Dake Bible Discussion Board ⇒ Grok's Word of Faith Articles of Faith (Hagin-Based)

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I asked Grok to draft a set of articles of faith based upon the teachings of Kenneth E. Hagin.

Interested in reading what you agree with or disagree with. And/or what you think Finis Jennings Dake would have agreed or disagreed with in these articles.

Thanks.

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Articles of Faith for a Word of Faith Church

These Articles of Faith are crafted to reflect the core theology and beliefs of Kenneth E. Hagin, a foundational figure in the Word of Faith movement. They emphasize the authority of the Scriptures, the God-kind of faith, positive confession, redemption from the curse of the law (including poverty and sickness), divine healing, prosperity, and the believer's authority. Each article is grounded primarily in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, with exhaustive explanations, scriptural references, and applications drawn from Hagin's teachings on faith as a creative force, the power of words, and living victoriously through Christ. These statements affirm the Bible as the infallible guide for doctrine, conduct, and practice, rejecting any human tradition or experience that contradicts it.

These Articles of Faith are to be taught, confessed, and lived out, empowering believers to walk in victory through the God-kind of faith.

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Article 1: The Holy Scriptures

We believe the Bible, consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. It was written by holy men of old as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and it reveals God's will for humanity, serving as the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith, doctrine, and life. The Scriptures are not to be added to, subtracted from, or superseded by any other revelation or tradition.

• Inspiration and Authority: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV). "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (2 Peter 1:21 KJV). The Bible is God's complete revelation, and we reject any claim of new revelations that contradict it.
• The Word as Faith's Foundation: The Scriptures produce faith when heard and believed. "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17 KJV). In Hagin's teaching, the Bible is the "word of faith" (Romans 10:8 KJV), enabling believers to speak and create realities through confession.
• Practical Application: Believers are commanded to study, meditate on, and obey the Word daily. "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV). "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success" (Joshua 1:8 KJV).

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Article 2: The Eternal Godhead

We believe in one true God, eternally existent in three distinct Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. These three are co-equal, co-eternal, and co-existent, yet one in essence, purpose, and divine nature. God is sovereign, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, and holy.

• Unity and Trinity: "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one" (1 John 5:7 KJV). "The Lord our God is one Lord" (Deuteronomy 6:4 KJV; Mark 12:29 KJV). The Father is the source and planner; the Son is the executor and revealer; the Holy Ghost is the empowerer and comforter.
• God the Father: He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. "God that made the world and all things therein... giveth to all life, and breath, and all things" (Acts 17:24-25 KJV). He is greater than all and the Begetter of the Son (John 1:14 KJV; John 14:28 KJV).
• God the Son, Jesus Christ: The eternal Word made flesh, begotten of the Father. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" (John 1:1, 14 KJV). Born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14 KJV; Matthew 1:23 KJV), He lived sinlessly (Hebrews 4:15 KJV), died atoningly (1 Corinthians 15:3 KJV), rose bodily (1 Corinthians 15:4 KJV), ascended (Acts 1:9 KJV), and intercedes (Hebrews 7:25 KJV).
• God the Holy Ghost: He proceeds from the Father and the Son, convicting of sin, regenerating believers, and empowering for service. "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things" (John 14:26 KJV). He indwells believers (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV) and seals them unto redemption (Ephesians 1:13 KJV).

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Article 3: The Creation and Fall of Man

We believe man was created in God's image and likeness, innocent and holy, with dominion over the earth. Through Adam's voluntary transgression, sin entered the world, resulting in spiritual death, separation from God, and the curse of sickness, poverty, and toil for all humanity.

• Creation: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth" (Genesis 1:26 KJV). Man was tripartite: spirit, soul, and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV).
• The Fall: "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned" (Romans 5:12 KJV). "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23 KJV). This fall brought physical death (Genesis 3:19 KJV), spiritual death (Ephesians 2:1 KJV), and subjection to Satan's authority (Ephesians 2:2 KJV).
• Consequences: The curse includes toil, pain, sickness, and poverty (Genesis 3:16-19 KJV). Man became spiritually dead, unable to approach God without a mediator.

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Article 4: The Plan of Redemption and Salvation

We believe God, in His love, provided redemption through Jesus Christ, who bore the curse of sin, sickness, and poverty on the cross. Salvation is a free gift, received by grace through faith, apart from works, and includes forgiveness, healing, prosperity, and deliverance.

