{"id":539,"date":"2020-07-12T16:13:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/?page_id=539"},"modified":"2020-10-18T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:27:55","slug":"what-we-believe-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/en\/about-us\/what-we-believe-en\/","title":{"rendered":"What we believe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"539\" class=\"elementor elementor-539\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60ba42 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"b60ba42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87822c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"87822c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f0b03 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"11f0b03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-438a755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"438a755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c10cfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c10cfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">What we believe<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-228916d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"228916d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God, without any error, the all-<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sufficient authority in matters of faith, doctrine, and Christian living<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe in the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ, and that He is the true God and man. He <\/span>died on the cross for our sins. He rose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven where <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He sits at the right hand of the Father and is now our High Priest and Advocate<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and therefore, was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lost. Only through regeneration by the work of the Holy Spirit can man&#8217;s salvation and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spiritual life be obtained<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that eternal salvation is the free gift of God, entirely apart from man&#8217;s works, <\/span>and is possessed by any and all who have faith in and receive Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We believe in the personal, bodily, imminent, and glorious return of the Lord Jesus Christ and that His Second Coming inspires believers for dynamic and zealous life and service for Him while waiting for His return<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marriage is a biblical institution established by God as described by the Scripture. We believe the biblical ideal for marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment (Genesis 2:23-24)\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45549cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"45549cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee539f1 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"ee539f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a1d7b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0a1d7b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c990e1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"c990e1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd4020 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"1bd4020\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2497e3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2497e3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What we believe We believe the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God, without any error, the all-sufficient authority in matters of faith, doctrine, and Christian living \u00a0 We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit \u00a0 We believe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":583,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions\/1105"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstonecce.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}