{"id":53,"date":"2015-01-22T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T00:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsaustin.lnoldan.com\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2017-12-11T08:33:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T13:33:20","slug":"our-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"Our Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"editableSection\" data-fw-inline-edit-info=\"cpagesection:180092894:comp_text1\" data-fw-section-id=\"180092894\"><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\">Risen Savior Lutheran Church teaches the historic Christian faith.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wels.net\/what-we-believe\/statements-beliefs\/apostles-creed\">Apostles&#8217; Creed<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wels.net\/what-we-believe\/statements-beliefs\/nicene-creed\">Nicene Creed<\/a>,\u00a0developed by the ancient church as clear summaries of the\u00a0Christian faith,\u00a0summarize our beliefs today.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookofconcord.org\/\">Book of Concord<\/a>, a collection of 16th century <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wels.net\/what-we-believe\/statements-beliefs\/lutheran-confessions\">Lutheran statements of faith<\/a>, contains the official confessions of the Lutheran church and offers an in-depth look at what we believe.\u00a0 The following bullet points provide a simple summary of what we believe and teach at Risen Savior:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, his unchanging and unerring message to all people of all times.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that there is only one true God. He has revealed himself as \u201cTriune,\u201d that is,\u00a0three in one\u00a0\u2013 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that God created people holy and without sin. The first human beings, by their own decision and actions, brought sin into the world and the whole human race.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that sin is in all people by nature and that sin reveals itself in every violation of God\u2019s commands in our thoughts, words, and actions.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that sin deserves God\u2019s judgment of death and damnation in hell, an eternal, agonizing separation from God and his blessings.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that God so loved the world that he sent his only Son, Jesus Christ, into this world to redeem the people of the world from sin.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that Jesus paid for the sins of all people when he suffered the punishment God demanded for sin by his death on the cross.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that Jesus\u2019 resurrection from the dead is the certain proof that God has accepted his Son\u2019s sacrifice for sin.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that these glorious truths can only be received by faith in Jesus, which the Holy Spirit works in people\u2019s hearts through God\u2019s Word, Baptism, and the Lord\u2019s Supper.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that by faith alone in the atoning work of Christ we receive God&#8217;s forgiveness and are heirs of the sure hope of heaven.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that, while we are still on this earth, we will want to show our love for Jesus who first loved us and gave his life for us.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #060a2f;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We believe that, at our death, we will inherit the wonderful glories of everlasting life with Christ in heaven, where there will be eternal joy and bliss, and no more pain or sorrow.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risen Savior Lutheran Church teaches the historic Christian faith.\u00a0 The Apostles&#8217; Creed and Nicene Creed,\u00a0developed by the ancient church as clear summaries of the\u00a0Christian faith,\u00a0summarize our beliefs today.\u00a0 The Book of Concord, a collection of 16th century Lutheran statements of faith, contains the official confessions of the Lutheran church and offers an in-depth look at &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/?page_id=53\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-rsaustin","post-53"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/163"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risensavioraustin.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}