Covenant Partners

CHURCH DOCTRINE

THE BIBLE
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God and contains one harmonious and sufficiently complete system of doctrine. We believe in the full inspiration of the Word of God. We hold the Word of God to be the only authority in all matters and assert that no doctrine can be true or essential, if it does not find a place in this Word.

THE FATHER
We believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Author and Creator of all things.

THE SON
We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. We believe that Jesus was and is eternal in his person and nature as the Son of God who was with God in the beginning of creation. (John 1:1) We believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin. (Matthew 1:18) We believe that Jesus Christ became the “suffering servant” to man; this suffering servant came seeking to redeem man from sin and to reconcile him back to God, his Father (Roman 5:10). We believe that Jesus Christ is standing now as mediator between God and Man. (1Tim. 2:5)

THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is the third person in the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a gift bestowed upon the believer for the purpose of equipping and empowering the believer, making him a more effective witness for service in the world. He teaches and guides one into all truth. (John 16:13; Act 1:8; 8:39)

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Ghost is an experience subsequent to conversion and sanctification and that tongue-speaking is the consequence of the baptism in the Holy Ghost with the manifestations of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23; Acts 10:46, 19:1-6). We believe that we are not baptized with the Holy Ghost in order to be saved (Acts 19:1-6; John 3:5). When one receives the baptismal of the Holy Ghost, we believe one will speak with a tongue unknown to oneself according to the sovereign will of Christ. To be filled with the Spirit means to be Spirit controlled. Eph 5:18-19.

MAN
We believe that man was creates holy by God, in his image. We believe that man, by nature, is sinful and unholy. Being born in sin, he needs to be born again, sanctified and cleansed from all sins by the blood of Jesus. We believe that man is saved by confessing and forsaking his sins, and believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, and that having become a child of God, by being born again and adopted into the family of God, he may, and should, claim the inheritance of the sons of God, namely the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Gen.1:27; Gen 1:31; Gen 3:6-24; Rom 5:19; Isa 53:6; Eph 2:13; Ezek 18:19-20.

SIN
Sin, the Bible teaches, began in the angelic world (Ez 28:11-19; Isa 14:12-20), and is transmitted into the blood of the human race through disobedience and deception motivated by unbelief (I Tim 2:14). Sin is a volitional transgression against God and a lack of conformity to the will of God. We, therefore, conclude that man by nature is sinful and that he has fallen from a glorious and righteous state from which he was created, and has become unrighteous and unholy. Man, therefore, must be restored to his state of holiness from which he has fallen by being born again. (John 3:7)

SALVATION
The redemptive operation of the Holy Ghost upon sinners is brought about by repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ which brings conversion, faith, justification regeneration, sanctification, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Repentance is the work of God, which results in a change of mind in respect to man’s relationship to God (Matthew 3:1-2, 4:17; Acts 20:21). Faith is a certain conviction wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit, as to the truth of the Gospel and a heart trust in the promises of God in Christ (Roman 1:17, 3:28; Matthew 9:22, Acts 26:16). Conversion is that act of God whereby He causes the regenerated sinner, in his conscious life, to turn to Him in repentance and faith (II Kings 5:15; 11 Chronicles 33:12-13; Luke 19:8-9; Acts 8:30. Regeneration is the act of God by which the principle of the new life is implanted in man, and the governing disposition of soul is made holy and the first holy exercise of this new disposition is secured. Sanctification is that gracious and continuous operation of the Holy Ghost, by which He delivers the justified sinner from the pollution of sin, renews his whole nature in the image of god and enables him to perform good works (Romans 6:4; 5-6; Col 2:12; 3:1)

SANCTIFICATION
We believe that sanctification is the process by which, according to the will of God, we are made partakers of his holiness; that it is a progressive work; that it is begun in regeneration; and it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the Sealer and Comforter, in the continual use of the appointed means, especially the word of God, self examination, self denial, watchfulness, and prayer. 1Thess4:3; 1Thes5:23; Heb 6:1; 2 Peter 1:5-8; Phil 3:12-16.

ANGELS
Angels are known in the Bible as a heavenly body. Angels are denoted as ambassadors of God. (Rev 4:5). Which indicates their duties are to praise God (Ps 103:20), to do God’s will and to behold his face. But since heaven must come down to earth, they also have a mission to earth. The Bible indicated that they accompanied God in the Creation, and also that they will accompany Christ in His return in Glory.