT IS THE WILL OF GOD.
- WE BELIEVE IN THE TRINITY, THE TRIUNE GOD. GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON JESUS CHRIST, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- WE BELIEVE THAT SOULS CAN ONLY BE SAVED AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD DRAWS THEM.
- WE BELIEVE THAT SOUL CAN LOSE its RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH DISOBEDIENCE AND NEGLECT, AND CONSEQUENTLY BE LOST.
- WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHILD OF GOD WILL BE FRUITFUL AND HAVE THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT MANIFESTED IN THEIR LIVING.
- WE BELIEVE IN THE UNITY OF ALL THE REDEEMED, THE BLOOD WASHED.
- WE BELIEVE GOD HAS ONE CHURCH, ONE SPIRIT, ONE FATHER, AND ONE LORD.
- WE BELIEVE THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS A PRESENT REALITY, NOT SOMETHING TO COME AT A FUTURE TIME.
- WE HAVE NO CREED BUT CHRIST
- WE ARE NEITHER DENOMINATIONAL NOR PROTESTANT.
- WE ARE NOT SECTARIAN.
- WE DO NOT EMBRACE EMOTIONALISM, LEGALISM, OR ANY OTHER ISM OR SCHISM AS THE BODY OF CHRIST.
- WE BELIEVE THERE IS A HELL TO SHUN AND A HEAVEN TO GAIN.
- WE ARE AMILLINEAL, REJECTING A LITERAL REIGN OF CHRIST UPON THIS EARTH IN THE FUTURE.
- WE PRACTICE THE ORDINANCES OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, WATER BAPTISM, AND FEET WASHING.
- WE BELIEVE IN DIVINE PHYSICAL HEALING.
- WE BELIEVE ONE IS A JEW BY SPIRITUAL BIRTH OR CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART.
- WE BELIEVE THAT SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD, AND CHRIST’S DEATH ON CALVARY GAVE US POWER TO LIVE WITHOUT SIN IN THIS PRESENT WORLD. SINNING IS A CHOICE, NOT AN ACTION BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE BELIEVER.
- WE BELIEVE IN THE CHURCH, THE BODY, THE BRIDE OF CHRIST. THESE ARE DESCRIBED IN THE WORD OF GOD, EPH. 1: 22-23 AND EPH. 3: 15. THIS FAMILY OF BELIEVERS IS GOD’S FAMILY AND IT HAS HIS NAME, CHURCH OF GOD.
- WE BELIEVE THAT SALVATION MAKES YOU A MEMBER IN GOD’S CHURCH AND HE WRITES YOUR NAME IN THE LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE. MAN DOES NOT PUT YOU IN AND MAN CANNOT PUT YOU OUT.
- WE BELIEVE IN A BODILY RESURRECTION AND A GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT.
- WE BELIEVE IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT ALL BE SAVED. GOD GIVES EVERY MAN A FREE WILL TO CHOOSE HEAVEN THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO HIM OR HELL IN DENYING THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS HIS SON.