Goss speaking @ UPCI conference

[Justin]

Originally Posted by Sam

A Statement of the General Superintendent at the General Conference

The fundamentals as set forth in our Manual is my position. I endorse them fully and believe them all. Also more than what is stated in the Manual as I believe all the word of God. I feel that we are stronger for repentance, baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and baptism in the Holy Spirit with the speaking in other tongues than many of our brethren. For more than 30 years I have stood firmly for these truths without a compromise.

My understanding of the word of God is that a person will have to have these experiences to be a New Testament Christian and to take part in the rapture of the saints and of course we will have to live a life of holiness, purity and victory to be ready for His coming. I have not and do not teach that a person will go to hell if he has not been baptized in the Holy Spirit as that depends upon the light that he has from God. If a person has light on baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, baptism in the Holy Spirit with speaking in other tongues according to Acts 2:4 and Acts 2:38 and rejects the truth and will not walk in the light that the Lord shows him, then I fear that the light in him will become darkness and if he does not repent his soul will be lost.

As to the one true God, there is no doubt in my mind but that Jesus our Lord is the only true God for IN him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead (deity) bodily, Colossians 2:9. My methods of presenting the truth may be different than some but it has produced results over a period of years, for many people and churches have come into this wonderful message through my ministry and we humbly thank God for it. There is no intention on my part to compromise with sin and the truths of God’s word. I thank God for all of His truth and by the grace of God will walk in the light as He reveals it to me.
Howard A. Goss

page 7, The Pentecostal Herald, November 1946

I have a question about the light doctrine, if someone is judged on what they know, aren't we doing a disservice by preaching Acts 2:38? If the light doctrine is true, we should stop preaching Acts 2:38, so everyone can be judged on what they "don't know" and be saved?