{"id":26,"date":"2022-08-21T19:55:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T19:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2024-05-26T00:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T00:36:01","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"Our Beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our Beliefs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • We believe<\/strong> the Bible is the written Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error in the original manuscripts. The Bible is the revelation of God\u2019s truth and is infallible and authoritative in all matters of faith and practice.<\/li>\n
  • We believe<\/strong> in the Holy Trinity. There is one God, who exists eternally in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.<\/li>\n
  • We believe<\/strong> that all are sinners and totally unable to save themselves from God\u2019s displeasure, except by His sovereign mercy.<\/li>\n
  • We believe<\/strong> that salvation is by God alone, as the Father sovereignly draws the person to Christ, based on His grace, not on any human individual merit, or foreseen faith.<\/li>\n
  • We believe<\/strong> that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, who through His perfect life and sacrificial death atoned for the sins of all who will trust in Him alone for salvation.<\/li>\n
  • We believe<\/strong> that God is gracious and faithful to His people not simply as individuals but as families in successive generations according to His Covenant promises.<\/li>\n
  • We believe<\/strong> that the Holy Spirit indwells God\u2019s people and gives them the strength and wisdom to trust Christ and follow Him.<\/li>\n
  • We believe<\/strong> that Jesus will return, bodily and visibly, to judge all mankind and to receive His people to Himself.<\/li>\n
  • We believe<\/strong> that all aspects of our lives are to be lived to the glory of God under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    WE BELIEVE <\/p>\n

    The Bible clearly teaches that God created all things out of nothing! (Ex Nihilo)  After He created all things, He declared them “Good” in Genesis 1.  In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve exercised their free will by choosing to listen to Satan, the “Father of lies”.  By ignoring God’s Word and believing Satan they rebelled against God and became sinners, thus dying spiritually as it is concluded (interpreted) in Ephesians 2:1-3.  <\/span><\/p>\n

    Mankind’s rebellion, beginning with our first parents in Genesis 3, is known as the Fall of Man, bringing with it the curse of God the Creator which he communicated in Genesis 3 to Satan, to Adam and to Eve.  At the Fall of Man, sin began to ruin everything that God had created and declared good bringing guilt, pain, misery and physical death.  Even in Genesis 3, you can see Adam blaming Eve and Eve blaming Satan for their sin, not taking responsibility.  <\/p>\n

    WE VALUE<\/p>\n

    The “Whole Counsel of God” as it is revealed throughout the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament!  Before Jesus’ birth, God’s People had faith and a longing hope in their coming Messiah, the Christ. The New Testament describes Christ’s Incarnation, His Crucifixion, His Resurrection, and His Ascension.  He commissioned His Disciples as the Apostles who began spreading the Good News of His Kingdom, building His Church which will dwell with Him eternally in the New Heavens and the New Earth described in the book of Revelation.<\/span><\/p>

    Church History is also important to us for at least two reasons.  God’s Word says that we are “One body”.  Jesus prays for this in John 17:20-21 and the Apostle Paul explains it in Ephesians chapter 2 and 4.  Secondly, the Bible teaches us to learn lessons from the past.  Every human in history who has trusted in the coming Messiah is united to Him and every other believer who will trust in Him before He returns.  <\/span><\/p>

    Being in the world, but not of the world is important to us for evangelism and outreach.  The Great Commision of Matthew 28:16-20 and the words of Jeremiah 29:5-7 instruct us to live our Christian lives boldly, lovingly, and joyfully in a lost world that needs the Hope of our salvation in Christ. <\/span><\/p>

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    Our Beliefs: We believe the Bible is the written Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error in the original manuscripts. The Bible is the revelation of God\u2019s truth and is infallible and authoritative in all matters of faith and practice. We believe in the Holy Trinity. There is one God, who exists eternally in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redeemerathens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}