{"id":45,"date":"2022-09-06T11:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bccsydney.wordpress.com\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2022-09-06T11:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:09:40","slug":"statement-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bexleyfcc.org.au\/index.php\/statement-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Bible which is inspired by the Holy Spirit in the canonical Scriptures as originally given. It is the inerrant and authoritative Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The triune Godhead in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Father: Who is a Spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable in all His attributes. (John 4:24; Exodus 34:6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Son, Jesus Christ: His deity, complete humanity, virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, personal exaltation at God\u2019s right hand and personal return to judge the living and the dead. (John 1:1; Isaiah 7:14; Hebrews 7:26; I Corinthians 15:3-4 &amp; Acts 1:11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Holy Spirit: Who is a Divine Person, equal with the Father and the Son and of the same nature. The Holy Spirit indwells all believers. (John 15:26)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Satan, who is called the devil, is perpetually hostile to God and working to overthrow the purposes of God but whose defeat will be complete. (Revelation 20:2 &amp; 7-10; Romans 16:20)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fallen and lost estate of man, whose complete corruption and unrighteousness render him unable to save himself, necessitating the new birth. (Romans 5:12; John 3:5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salvation by God\u2019s grace alone through faith in the shed blood and substitutionary death of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. (Titus 3:4-7; Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 5:8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The eternal blessedness of the saved and the everlasting punishment of the lost. (Matthew 25:46; Philippians 3:21)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Church, the bride of Christ: in its universal aspect under the Headship of Christ comprising the whole body of those who have been born of the Spirit; and in its local expression established for worship, mutual edification, and witness. (Ephesians 1:22-23, 5:25-32; Acts 15:41, 16:5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christ\u2019s great commission to go and make disciples of all nations, baptising and teaching. (Matthew 28:18-20)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","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":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexleyfcc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexleyfcc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexleyfcc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexleyfcc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexleyfcc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bexleyfcc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexleyfcc.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}