{"id":30,"date":"2014-07-29T21:16:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T01:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garykillebrew.org\/NEWWEB\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2018-03-30T21:05:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T01:05:49","slug":"beliefs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.garykillebrew.org\/NEWWEB\/beliefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body_layer\">\n<div id=\"id6\" class=\"style_SkipStroke_2 shape-with-text\">\n<div class=\"text-content graphic_textbox_layout_style_default_External_771_1013\">\n<div class=\"graphic_textbox_layout_style_default\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_3\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Statement of Faith<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_5\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u2022 We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative, and inerrant Word of God (II Timothy 3:15-17, II Peter 1:21).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u2022 We believe there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u2022 We believe in the deity of Christ (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); His vicarious and atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25, I Corinthians 15:4); His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19); His personal return to earth in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u2022 We believe in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of the human nature, and that all are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ, and that only by God&#8217;s grace through faith alone are we saved (John 3:16-19; 5:24, Romans 3:23; 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u2022 We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and those who are not unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u2022 We believe in the spiritual unity of the believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9, I Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u2022 We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13-14, I Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30; 5:18).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u2022 We believe that we as Christians are examples of the love of God in this world. 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