• Redemption from the Curse: "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree" (Galatians 3:13 KJV). The curse encompasses poverty (Deuteronomy 28:15-68 KJV), but redemption brings blessings (Deuteronomy 28:1-14 KJV).
• Atonement: Jesus' blood atones for sin. "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace" (Ephesians 1:7 KJV). His stripes provide healing (Isaiah 53:5 KJV; 1 Peter 2:24 KJV).
• Salvation by Grace Through Faith: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV). It requires repentance and confession: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved" (Romans 10:9 KJV).
• Exhaustive Scope: Salvation delivers from sin's penalty (Romans 6:23 KJV), power (Romans 6:14 KJV), and presence (1 John 3:2 KJV). It restores dominion and authority over Satan (Luke 10:19 KJV).

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Article 5: The New Birth and Eternal Life

We believe the New Birth is a supernatural recreation of the human spirit, essential for all to enter God's kingdom. It occurs instantly when one believes in their heart and confesses Jesus as Lord, producing eternal life and making one a child of God. Salvation is maintained through continued faith and repentance, but it can be forfeited through willful, persistent sin without repentance.

• Necessity: "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3 KJV). The New Birth requires repentance: "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of" (2 Corinthians 7:10 KJV).
• Process: The Holy Spirit regenerates the believer: "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus 3:5 KJV). "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV).
• Assurance and Conditionality: Eternal life is imparted to those who have the Son: "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" (1 John 5:12 KJV). Believers are sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30 KJV) and kept by God’s power through faith (1 Peter 1:5 KJV). However, willful, unrepented sin can lead to falling away, as warned: "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins" (Hebrews 10:26 KJV). Repentance restores fellowship: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9 KJV). Backsliding grieves the Spirit (Ephesians 4:30 KJV), but God’s mercy calls believers to return (Revelation 2:5 KJV).
• Application: Believers must abide in Christ through faith, obedience, and confession (John 15:4-6 KJV). Persistent rebellion risks spiritual death, as illustrated by those who "fall away" (Hebrews 6:4-6 KJV), but God’s mercy pursues repentance (2 Peter 3:9 KJV).

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Article 6: Water Baptism

We believe water baptism by immersion is a direct commandment for believers only, symbolizing identification with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection. It is not essential for salvation but an act of obedience.

• Command: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew 28:19 KJV). "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned" (Mark 16:16 KJV).
• Symbolism: "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4 KJV). It declares the old life dead (Colossians 2:12 KJV).
• Formula and Practice: Performed in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost upon confession of faith. Infants are not baptized, as it requires personal belief (Acts 8:36-37 KJV).

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Article 7: The Baptism in the Holy Ghost

We believe the Baptism in the Holy Ghost is a distinct experience subsequent to the New Birth, promised to all believers for empowerment in witness and service. It is accompanied by the initial physical evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.

• Promise: "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high" (Luke 24:49 KJV). "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me" (Acts 1:8 KJV).
• Evidence: "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4 KJV). Examples include Cornelius' household (Acts 10:44-46 KJV) and Ephesian disciples (Acts 19:6 KJV).
• Purpose and Benefits: Empowers for ministry (Acts 4:31 KJV), edifies the believer (1 Corinthians 14:4 KJV), and enables praying in the Spirit (Jude 1:20 KJV). It is received by faith (Galatians 3:14 KJV), often with laying on of hands (Acts 8:17 KJV; Acts 19:6 KJV).

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Article 8: Sanctification and Holy Living

We believe sanctification is a definite yet progressive work of grace, beginning at regeneration and continuing until Christ's return. It involves separation from sin and dedication to God, enabling holy living through the Word, the blood, and the Spirit.

• Definition: "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV). Without it, no one sees the Lord (Hebrews 12:14 KJV).
• Process: Instantaneous positional sanctification (1 Corinthians 1:30 KJV) and progressive practical sanctification (2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV; Philippians 3:12-14 KJV). Achieved by the Word (John 17:17 KJV), faith (Acts 26:18 KJV), and yielding to the Spirit (Romans 6:13 KJV).
• Evidence: Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV), love (1 John 4:7 KJV), and obedience (1 John 2:3 KJV). Believers are called to holiness in thought, word, and deed (1 Peter 1:15-16 KJV).