{"id":261,"date":"2022-10-12T06:23:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T06:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2022-10-27T07:58:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T07:58:23","slug":"our-belief-and-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/index.php\/our-belief-and-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Belief and Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>If you don\u2019t stand for anything, you\u2019ll fall for everything. We take a stand on God\u2019s word.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;At PEM we believe all wisdom, knowledge, and direction are found in the Bible. Even in its humble beginnings, Peter Elvin was willing to trust God for provisions in the face of hardships and poverty. Through it all, God has blessed PEM and provided in ways that can only be described as miraculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/67-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" width=\"752\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/67-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/67-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/67-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/67-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/67-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peterelvinministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/67-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-heading\">WE BELIEVE THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God. The complete revelation of His for the salvation of men, and the divine and final authority for all Christian faith and practice. (II Timothy 3:16-17, I Corinthians 2:3, II Peter 1:20-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-heading\">WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Existing as Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, creator of heaven and earth and all that is contained therein. (Matthew 28:19-20; Deuteronomy 6:4; Luke 3:22; John 1:1-4; I Corinthians 8:6; II Corinthians 13:14; John 14:16; I Timothy 3:16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-heading\">WE BELIEVE THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Was indeed both true God and true Man, that He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary and became a man to redeem sinful mankind and reveal God the Father, whom no man has seen, except the Son. (Luke 1:35; Philippines 2:7; Galatians 4:4; II Corinthians 5:21; I John 4:2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-heading\">WE BELIEVE IN THE DEATH &amp; RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in the literal, physical suffering and vicarious death of Jesus Christ, and in His resurrection from the dead on the third day according to the scriptures, for the sake of all sinful men and for their redemption. (Isaiah 53:5; Mark 8:31; I Corinthians 15:3; Galatians 1:4; I John 2:2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-heading\">WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST AROSE FROM THE DEAD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ascended into heaven and is now at the right hand of God the Father as our mediator, and that He shall come again in all His Glory, together with all His saints, on the last day to establish His eternal Kingdom and thus God shall evermore dwell with His people. (Micah 5:2; Mark 16:19; Matthew 26:64; Ephesians 1:20; Hebrews 1:3-4; I Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 21:3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-heading\">WE BELIEVE THAT MAN WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But that through Adam he fell into his present sinful state, and that only through the grace of God, can he be forgiven, cleansed and redeemed by the substitution death of Jesus Christ and receive the gift of eternal life. (Genesis 1:26; Romans 5:14; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 3:16; Romans 3:23-24)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-heading\">WE BELIEVE IN THE LITERAL BODILY RESURRECTION OF ALL MEN EVERYWHERE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The saved to eternal life and the unsaved to answer in the judgment and be condemned to eternal punishment and everlasting damnation. 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