God and the Scriptures

* GSOP believes  that there is only one true and living God, eternally existing in three "persons": the Father, Son (Also called "The Word") and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30, John 1:1-2, 1 John 5:6-8). 
Click Here for a video of Kerrigan teaching on the Biblical Doctrine of the Trinity. 

* GSOP  believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 5:18, John 8:58, John 10:33); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:34-35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26); His miracles (John 2:11, John 5:1-9, John 11:38-44); His vicarious and atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25, John 20-21, I Corinthians 15:4); His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19, Acts 1:9-11); His personal return to the earth in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16). 

* GSOP  believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a godly life, is given direction in life, is given spiritual gifts and is assured of eternal life. We believe that since the Day of Pentecost that each believer is filled with the Holy Spirit at the moment of conversion and that each is given gifts of Spirit as the Spirit wills. There can be subsequent "fillings" after conversion, but we do not believe in a "second work of grace", "entire santification" or the "baptism of the Holy Spirit" as many Wesleyan and Pentecostal Churches do (Acts 2:38, Romans 8:13-17, I Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Ephesians 1:13-14, Ephesians 4:30; Ephesians 5:18). 

* GSOP believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative, and inerrant Word of God. We believe that the Scriptures were preserved by God through the Manuscripts contained in the Textus Receptus, which comes from the Majority/Byzantine Manuscript Family. This is the family of manuscripts that are behind the KJV and the NKJV of the Bible (II Timothy 3:15-17, II Peter 1:21-22).CLICK HERE for .pdf file that explains our position on this. 

* GSOP believe in a literal 6 day creation and that the world is less than 6,000 years old. We believe that both the Scriptures and science back up this position. Science that comes to other conclusions either have a bias against God and the Scriptures or are using faulty dating methods (Genesis 1:1-31, Exodus 20:11).