{"id":147,"date":"2013-01-23T21:51:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlacc-org.j9elxcy4-liquidwebsites.com\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2022-11-11T07:46:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T07:46:25","slug":"what-we-believe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/?page_id=147","title":{"rendered":"What We Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>We believe\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h5>\u00b7\u00a0 the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, eternal Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:21; Isaiah 40:8; Psalm 119:89, 160)<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00b7\u00a0 that there is one true God, eternally existent as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; John 5:18, 23; 10: 29, 30; Psalm 139:7; 1 Corinthians 2:10,11; Hebrews 1:5-12 (cf. Psalms 102:25ff); Hebrews 9:14; 2 Corinthians 13:14)<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00b7 in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory (John 1: 1-5; 20:28; Colossians 1:15-17; Matthew 1:22, 23; 3:16, 17; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 3:25; Matthew 28:5-7; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; Acts 1:9-11; 2:32-33; Romans 8:34; Ephesians 4:8-10; Hebrews 1:2-3; I Thessalonians 4:16-18)<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00b7 that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential (John 3:5,6; Titus 3:5, 6; Ephesians 2:8; Galatians 3:2-3; 1 Peter 1:2)<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00b7 in the present ministry, the personal baptism with, and the present day manifestation of all the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:9-11, 13-15; 15:18,19; 2 Corinthians 1:21, 22; Ephesians 3:14-19; 5:18-20; John 1:33; 20:21-23; Acts 1:8; 2:4; 4:31; 8:17; 10:44-46; 19:3-6; Romans 12: 6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:13, 27-31; 14: 1-40; Ephesians 5:18)<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00b7 in the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception to the time of death. All human life is precious in the sight of God (Luke 1:15 Galatians 1:15; Psalm 22:10; 71:6; 139:13-14; Mark 8:36; Psalm 72:14; Isaiah 43:4)<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00b7 that marriage (between one man and one woman) and family are institutions ordained by the Lord God Himself from the very beginning of human history and these are sacred institutions.\u00a0 (Genesis 1:27-28; 2:20b-24; 1 Corinthians 7:2; Hebrews 13:4)<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00b7 that unity regarding the foundational doctrines clearly taught in the Holy Bible is absolutely essential.\u00a0 Even though we are all different, we are together the Body of Christ, called to build the Kingdom in harmony and agape love. (John 17:11; Romans 12:1-13; 14:1-23; I Corinthians 12:4-6; 27-28; Ephesians 4:1-6)<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We believe\u2026 \u00b7\u00a0 the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, eternal Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:21; Isaiah 40:8; Psalm 119:89,<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/?page_id=147\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What We Believe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154,"parent":554,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-147","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2173,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions\/2173"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}