A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

Oneness Pentecostal Organizations
just man, but not saved (Acts 10:22; 11:14-18;
Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38).
Howard Goss contrasted “the Spirit-filled Christian
and the nominal church attendant.” He said, “These last
are all alike without a Saviour, and thus have no scriptural
promise of ever seeing heaven, because they have not
actually been adopted into God’s family, nor have they
legally become His child, and thereby have no rightful
claim on Him.” 125
During the struggles over Jesus Name baptism, the
Assemblies of God, in its 1915 and 1916 general councils,
censured the view that the baptism of the Holy Spirit
is the new birth. 126 In 1917, E. N. Bell denounced the view
that water baptism is part of salvation. 127 Clearly, they
dealt with ministers who taught that the birth of water
and Spirit was baptism of water and Spirit.
Andrew Urshan similarly taught that obeying Acts
2:38 constitutes being “born of water and of the Spirit.”
He proclaimed, “You must be born again or be lost!” 128
The Articles of Faith of the GAAA (1917) stated that
there was but one entrance into the true church, the body
of Christ, namely, “a baptism of water and Spirit.”
Moreover, “God’s standard of salvation” includes “a holy,
Spirit-filled life with signs following.” 129
The PAW’s original doctrinal statement as a Oneness
body repeated the foregoing statements from the GAAA
and also said, probably still quoting from the GAAA, “In
order to escape the judgment of God and to have the hope
of enjoying the glory of life eternal, one must be thoroughly
saved from their sins, wholly sanctified unto God and
filled with the Holy Ghost.” The PAW’s 1919 conference
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