{"id":1088,"date":"2020-03-10T07:51:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nebraskayouthcamp.com\/?page_id=1088"},"modified":"2024-06-23T14:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T20:17:32","slug":"statement-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nebraskayouthcamp.com\/?page_id=1088","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Nebraska Youth Camp Statement of Faith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Accepted 2-21-2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e917278c3c43229daeb7cee877b9f498 wp-block-paragraph\">We believe there is only one God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.<br><em>(Matthew 28:19)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e9cbb2cd6a77d52c5088f3f1067bf51a wp-block-paragraph\">We believe the Bible to be the only inspired, trustworthy and true, without error, Word of God.\n<br><em>(2 Timothy 3:16-17)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fc8177a802ff26d40efd46a66deb1e53 wp-block-paragraph\">We believe Jesus Christ is God, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His death that paid for our sin through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension\/rising up to the right hand of the Father and in His personal return in power and glory.<br><em>(John 1:1; Matthew 1:18,25; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 9:15-22; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Acts 1:9-11; Hebrews 9:27-28)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1b7573bea659f4fec4e5daa3b170d61f wp-block-paragraph\">We believe that acceptance of Jesus Christ through baptism and the corresponding renewal of the Holy Spirit is the only path to salvation for lost\/sinful men and women.<br><em>(John 3:16; John 5:24; Titus 3:3-7; Matthew 28:18-20)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f338be5d236b22fff2d76c5939321814 wp-block-paragraph\">We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, who lives within and guides Christians so they are enabled to live godly lives.  <br><em>(John 14:15-26; John 16:5-16; Ephesians 1:13-14)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-eb74a204c555e0ab7339508c3c67c751 wp-block-paragraph\">We believe in eternal life, and that through belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, we spend eternity with the Lord in Heaven. We believe that in rejecting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, we receive eternal suffering in hell.<br><em>(Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0657a642d577c5d117b514df6c01d2a3 wp-block-paragraph\">We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, that all believers are members of His body, the Church.<br><em>(Philippians 2:1-4)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f884596fa57f71e21ee4c1d1e232bd91 wp-block-paragraph\">We believe God\u2019s design for sexual intimacy is to be expressed only within the context of marriage. God instituted marriage between one man and one woman as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one man and one woman.<br><em>(Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9;\u00a0 Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b0f418a81470493f167174248daf68be wp-block-paragraph\">We believe that God created all human beings in His image and He created them male and female. Therefore, we believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; that we must honor the physical and spiritual needs of all people; following Christ\u2019s example, we believe that every person should be treated with love, dignity and respect.<br><em>(Genesis 1:27; Psalms 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5fbf299611a7c005e2b562ecae9e6b98 wp-block-paragraph\">We believe that godly men are called to fulfill primary leadership roles in the church including serving as elders, deacons and teachers. While we realize that camp is not the church per se, in worship settings men will be called to leadership roles at camp. <br><em>(1 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Corinthians 14:33-34; 1 Timothy 2:12-13; 1 Timothy 3:1-13) 4-23-2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska Youth Camp Statement of Faith Accepted 2-21-2020 We believe there is only one God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.(Matthew 28:19) We believe the Bible to be the only inspired, trustworthy and true, without error, Word of God. 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