As we are almost at the end of this dispensation and false teachings are emerging more in disguise, we recognize the importance of doctrines of our Holy God to be affirmed for the believers of TFHAG Church. To avoid being misled, it is important for every believer of TFHAG Church to have a firm grounding in the fundamental doctrines of the Holy Bible. It aims at a cross functional both vertical as well as horizontal relationship between God and men around our society. Living in a harmonious atmosphere of faith and love is the key foundation of any nation and its subjects. God is infinitely higher than we are, therefore we should not expect to be able to fully understand Him. An infinite God cannot be fully described by anything/anyone in creation.
Jehovah God is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit -- three Persons, one God. Tertullian (160-215 AD) explained, "We define that there are two, the Father and the Son, and three with the Holy Spirit, and this number is made by the pattern of salvation... They are three, not in dignity, but in degree, not in substance but in form, not in power but in kind. They are of one substance and power, because there is one God from whom these degrees, forms and kinds devolve in the name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit" (Adv. Prax. 23; PL 2.156-7). However, we cannot confine God to a mere article of faith. We therefore, offer the following statement as a summary.
1 GOD
1.1 THE ETERNAL GODHEAD
We believe that there is only one God, the creator and the Lord of the universe, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, distinguishable but indivisible. (Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 44:6-8, Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 2:13, 13:14)
1.1.1 FATHER
The Bible teaches that the Father is God. (Exodus 3:14, Phil 1:2)
1.1.2 SON
The Scripture says Son Jesus is God. (Titus 2:13, John 10;30, John 3:16, Colossians 1:15)
1.1.3 HOLY SPIRIT
The Scripture teaches that Holy Spirit is God. (Genesis 1:2, Acts 5:3-4, Ephesians 4:30)
1.2 THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
We believe that the Bible consists of sixty-six books, thirty-nine of which are in the Old Testament and twenty-seven in the New Testament, which are divinely inspired and the only infallible authoritative word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Matthew 5:18, 1 Corinthians 2:13)
1.3 MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the One guiding the Church in its various functions as it is the body of Christ. Though every service is disciplined according to the pattern of the Word of God, when the Holy Spirit gives special guidance, then the Church abides by that direction (Acts 13:2, 15:28).
2 ANGELS
2.1 MINISTERING SPIRITS
Angels are spirits. We believe there are ministering spirits God sends to guide and help his people in times of need (Psalms 104:4, Hebrew 1:7, Psalms 34:7, 91:11, Hebrews 1:14, 13:2).
2.2 SATAN
Satan is a created being by God. He was an anointed Cherub in the presence of God. He fell from his place of honour and became an adversary to God. He raises his rebellion through man on earth. (Ezekiel 28:13 -14, 18, Isaiah 14:12-14, 1 Peter 5:8-9, Ephesians 6:12)
3 MAN
3.1 CREATION OF MAN
God created man in His own image and he created them as male and female. (Genesis 1:27, 5:1, Deuteronomy 4:32, Isaiah 45:12)
3.2 THE FALL OF MAN
Man disobeyed God's law and become sinful. He became spiritually dead and separated from God. All human beings are sinners, both by birth and choice due to Adam's disobedience. As a result, man is by nature depraved, under condemnation and unable to attain unto divine righteousness. (Genesis 3:1-24, Ezekiel 18:4, 20, Romans 3:23)
3.3 TRIPARTITE BEING
We believe that man is a soul living in a body and having a spirit (Isaiah 42:5, 57:15-16, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Isaiah 57:16, Exodus 1:5, Ezekiel 18:4).
4 RECONCILIATION
4.1 JUSTIFICATION
We believe that Justification is an act of removing the guilt and punishment of sin while a sinner is declared righteous through faith in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary. (Rom 4:25, 5:1, 8-11, 16-18, 30)
4.2 SANCTIFICATION
We believe that, sanctification is a need in every believer of TFHAG who have been justified by the righteousness of God. It is the Lord Jesus who justifies and set apart a believer to worship Him alone. (2 Corinthians 7:1, Exodus 29:43, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 6:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4, Hebrew 2:11)
4.3 FORGIVENESS FROM GOD
We believe that our sins must be forgiven by God. Therefore, we must ask God for forgiveness and receive the forgiveness by faith. The method instituted by God through the Scripture is believe in the shed blood of Jesus on the Cross. (Psalms 130:4, Daniel 9:9, Acts 5:31, 13:38, 26:18, Ephesians 1;7, Colossians 1:14, 1 John 1:7)
4.4 SALVATION
We believe that we have no righteousness of our own and need to come to God pleading for the righteousness of Christ; and salvation is only through Christ Jesus (Rom 10:10, Ephesians 1:13, 2:8, Titus 2:11, Philippians 2:12, Acts 4:12).
