The Doctrine
Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church... the name of our church stands out among most names of churches throughout America. It is clear whose church it is – CHRIST’S; how its members obtain membership when they get - SANCTIFIED, and how the congregants live - HOLY. It is not only our name that stands out to many, but our organizational structure - no paid ministers; our method of worship - standing up behind the pulpit; our singing - acapella - just to name a few significant differences.
But the largest difference that has been on my mind recently between CSHC and other churches is the Doctrine. Yes, we do express and manifest love, compassion, and forgiveness toward others regardless of whether they are sanctified or not, but those attributes are derivatives from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that abides within a sanctified soul.
The doctrine of Jesus coming down from Heaven to create a new Covenant with mankind is widely accepted, else Christian churches would be still performing animal sacrifices as dictated in the Moses’ Laws. 1 Timothy 3: 16 states “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
It is after He was received up into glory, that we diverge from most churches. Even before Jesus was born, an angel proclaimed (Luke 1: 32-33) “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of his father David; And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end”. So, to base your soul’s salvation on an End of the World, or a Rapture (a word not in the Bible) is denying the purpose of Jesus coming down to mankind and that He did not finish his work on earth, “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, it is finished, and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost”. (John 19:30)
What physical work did He leave incomplete and require His physical return? His return is by the Spirit imputed into our souls. We believe that each soul is born with the opportunity to obtain Sanctification and, when their physical body has expired, they are received into eternal Heaven or Hell. “and whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15). Many churches preach that after we die and when Jesus comes back to the earth, there will be a resurrection and then there will be a period of a thousand years to then live without sin or reject God again and then go to Heaven. That sounds complicated, unfair, unjust, and illogical. God’s plan is simple: get your actual sins that you have committed forgiven, petition God to dwell in your soul and live a Sanctified and Holy life the balance of your Days… What a wonderful plan God has established for all of mankind! This is one of the cornerstones of Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church… USE IT, PREACH IT, TELL IT.
Bro Harry Collins III
