In the Pentecostal churches. the biggest distinction setting them apart from the other Protestant churches is their practice of speaking in tongues as a sign of anointing and Baptism in the Holy Spirit - a special experience following salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service.. Yes the Assemblies of God churches teach that the initial physical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues, as experienced on the Day of Pentecost in the book of Acts and in the Epistles. Another distinct practice of Pentecostals is the laying of hands, for Holy Spirit empowering and the miraculous healing by the power of the Holy Spirit. As the same faith in Jesus Christ that saves also can heal the person but there are no documented cases of visibly evident healing like restored limbs, or restored teeth, since one reaps also what one sows. The divine healing of the sick is a privilege for all real Christians today and is provided for in Christs atonement. Other rightful Fundamental Beliefs, Truths - They believe that any believers can fall from grace as a result of persistent, unrepentant sin or choose to go to hell by their own free will. - All of the Scriptures are inspired by God. -They believe there is One True God revealed in three persons. - They believe in the the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. - They believe in man willingly fell into sin – ushering in evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world. - They believe every person can be restored to fellowship with God through accepting Christs offer of forgiveness and salvation. - They believe in Water Baptism by immersion after salvation, - They believe in the Holy Communion as a symbolic remembrance of Christs suffering and death for our salvation. - They believe in t the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a special experience following salvation that empowers believers for witnessing and effective service. - They believe in the the initial evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues as experienced on the Day of Pentecost. - They believe in the sanctification initially occurs at Salvation, but is also a progressive lifelong process. - They believe in the church has a mission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. - They believe in the a divinely called and God ordained leadership ministry serves the church. - They believe in a New Jerusalem, a new heavens and a new earth that Christ is preparing for all people who have accepted Him. - They believe in the Blessed Hope when Jesus openly not in secret raptures his church upon his return to Earth. - They believe i in the millennial reign of Christ when Jesus returns with his saints at his second coming and begins his rule over earth for 1,000 years. - They believe in the in a final judgment for those who have rejected Christ which is hell. - They believe in the physical ressurrection of the dead, resurrection of our original earthly bodies in heaven
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