4.4.1 BORN AGAIN
We believe that the change taking place in the heart at conversion, being born again, is a very real one. (John 3:3-8, 1 Peter 1:23)
4.4.2 WATER BAPTISM
We believe that water baptism is an act of obedience to the command of Jesus Christ. It is the fulfillment of God's counsel and His righteousness over a believer. Moreover, it is an identification of Jesus's death, burial and resurrection while we believe that Jesus died, buried and rose again. It gives a higher conscience in a believer as a disciple of Jesus Christ to walk in the newness of life. We institute a full immersion baptism to our believers as the scripture teaches. (Matthew 3:13-15, 28:19, Luke 7:29, Acts 2:36-38, 8:16, 10:48, 19:1-5, Romans 6:4-5, 1 Peter 3:19-21).
4.4.3 HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM
We believe that Holy Spirit baptism is to empower the believer and this is in no way different to the infilling experience of the Holy Spirit (Mathew 3:11, Mark 1:8, Acts 1:8, 2:4).
4.4.4 PRAYER
We believe that prayer is the talking language to our Heavenly Father, who loves to fellowship with His children. It is one of the basic foundations of our spiritual progression. (Ephesians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 1 Timothy 2:8, Jude 1:20)
4.4.5 THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE
We believe that it is the will of God that we walk in the Spirit daily (Romans 8:1, Galatians 5:16, Ephesians 2:10, 4:30-32)
4.4.6 DAILY CHRISTIAN LIVING
We believe that it is the will of God that we be sanctified daily; a life of separation from the world to live a life of holiness producing the fruit of the Spirit (Hebrew 6:1, 12:14, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Galatians 5:22-23).
4.4.7 LORD'S TABLE
We believe in the commemoration of the Lord’s Supper by the symbolic use of bread and juice of the vine instituted by the Lord for believers. Those who are born-again, water-baptized in full immersion, and who have a consistent life in Jesus Christ and in His Word are eligible to partake. (Matthew 26:26-29, Acts 2:38- 42, 1 Corinthians 11:23-30)
4.4.8 SECURITY OF SALVATION
We believe that though salvation is absolutely a gift of God, holiness and separation have to be maintained, else salvation can be lost (Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 2:12, Hebrews 6;4-8, Revelation 2:5, 3:11,16).
5 SOCIETY
5.1 CIVIL GOVERNMENT
We believe that Government rules are to be honoured at all times except in things opposed to the will of God (Romans 13:1-5, 1 Timothy 6:1-2).
5.2 HARMONY
As the disciples of Jesus Christ, every believer of TFHAG must adhere to live in peace with one another. (Romans 12:18, Hebrew 12:14)
6 LINEAGE
6.1 CHILDREN
We believe children are a blessing from God. They are sanctified by the Lord and are under the grace of the believing parent till the age of discernment of good and evil. (Psalms 127:3 - 5, Mathew 19:14, 1 Corinthians 7:14)
6.2 PARENTHOOD
Christian parenthood accompanies a high calling and responsibility as a disciple of Jesus Christ. As a fundamental building block of the society, TFHAG stands to produce a generation of God seekers in this present day. Parents should keep the holiness of marriage so that the seed remains pure and undefiled. (Ephesians 6:4, Hebrew 2:14, Proverbs 22:6, Lamentation 3:27)
6.3 MARRIAGE
We believe that marriage is God-ordained. Marriage is to be an exclusive relationship, a lifelong faithful union between a man and a woman. This relationship between a husband and wife should parallel the relationship between Christ and the Church (Ephesians 5:23-30, Matthew 19:45).
6.4 FAMILY
We believe that morality, equality, strength and support of the society come from family bonding. Family produces descendants of common ancestral traits. Family unit is; a group consisting of two parents and children whom God gives through holy matrimony. The concept of a Christian family is to be in God's purposes; thus each unit becomes Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. Any family dispute must be settled in the light of the Scripture so that immorality won't take its root in the family unit (1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:12, Titus 1:6, Hebrew 13:4, Galatians 3:29, 1 Corinthians 7:5).
7 FELLOWSHIP
7.1 CHURCH
We believe that the church is the redeemed body of God’s people of all time, of which Jesus Christ is both the head and the cornerstone. It is local and universal, visible and invisible, consisting of all those who have obeyed the Gospel. (Matthew 18:17, 16:18, 1 Peter 2:4-7, 1 Corinthians 12:13)
7.2 TRUTH & SPIRIT WORSHIP
We believe that God is Spirit and must worship in spirit and in truth. (1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 1:5-6, John 4:23-25)
7.3 CHURCH WORSHIP
We believe it is a sacred duty to identify ourselves with fellow believers, who walk in the newness of life. It is a time to fellowship for exhorting, encouraging and building up each other spiritually, mentally and emotionally. (Acts 16:5, Hebrews 10:25, Galatians 6:1-2)
7.4 GREAT COMMISSION
We believe in the great commission Jesus gave to us to transform lives all over the world. (Mathew 28:18-20, 2 Corinthians 5:20)
7.5 EVANGELISM
We believe that every church member should actively engage in spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ among all nations. (Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 1:8, 20:20)
7.6 MODERATION
We believe that the experience and walk of the believer should never lead him to fanaticism (Ephesians 5:16, Philippians 4:5, Colossians 4:5).
