The 412 HOUSE is a ministry built upon Ephesians 4:11-12.
OUR MANDATE:
Rescue the Lost; Train Up Spiritual Warriors; Expand the Kingdom of Heaven Into NWA by warring against the kingdom of darkness by preaching the gospel, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead.
We are not interested in playing church! We are not buiilding a name or someone’s brand, but we are building the Kingdom of God.
We are not the traditional American seeker sensitive church that builds everything around making people comfortable and not offending them while making Holy Spirit uncomfortable and offending Him!
Our gatherings don’t look like the religious Sunday services of the American church. This is a gathering of God’s people and built around God’s presence. Our praise and worship set is for God, not man, and the purpose is to bring you into the presence of a holy God. The Leader’s message is for the corporate body as the Lord directs. There is no cafe or snack shack and there is no food allowed in God’s house during the gathering. It’s a holy place!
Our corporate worship is important, but it’s the evangelism, discipleship, leadership training and equipping that we do between the corporate gatherings that the ministry is built on.
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God is both One and Triune. There is only one God, and He is eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They are distinguishable but indivisible.
2 Corinthians 13:14, John 1:14, Matthew 28:19, Matthew 3:16-17
God The Father is the creator and sustainer of all things. He created man in His own image for fellowship and called man back to Himself through Christ after the rebellion and fall of man.
1 Corinthians 8:6, Ephesians 4:6, 1 Peter 1:3
Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, yet is eternally God. He has been with the Father and Holy Spirit. For man’s redemption, He left heaven and became incarnate by The Holy Spirit through the virgin birth; henceforth, He is forever one Christ with two natures -God and man- in one person.
John 1:1-14, Romans 1:1-4, John 3:16, Matthew 28:18-20, John 14:5-14, John 10:22-39, Galatians 4:1-7, Hebrews 4:14-16, Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 1:18-24, 1 Timothy 2:5-6, Isaiah 7:14
Holy Spirit is God and the third person of the Godhead. He is the expressed power of God, who has been active in the Old Testament and given to the Church in fullness at Pentecost. He comes and lives in the Christ follower and empowers the follower of Christ for service and witness. He transforms us into new creatures, to the image of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Luke 11:13, John 7:37-39, John 14:16-17, John 16:7-14, Acts 2:1-18, Galatians 3:14
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We affirm that the Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, is alone the only infallible, inspired Word of God, and that its authority is ultimate, final, and eternal. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. The Bible is the source of all doctrine, instruction, correction, and reproof. It contains all that is needed for guidance in godliness and practical Christian conduct.
2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12, 1 Peter 1:23-25, 2 Peter 1:19-21, Proverbs 30:5
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The Holy Spirit is God, the Lord and giver of life, who was active in the Old Testament and given to the Church in fullness at Pentecost. He empowers the saints for service and witness, cleanses man from the old nature and conforms us to the image of Christ. The baptism in the Holy Spirit, subsequent to conversion, releases the fullness of the Spirit and is evidenced by the fruits and gifts of The Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Luke 11:13, John 7:37-39, John 14:16-17, John 16:7-14, Acts 2:1-18, Galatians 3:14
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We believe that man, in his natural state, a sinner – lost, undone, without hope, and without God. Man is God’s most precious creation, God gave His only Son as a sacrifice, but it is up to each individual to receive Him.
Romans 3:19-23, Galatians 3:22, Ephesians 2:1-2, Ephesians 2:12
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Christ’s victorious death on the cross paid the penalty for the sins of the whole world, but its benefits are only applicable to those who receive Jesus as their personal Savior. Healing – body, soul, and spirit – and all of God’s provisions for His saints, are provided for in the atonement, but these must be sought with engaged faith.
Acts 4:12, Romans 4:1-9, Romans 5:1-11, Ephesians 1:3-14
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The Word of God declares clearly that salvation is a free gift of God, based on the merits of the death of His Son, and is appropriated by faith. Salvation is affected by personal repentance, belief in The Lord Jesus (justification), and personal acceptance of Him into one’s life as Lord and Savior (regeneration). The new life in Christ includes the privileges of adoption and inheritance in the Kingdom of God’s beloved Son. Salvation is an act of free will in response to God’s personal love for mankind. It is predestined only in the sense that God, through His omniscience, foreknew those who would choose Him. It is secure in the eternal, unchanging commitment of God who does not lie, and is forever the same. Salvation should produce an active lifestyle of loving obedience and service to Jesus Christ our Savior.
Acts 4:12, Romans 4:1-9, Romans 5:1-11, Ephesians 1:3-14
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We believe the baptism of the Holy Spirit, with the primary evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, is for all believers as promised by John the Baptist, Jesus, and Peter. The fulfillment of this promise was witnessed by early disciples of Christ and continues to operate today.
1 Corinthians 14, Matthew 3:11, Acts 1:4-8, 2:4, 2:38-41, 10:44-47, 19: 1-6
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The goal of the Church is to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:15-18), make disciples of all nations and to move in the full power and authority of the Holy Spirit. The five-fold ministry of Ephesians 4 governs the Church, the offices of elder and deacon, as well as other offices mentioned in scripture. Church policy is a balance between congregation and eldership authority, emphasizing the final authority of the Church leadership. It is essential to the life of the Church
that scriptural patterns of discipline are practiced and that oversight for Church discipline, individual and corporate, is exercised by the leadership of the Church.
Acts 10:34-35, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 2:20-28, Ephesians 4:15, Ephesians 5:22-32, 1 Timothy 3:15
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We believe God has used doctors, medicines, and other natural means of healing; however we also believe divine healing is provided for believers in the atonement made by the shed blood of Jesus on the cross. We believe divine healing may be received by the laying on of hands by the elders, by the prayer of an anointed person gifted by The Holy Spirit for healing the sick, or by a direct act of receiving the provision by faith.
Isaiah 53:5, 1 Peter 2:24, James 5:14-16, 1 Corinthians 12:9, Mark 11:23-24
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We believe God has used doctors, medicines, and other natural means of healing; however we also believe divine healing is provided for believers in the atonement made by the shed blood of Jesus on the cross. We believe divine healing may be received by the laying on of hands by the elders, by the prayer of an anointed person gifted by The Holy Spirit for healing the sick, or by a direct act of receiving the provision by faith.
Isaiah 53:5, 1 Peter 2:24, James 5:14-16, 1 Corinthians 12:9, Mark 11:23-24
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We believe Scripture clearly speaks on the doctrines of eternal punishment for the unsaved and eternal salvation and complete restoration for the saved – a literal hell for the unsaved and literal Heaven for the saved.
Matthew 25:34, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46, Luke 16:19-31, John 14:1-3, Revelation 20:11-15
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We affirm the bodily, personal, second coming of The Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the saints, the millennium, and the final judgment. The final judgment will determine the eternal status of both the saints and the unbelievers, based on their relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We affirm the final state of the new heavens and the new earth.
Matthew 23:39, Romans 11:15, Acts 1:10-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, James 5:8, Revelation 1:7, John 14:2-3, Romans 8:34, John 5:24-30, Jude 5-7, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 1
Corinthians 4:1-5, Matthew 25:31-46, Revelation 20:11-15, Acts 1:10-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, James 5:8, Revelation 1:7