{"id":1020,"date":"2020-11-05T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T17:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bw.blue-sky.solutions\/?page_id=1020"},"modified":"2020-11-06T09:13:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T09:13:04","slug":"statement-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhemabotswana.org\/about\/statement-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"stretch-red\">RHEMA Bible Training Center Botswana<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600; font-size: 46px; line-height: 1em;\">STATEMENT OF FAITH<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">THE SCRIPTURES<\/h5>\n<p><strong>The Bible is the inspired Word of God<\/strong>, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The New Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, we accept as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine (2 Tim. 3:16; 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">THE GODHEAD<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>Our God is One, but manifested in three Persons\u2014the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<\/strong> being coequal (Deut. 6:4; Phil. 2:6). God the Father is greater than all; the Sender of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter (John 14:28; John 16:28; John 1:14). The Son is the Word flesh-covered, the One Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning (John 1:1; John 1:18; John 1:14). The Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal (John 14:16; John 15:26).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">MAN, HIS FALL AND REDEMPTION<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam\u2019s transgression and fall, sin came into the world.\u00a0<\/strong>The Bible says \u201c\u2026all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,\u201d and \u201c\u2026There is none righteous, no, not one\u201d (Rom. 3:10; 3:23). Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to undo the works of the devil and gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God (Rom. 5:14; 1 John 3:8).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">ETERNAL LIFE AND THE NEW BIRTH<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>Salvation is the gift of God to man through faith in Jesus Christ.<\/strong>\u00a0This is separate from works and the Law, and is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God (Eph. 2:8\u201310).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced, produces eternal life.<\/strong>\u00a0Man\u2019s first step toward salvation is godly sorrow that worketh repentance (2 Cor. 7:10; John 3:3\u20135; 1 John 5:12).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">WATER BAPTISM<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>Baptism in water is by immersion, is a direct commandment of our Lord, and is for believers only.\u00a0<\/strong>The ordinance is a symbol of the Christian\u2019s identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12; Acts 8:36\u201339).<\/p>\n<p>The following recommendation regarding the water baptismal formula is adopted: \u201cOn the confession of your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and by His authority, I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/6.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>The Baptism in the Holy Ghost is a gift and is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues.\u00a0<\/strong>The Baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is received subsequent to the new birth. This experience is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance (Matt. 3:11; John 14:16,17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38,39; Acts 19:1\u20137; Acts 2:1\u20134).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">SANCTIFICATION<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>We believe in sanctification, which is living a life of holiness.<\/strong>\u00a0The Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see the Lord. We believe in the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet progressive work of grace, commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation of salvation at Christ\u2019s return (Heb. 12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Cor. 3:18; Phil. 3:12\u201314; 1 Cor. 1:30).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">DIVINE HEALING<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>Healing is the privilege of every member of the Church today provided through Jesus\u2019 death on the Cross.<\/strong>\u00a0Healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith, and by the laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ, and is the privilege of every member of the Church today (James 5:14,15; Mark 16:18; Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:17; 1 Peter 2:24).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">HELL AND ETERNAL RETRIBUTION<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the lake of fire and, therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lake of fire is literal. The terms \u201ceternal\u201d and \u201ceverlasting,\u201d used in describing the duration of the punishment of the damned in the lake of fire, carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in denoting the duration of joy and ecstasy of saints in the Presence of God (Heb. 9:27; Rev. 19-20).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/10.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"h-custom-headline h3\">RESURRECTION OF THE JUST AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD<\/h5>\n<p class=\"man\"><strong>Jesus will return and \u201c. . . The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air . . .\u201d (1 Thess. 4:16\u201317).<\/strong>\u00a0The angels said to Jesus\u2019 disciples, \u201c\u2026This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.\u201d His coming is imminent. When He comes, \u201c\u2026The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\u2026\u201d (Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:16,17).<\/p>\n<p>Following the Tribulation, He shall return to earth as King of kings, and Lord of lords, and together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests, He shall reign a thousand years (Rev. 5:10; 20:6).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- {\"name\":\"Open Class Day\",\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"style\":\"default\",\"width\":\"default\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"text_color\":\"\",\"width_expand\":\"\",\"height\":\"\",\"padding\":\"\",\"header_transparent\":\"\",\"animation\":\"\",\"class\":\"grey-bg\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"layout\":\"1-1\",\"breakpoint\":\"m\",\"fixed_width\":\"large\",\"column_gap\":\"\",\"row_gap\":\"\",\"width\":\"\",\"width_expand\":\"\",\"height\":\"\",\"margin\":\"\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"media_overlay_gradient\":\"\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"style\":\"\",\"text_color\":\"\",\"padding\":\"\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"margin\":\"default\",\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"text_style\":\"\",\"text_color\":\"\",\"text_size\":\"\",\"column\":\"\",\"position\":\"\",\"position_z_index\":\"\",\"maxwidth\":\"\",\"maxwidth_breakpoint\":\"\",\"block_align\":\"\",\"block_align_breakpoint\":\"\",\"block_align_fallback\":\"\",\"text_align\":\"center\",\"text_align_breakpoint\":\"\",\"text_align_fallback\":\"\",\"animation\":\"\",\"visibility\":\"\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p><span class=\\\"stretch-red\\\">RHEMA Bible Training Center Botswana<\\\/span><br \\\/><span style=\\\"font-family: Poppins; font-weight: 600; font-size: 46px; line-height: 1em;\\\">STATEMENT OF FAITH<\\\/span><\\\/p>\"}}]}]}]},{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"style\":\"default\",\"width\":\"default\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"text_color\":\"\",\"width_expand\":\"\",\"height\":\"\",\"padding\":\"\",\"header_transparent\":\"\",\"animation\":\"\",\"class\":\"grey-bg\",\"padding_remove_top\":true},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"layout\":\"1-1\",\"breakpoint\":\"m\",\"fixed_width\":\"large\",\"column_gap\":\"\",\"row_gap\":\"\",\"width\":\"\",\"width_expand\":\"\",\"height\":\"\",\"margin\":\"\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"media_overlay_gradient\":\"\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"style\":\"\",\"text_color\":\"\",\"padding\":\"\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"list\",\"props\":{\"show_image\":true,\"show_link\":true,\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"image_align\":\"left\",\"image_vertical_align\":true,\"list_style\":\"\",\"content_style\":\"\",\"image_border\":\"\",\"icon_color\":\"\",\"link_style\":\"\",\"position\":\"\",\"position_z_index\":\"\",\"margin\":\"\",\"maxwidth\":\"\",\"maxwidth_breakpoint\":\"\",\"block_align\":\"\",\"block_align_breakpoint\":\"\",\"block_align_fallback\":\"\",\"text_align\":\"\",\"text_align_breakpoint\":\"\",\"text_align_fallback\":\"\",\"animation\":\"\",\"visibility\":\"\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"list_item\",\"props\":{\"icon_color\":\"\",\"image\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/1.png\",\"content\":\"\n\n<h5 class=\\\"h-custom-headline h3\\\">THE SCRIPTURES<\\\/h5>\\n\n\n<p><strong>The Bible is the inspired Word of God<\\\/strong>, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. 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