{"id":77,"date":"2019-02-17T19:23:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T19:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerforchristiancounseling.org\/home\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2019-02-18T01:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T01:59:19","slug":"statement-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centerforchristiancounseling.org\/home\/statement-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nARTICLE I\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. The Bible is the final authority on all matters of life, faith and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nARTICLE II\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nARTICLE III\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nARTICLE IV\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that salvation of lost and sinful man is an act of God&#8217;s regeneration power by the work of the Holy Spirit, through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross and is absolutely essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nARTICLE V\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enable to live a godly life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nARTICLE VI\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection and everlasting life with the living God and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation into a literal hell for all eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nARTICLE VII\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that every area of life is to be subject to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and we adhere to a world and life view which seeks to make the Lord Jesus Christ preeminent in all things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nARTICLE VIII\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that Satan and his evil spirits are actively opposing Christians and non-Christians alike, and that victory over the forces of evil is available to all through the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#740508\" class=\"has-text-color\">\n\nBIBLICAL PRINCIPLES\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We further express that God the Father is our creator and our sustainer in life; that Jesus Christ the Holy Son of God is our Redeemer, and we submit to His Lordship, and that the Holy Spirit is the one who reveals and guides us personally and professionally in this ministry, and that the Holy Bible is the infallible authority in matter of faith and conduct. These Biblical standards guide us as we apply the life-giving message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this ministry. The application of these standards of faith and conduct, indicate that we demonstrate a respect for and value of every person, as a being created in the image of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARTICLE I We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. The Bible is the final authority on all matters of life, faith and practice. 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