Doctrines of The Salvation Army
We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given
by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule of
Christian faith and practice.
We believe that there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the
Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper
object of religious worship.
We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead-the Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost, undivided in essence and co-equal in power and glory.
We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ the Divine and human
natures are united, so that He is truly and properly God and truly and properly
man.
We believe that our first parents were created in a state of
innocency, but by their disobedience they lost their purity and happiness, and
that in consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved,
and as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death
made an atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved.
We believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus
Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation.
We believe that we are justified by grace through faith in our Lord
Jesus Christ and that he that believeth hath the witness in himself.
We believe that continuance in a state of salvation depends upon
continued obedient faith in Christ.
We believe that it is the privilege of all believers to be wholly
sanctified, and that their whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the
body; in the general judgment at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness
of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked.

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