EL-Bethel Apostolic Church of God

The Sinner Man/Woman (born in sin, separated from God)

sin is a trandgression of the Word and the commandment(s) of the Living God, a deliberate, rebellious act of disobedience of the known will of God, a violation against the spiritual, moral and religious Laws of God.

Psalm 51:3-5

Isaiah 59:1-2

St. Matthew 1:21

St. John 1:29

St. John 3:16-18

Romans 3:23

Romans 5:12-14

2 Corinthians 5:21

The Disciple (the repentant sinner who learns of Christ and follows after Him)

a student, a learner and a follower, one who is a follower and a learner of a Leader, an active follower of a Leader of a Religious Movement, a follower of another and believes, receives and embraces the teachings and instructions from the Leader, to be a follower of Jesus Christ is to be a Christian, Christ-Like, someone who has been called and chosen to follow and embrace the Movement.

discipleship

teaching, learning and training that corrents, instructs and molds according to holy, righteous and godly morals, chastisement, punishment, to inflict pain or penalty, a rule of system of laws, regulations, a code to govern spiritual, moral conduct and behavior.

St. Matthew 4:12-21

St. Matthew 9:9-13

St. Matthew 10:1-4 (St. Mark 3:13-21 & St. Luke 6:16)

St. Mark 15:33-41

St. John 1:35-51

St. John 3:22-29

St. John 4:1-2

St. John 15:14-16

Acts 1:15-26

THE DISCIPLE IS NOT ONLY ONE WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN AND CALLED TO FOLLOW JESUS AND HAS ACCEPTED THE CALLING (REPENTANCE), BUT HAVING ALSO BEEN BAPTIZED BY WATER (BURIAL) AND FURTHERMORE HAS BEEN BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY GHOST-SPIRIT (RESURRECTION-BORN AGAIN) AND SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES (BORN AGAIN).

St. Matthew 28:16-20 

St. Luke 24:44-53

St. John 14:15-26

St. John 15:18-26

St. John 16:7-13

Acts 1:8

Acts 2:1-4

Acts 2:36-47

The Apostle (one being sent and possesses unique qualifications based on one's calling)

to send forth as a witness and an ambassador for the One sending them, to send forth as a messenger, to work in partnership with the Sender, the Apostle is qualified by their personal calling and experience(s) which includes:

(1) seeing the Lord Jesus Christ and being an eye-witness to His (death, burial & resurrection) (Acts 1:22, 1 Corinthians 9:1, 15:1-11 & Galatians 2:20-21) and/or faith related experiences (St. John 20:19-31).

(2) being invested with miraculous sign-gifts (St. Mark 16:9-20, Acts 5:12-16, 28:1-9, 1 Corinthians 12:1-31, 13:1-13 & Hebrews 2:1-4).

(3) being chosen by the Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit of the Living God (St. Matthew 10:1-4, St. John 15:14-17, Acts 1:12-26 & 1 Corinthians 15:3-9).

The Apostles' are THE FOUNDATION of the Church of God in union with its Head, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

St. Matthew 7:24-27

St. Matthew 16:13-19

1 Corinthians 3:10-13

Galatians 1:3-10

Ephesians 2:19-22

1 Peter 2:1-10

1 Timothy 3:15-16

2 Timothy 2:19

The Apostles' are THE REPRESENTATIVES AND AMBASSADORS of Jesus Christ in proclaiming the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, His Message and His Works.

St. Luke 24:44-53

St. John 20:21-23

Acts 1:6-8

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

1 John 1:1-6

The Apostles' (The Church) makes THE PERSONAL AND FINAL CALL of salvation through the SON OF GOD in the Name of Jesus Christ.

St. Matthew 11:28-30

St. John 3:1-7

St. John 3:15-21

St. John 10:7-11

St. John 11:25-26

Acts 2:36-43

Acts 3:18-19

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

2 Corinthians 6:14-18

1 John 2:15-17

Hebrews 1:1-4

Hebrews 2:3-4

Revelation 18:4-5

The Conversion:

Identifying with the death/crucifixion (repentance), burial (water baptism) and the resurrection (spiritual baptism) of the Lord Jesus Christ, BORN AGAIN.

conversion is the state of being converted, to change into another form, substance, product and/or state, something that is changed from one use, function and/or purpose to another, one who has been transformed and converted from one religious belief and practice to another.

Conversion in the NAME of JESUS

"Jesus/Yahshua is the NAME of the Lord (Yahweh) God (Elohim) and we do all things in the NAME of Jesus because as God's children, the Bride of Christ, we take on HIS NAME because we are HIS PROPERTY (Acts 20:28, 1 Corinthians 6:15-20, 7:23), we take on the NAME of Jesus as his Bride such as a bride takes on the name of her husband"

always keep the NAME in mind when searching the scriptures because when we speak about God we speak about HIS PERSON and HE has a NAME and there is NO OTHER NAME under heaven given among men

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

Isaiah 7:14

Isaiah 9:6-7

Isaiah 52:6

St. Matthew 1:18-25

St. Matthew 28:16-20

St. Mark 16:15-20

St. Luke 24:44-53

St. John 3:16-18

St. John 5:39-47

St. John 20:30-31

Acts 2:36-43

Acts 4:10-12

Romans 6:3-7

Romans 10:8-17

2 Corinthians 5:17-19

Philippians 2:5-11

Colossians 3:17

Hebrews 1:1-4

Born Again...

          Twice Born

Repentance, Water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Ghost

Jesus said you must be born again of both the water and of the Spirit...

St. Matthew 28:18-20;

St. Mark 16:15-16;

St. Luke 24:46-49;

St. John 3:3-8;

St. John 7:37-39;

St. John 14:15-26;

St. John 15:18-27;

St. John 16:7-15;

St. John 20:21-23;

Acts 1:4-8;

Acts 2:1-4;

Acts 2:37-39;

Save yourself by making the choice to be saved in the only saving Name, Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Saviour and God.