{"id":103,"date":"2022-01-18T14:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:53:20","slug":"what-we-believe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/what-we-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"What we believe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The Inspiration of the Bible<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe\u00a0in the verbal, plenary complete inspiration of the Old and New Testaments, and that God\u2019s word is true without any mixture of error. We believe the Bible to be the true center of Christian unity, and the final authority in faith and life. We use the King James Version in all of our services and curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Person of God<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe God is supreme in His person, eternal in His being, absolute in His attributes, and glorious in His perfection.&nbsp; We believe in the Trinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Person of Jesus Christ<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, His deity and sinless life. We believe in His vicarious death, His bodily resurrection and ascension, and His personal, premillennial return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Person of the Holy Spirit<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe the Holy Spirit is the executive of the Godhead. We believe that He executes the plan of God&nbsp;for our conviction and salvation.&nbsp;Christians are partakers of the Holy Spirit and empowered for service by Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Fall of Man<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that man was created in the image of God and by choice fell into sin and death.&nbsp;Hence, every person is sinful and under condemnation to eternal judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Salvation of Sinners<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace, and that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Freeness of Salvation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that the blessing of salvation is&nbsp;made free by the Gospel, that nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest&nbsp;sinner but his own inherent depravity and voluntary rejection of the Gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Security of the Believer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that those who receive Jesus Christ&nbsp;as Saviour are eternally secure.&nbsp;Our security rests on the finished work of Jesus Christ.&nbsp;As result, we have assurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Doctrine of the Church<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that the visible church is a congregation of baptized believers, practicing New Testament principles, believing its doctrines, observing its ordinances, and exercising its autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Doctrine of Heaven and Hell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in the eternal blessedness of the saved in Heaven and the eternal punishment of the lost in Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Current Trends in Theology<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We take a separatist&nbsp;stand against the current trends that lead to discrediting the Bible and undermining the fundamentals of the faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inspiration of the Bible We believe\u00a0in the verbal, plenary complete inspiration of the Old and New Testaments, and that God\u2019s word is true without any mixture of error. We believe the Bible to be the true center&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/what-we-believe\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithbaptistchurchga.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}