{"id":7156,"date":"2019-08-08T06:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.emanuel-church.com\/?page_id=7156"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:24:10","slug":"crezul-nostru","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.emanuel-church.com\/en\/crezul-nostru\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Creed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our Creed<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

GOD AND THE BIBLE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • We believe that the Bible, or the Holy Scripture, is the infallible Word of God and our only rule for the life of faith.\n
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    • 2 Timothy 3:16<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 Peter 1:20-21<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We believe in one God in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.\n
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      • 1 John 5:7<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 2 Corinthians 13:14<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • We believe that in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.\n
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        • Genesis 1:1<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • We believe that God formed man of the dust of the ground.\n
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          • Genesis 1:26; 2:7<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • 1 Thessalonians 5:23<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • We believe that sin entered the world through man's disobedience to God's commandment.\n
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            • Ephesians 2:1-3<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Romans 3:23<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              SALVATION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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              • We believe that God's grace has made, and continues to make, the salvation of man possible through the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.\n
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                • Romans 6:23<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Ephesians 2:4-7<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • John 3:16<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • We believe that salvation is conditioned on faith, repentance, and the new birth.\n
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                  • Proverbs 28:13<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2 Peter 3:9<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Hebrews 11:6<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • John 3:3-5<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • We believe that we have God's forgiveness as a result of receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior.\n
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                    • 1 John 1:9<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Acts 10:43<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • We believe in the institution of the Lord's Supper for the Church. Partaking of the Lord's Supper is a proclamation of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ.\n
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                      • 1 Corinthians 11:23-29<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • 1 Corinthians 10:16,17<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • We believe that the Lord Jesus instituted the washing of feet.\n
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                        • John 13:14<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                          BAPTISM IN WATER AND IN THE SPIRIT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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                          • We believe that baptism in water, which is given to persons who believe and have turned to God, must be performed by a single immersion in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.\n
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                            • Matthew 28:20<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Acts 8:36,37<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • We believe in the promise of the baptism with the Holy Spirit for all believers.\n
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                              • Joel 2:28-29<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Acts 2:4, 10:46<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • We believe that the work of the Holy Spirit is manifested in the nine gifts.\n
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                                • 1 Corinthians 12:1-10<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                • We believe that both the new birth and the baptism with the Holy Spirit must be followed by the fruit of the Holy Spirit.\n
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                                  • Galatians 5:22-23<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                    THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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                                    • We believe that the fruit of believers delivered from sin is sanctification.\n
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                                      • Romans 6:22<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      • We believe in the believer's direct relationship with God, prayer and fasting being two of the most effective and spiritual means of that relationship.\n
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                                        • John 16:23-24<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        • 1 John 5:14<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        • Isaiah 58<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                        • We believe in divine healing\u00a0(Matthew 8:16-17)<\/em>:\n
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                                          • Healing can be obtained through personal faith\u00a0(Luke 8:48)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          • Through the gift of healing\u00a0(1 Corinthians 12:9; Acts 3:6)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          • Through the prayer of faith offered after anointing the sick with oil\u00a0(James 5:14-16)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          • After the anointing, prayer is made with the laying on of hands\u00a0(Mark 16:17-18; 6:12-13)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                            THE CHURCH OF THE LORD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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                                            • We believe in the existence of the Church of God (\u201cthe assembly of the called out\u201d), founded by the Lord Jesus Christ as a united and living body.\n
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                                              • 1 Corinthians 1:2-12<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • 2 Corinthians 6:14-18<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • 1 Timothy 3:15<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • Matthew 18:20<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • We believe that the family, through marriage, is a divine institution established by God.\n
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                                                • Genesis 2:18-24<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                • Matthew 19:5<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                • 1 Peter 3:7<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                • Colossians 3:19<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                • Titus 2:4-5<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                • Colossians 3:18<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                • We believe in the Church's practice regarding the dedication of children:\n
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                                                  • 1 Corinthians 7:14<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                  • Matt. 19:13-15<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                  • Mark 10:13-16<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                  • Small children are taken in the arms, and hands are laid upon the older ones, while the blessing of Numbers 6:24-27 is spoken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                  • We believe that Sunday is the Lord's day. We observe this day in remembrance of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, following the example of the Christians of the early Church.\n
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                                                    • 1 Corinthians 16:2<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                    • Acts 2:1; 20:7<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                    • John 20:19-20<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                    • We believe in the Rapture of the Church, in the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the eschatological events that will follow.\n
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                                                      • Isaiah 26:20-21<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                      • Luke 17:34-36<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                      • 1 Corinthians 15:40-44<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                      • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                                      • Revelation 19:20-21, 21:1-4<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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