BAPTISM: We believe in and teach water baptism by immersion and that it is essential to Salvation and is commanded by scripture and that it should be administered by an authorized God called minister of the Gospel, in the name of the Lord ( Jesus Christ ) as practiced by the Apostles “ Acts 2:37-38, 8:16, 19:4 , Gal. 3:27” and not by titles such as ( Father, Son, Holy Ghost ) . God was manifested
in the flesh ( Jesus Christ), justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory ‘ ITim.3:16. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God “John 1:1 and the Word (GOD) was made flesh “John 1:14” God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself “2Cor. 5:19, for in him (JESUS) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily “ Col.2:9” JESUS CHRIST and GOD are the same substance. I ( JESUS CHRIST ) and my Father ( GOD) are one “ John 10:30”. For what the Law (first Covenant)
could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, SACRIFICES OF BULLS AND GOATS , Rom. 8:3, Heb. 10:34 God sending his son, prepared himself a body (JESUS) to dwell in and to be the sacrifice for the sins of the world “Heb.10:5-12” the Lamb of God. COMMUNION: Whereas the word Communion expresses Fellowship, we believe in communion with God through the Spirit, as
typified in the shadows of the Old Testament and taught by Jesus Christ and the Apostles in the New Testament. In order to have this fellowship with God we must be a partaker of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ through the
Spirit, as there is no spiritual life outside of him. We believe that the literal emblems of bread and fruit of the vine used at the Passover were “shadows of good things to come” and as they were partaking of these emblems Jesus said “ this is my body which is broken for you and this is my blood which is shed for the remission of sins” Matt. 26: 17-29, Mk. 14: 12-25, Lu. 22:1-20, ICor. 11: 23-27, that since Christ our Passover instituted at the time of the Exodus of Israel from Egypt “Ex.12” is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God “The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness , peace and
joy in the Holy Ghost “Rom. 14:17. When we are all Baptized into the Body of Christ “ ICor. 10:16” for we being many are one Bread and one Body, for we are all partakers of that one Bread “ICor.10:17. We believe in partaking
of the flesh and of the blood of the Lord through the Spirit as referred to by the scripture “ John 6: 48-63. We hold then that partaking of natural or literal elements is not essential to our Salvation and therefore refrain from partaking thereof.