7.7 TITHES & OFFERINGS
Going for the unreached is always an expensive matter as it costed the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that the method ordained by God to reach out the unreached is by the financial support of its believers through tithes and free-will offerings (Malachi 3:10, 2 Corinthians 9:7).
7.8 FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
The Christian life is a battle of the sinful flesh against the new nature given by Christ. As fallen human beings, we are still trapped in a body that desires sinful things. As the temple of the Holy Spirit, believers will be helped by the Holy Spirit to have His fruit in us and His power available to conquer the acts of the sinful nature. (2 Corinthians 5:17, Philippians 4:13, Galatians 5:22-23)
7.9 GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit has bestowed gifts upon the believers for the edification of the Church body and to reach out the unreached. (Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11, 1 Peter 4:11)
7.10 FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY
The church ministry has five offices - apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers – who are called and separated by the Holy Spirit and not by any organization or by anybody’s desire or merit or talent. (Ephesians 2:20, 4:11-13)
7.11 RAPTURE
We believe that Jesus Christ will return to this earth in person, to take away the bride i.e., the church, and that his coming is imminent. (1 Thessalonians 4: 16- 17)
7.12 SECOND COMING
We believe that Jesus Christ will return to this earth with His saints and the angels visibly in power and in glory to establish His Kingdom. (John 14:3, Acts 1:11)
7.13 PRE-TRIBULATION
We believe the rapture will take place before the tribulation which the Bible teaches. (Mathew 24:36, 42, 44, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17)
8 TEACHINGS
8.1 FOUNDATION
We believe that our Christian faith is laid on strong scriptural footings. As foundation is important for buildings, so is it important for the Temple of God i.e., man. (Psalms 11:3, 89:14, 102:25, Luke 6:48, 1 Corinthians 3:11, Ephesians 1:4, 2:20)
8.1.1 APOSTOLIC
The Scripture teaches a strong foundation for each believer through the Apostolic prophecies and teachings, bring a solid balance on the establishment of the past, present and future of Christian faith. (Hebrews 3:1, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, 2 Timothy 1:11, Mathew 28:18-20, Ephesians 2:20, 3:5, 4:11-12, 2 Peter 3:2)
8.1.2 PROPHETIC
Prophetic utterance of the Old Testament declares that the salvation brought by Jesus Christ is true and beneficial for the whole mankind. (Isaiah 9:6-7, 28:16, 53:3-11, Acts 2:22-36, 1 Peter 1:20-21)
8.1.3 SCRIPTURE
We believe that, Scripture is the plans, instructions and spiritual road map for a believer in Jesus Christ during their earthly journey. (Daniel 10:21, Acts 1:16, 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
8.2 MEDIATOR
We believe that Jesus Christ is the only one mediator and Saviour of every born again believer. (1 Timothy 2:5-6, Galatians 3:19-20, Hebrews 8:6, 9:15, 12:24, Hebrews 7:24-25)
8.3 FAITH
We believe in the prophecies given from the beginning of the world system about the saviour Jesus Christ as the son of God. (Genesis 3:15, Deuteronomy 18:15, Isaiah 8:6-7, 53:3-12, Mathew 1:23, Luke 1:35, Acts 4:12, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 4:13, 2 Timothy 2:8, Hebrews 9:28)
9 JUDGEMENT
9.1 JUDGEMENT OF MAN
Due to the holiness of God, whoever dead or alive comes under the righteous judgment of the Holy God. (Ecclesiastes 3:17, Romans 2:16, Hebrew 9:27)
9.1.1 FIRST RESURRECTION
We believe that Judgment of man has two phases. The process starts with resurrection from the dead called First resurrection followed by judgement of the redeemed. It happens with the rapture of the Church. (Daniel 12:2-3, John 5:28-29, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Revelation 20:4-6)
9.1.2 SECOND RESURRECTION
The resurrection of the dead happens only after the new millennial reign of Jesus with His saints. Those who were not part of the first resurrection will rise accordingly for their judgement. (Acts 17:31, Revelation 20:12-13, 15)
9.2 JUDGEMENT OF SATAN
We believe in the reality and the personality of Satan and the final judgment of him and the fallen angels. (Luke 4:1-13, Ephesians 6:12, Matthew 25:41)
9.3 JUDGMENT OF THE REDEEMED
We believe that our God is a righteous Saviour. His Kingdom is established on holiness and righteousness. His judgements are true and perfect. God test everyone to the heavenly measure and proves righteous. (Psalms 19:9, Romans 5:8-9, 8:1-2, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Peter 4:17, Revelation 16:7)
9.4 HELL
We believe that hell is the place of eternal torment for all who reject Christ as the Saviour. (Revelation 20:10, 5)