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The Faithful Church
of God in Laodicea,
a gospel driven Church,
believes that:
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Jesus Christ is the
Head of the Church
(Eph. 5:23).
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The Holy Bible is
the sure Word of God
(1 Thess. 2:13, Heb.
4:12 etc).
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God is a Family.
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The Holy Spirit is
the power of God
given as a gift from
Him upon belief in
the gospel message,
true repentance and
baptism (Acts 2:38,
Mk. 1:15).
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The end-time Elijah
is yet to come on
the scene to restore
all things (Matt.
17:11).
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The first
resurrection will
take place at the
sound of the last
trump, when the dead
in Christ will be
raised, and those in
the Church who are
still alive, will be
changed to meet
Christ in the
clouds. God’s people
will be born into
the Family of God (1
Cor. 15:52). The
resurrection for the
rest of mankind will
take place after the
Millennium (Rev.
20:5).
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It is evident that
Mr. Herbert W.
Armstrong fulfilled
an important role in
this end time by
preaching the good
news of the coming
Kingdom of God as a
witness. During Mr.
Armstrong’s
administration the
Church had a
membership of well
over 120,000
members, thousands
of coworkers, and
funds to fulfill a
major work of
preaching and
distributing the
gospel via
television, print
(over 8,000,000
copies of the Plain
Truth magazines
printed per month
and millions of
booklets
distributed),
personal appearance
campaigns and more.
These abundant
resources were given
to Mr. Armstrong to
preach the gospel to
the World to an
extent which
presumably will be
unparalleled until
the Two Witnesses
come on the scene
(Rev. 10:11; Rev.
11:1-3); the
dramatic increase in
membership during
Mr. Armstrong’s
ministry attests to
this. The Faithful
Church of God in
Laodicea has a
responsibility to
continue to preach
the gospel in the
lead up to the
commencement of the
work of the Two
Witnesses.
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The Faithful Church
of God in Laodicea
continues to grow in
grace and knowledge
as directed and
inspired by the Head
of the Church, Jesus
Christ (2 Pet.
3:18).
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All the many split
and splintered
groups that have
been scattered by
the shepherds (Jer.
23:1, 50:6; Ezek.
34:5) resulting in
the ‘falling way’
from Truth (2 Thess.
2:3), form the
sleeping virgins
discussed in Matt.
25.
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Baptized members who
have returned to the
Babylonian system
and doctrines of the
World, form part of
the Mother Church
and Protestant
Daughters which are
Biblically referred
to as the Synagogue
of Satan (Rev. 3:9).
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Christ spilled His
blood through death
to pay the penalty
for our sins (1 Jn.
1:7; Eph. 1:7; Rev.
1:5; Rom 5:8-9).
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