What We Believe

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 The Apostles’ Creed

I  believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in  Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord; which was conceived by the Holy  Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was  crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell [that is, the place  of the departed righteous]; the third day He rose again from the dead;  He ascended into heaven; and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father  Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I  believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic [universal] church; the  communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the  body; and life everlasting. Amen.

Mick Snider Ministries is committed to all doctrine as presented in the Holy Bible. 

We most assuredly embrace these Statements of Faith.

1.  We believe there is but one living and true God, everlasting, of  infinite power, wisdom and goodness; Maker and Preserver of all things,  both visible and invisible. And in the unity of this Godhead, there are  three Persons of one substance of eternal being, and equal in holiness,  justice, wisdom, power, and dignity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy  Ghost.

2. We believe that the Son, who is the Word of the Father,  the very and eternal God, of one substance with the Father, took man’s  nature in the womb of the blessed virgin; so that two whole and perfect  natures, that is to say, the Godhead and the manhood were joined  together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very  God and perfect man, who actually suffered, was crucified, dead, and  buried, to reconcile the Father to us, and to make atonement, not only  for our actual guilt, but also for original sin.

3. We believe  that Christ did truly rise again from the dead, and took again His body,  with all things appertaining to the perfections of man’s nature, and  ascended into heaven and there sits until He shall return to judge all  men at the last day.

4. We believe the Holy Ghost, proceeding  from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty and glory with  the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.

5. We believe in  the verbal and plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, known as the  Bible, composed of sixty-six books and divided into two departments, Old  and New Testaments. We believe the Bible is the Word of God, the full  and complete revelation of the plan and history of redemption.

6.  We believe that eternal life with God in heaven is a portion of the  reward of the finally righteous; and that everlasting banishment from  the presence of the Lord and unending torture in hell are the wages of  the persistently wicked (Matthew 25:46; Psalm 9:17; Revelation 21:7, 8).

7.  We believe that Jesus Christ shed His blood for the remission of sins  that are past, for the regeneration of penitent sinners, and for  salvation from sin and from sinning (Romans 3:25; 1 John 3:5-10;  Ephesians 2:1-10).

8. We believe, teach and firmly maintain the scriptural doctrine of justification by faith alone (Romans 5:1).

9.  We believe that Jesus Christ shed His blood for the complete cleansing  of the justified believer from all indwelling sin and from its  pollution, subsequent to regeneration (1 John 1:7-9).

10. We  believe in sanctification. While sanctification is initiated in regeneration and consummated in glorification, we believe it includes a  definite, instantaneous work of grace achieved by faith subsequent to regeneration (Acts 26:18; 1 John 1:9).  Sanctification delivers from the  power and dominion of sin. It is followed by lifelong growth in grace  and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:16; 2  Peter 3:18).

11. We believe that the Pentecostal baptism of the  Holy Ghost and fire is obtainable by a definite act of appropriating  faith on the part of the fully cleansed believer, and the initial  evidence of the reception of this experience is speaking with other  tongues as the Spirit gives utterance (Luke 11:13; Acts 1:5; 2:1-4;  8:17; 10:44-46; 19:6).

12. We believe in divine healing as in the atonement (Isaiah 53:4, 5; Matthew 8:16, 17; Mark 16:14-18; James  5:14-16; Exodus 15:26).

13. We believe in the imminent, personal,  premillennial second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians  4:15-17; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 3:10-14; Matthew 24:29-44), and love and  wait for His appearing (2 Timothy 4:8).

14. We believe it is the  responsibility of every believer to dedicate his life to carrying out  the work of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20; Acts  1:8).