SECTION 4. THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Church believes:

a. that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, possessing all the attributes of Deity; and, that in essence He is equally God. (Acts 5:3, 4; 2 Corinthians 13:14).

b. that the Holy Spirit is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration and sanctification, and has baptised all believes into the Body of Christ, indwelling equally and permanently every believer, and sealing them unto the day of redemption.  (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13, 14).

c. that every unregenerated person, the moment he exercises faith in Christ as Saviour, immediately possesses the Holy Spirit.  (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; Galatians 4:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:8).

d. that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth through the Bible, that He sovereignly bestows spiritual gifts upon believers; and that it is the privilege and duty f all the saved to be filled (controlled) with the Holy Spirit.  (John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 12:4-7; Ephesians 5:18).

e. that the revelatory gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased with the completion of the Scripture Canon (1 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Peter 1:19, 21; Ephesians 2:20; Hebrews 2:3, 4; Revelation 22:18).

f. We believe that the New Testament gift of tongues was an actual foreign language and not an ecstatic repetitive gibberish  (Mark 16:17;  Acts 2:7,  11:17; 1 Corinthians 14:10,,,).