We believe the Bible, and we recognize that most Christians do.\u00a0 We\u00a0celebrate the various understandings everyone brings to the table.<\/p>\n
The concepts of Scriptural infallibility and inerrancy refer only to the original texts, not to the subsequent translations, interpretations, and applications. The concepts themselves are interpretations of Biblical passages and derivative theologies, such as the word “inspiration” in 2 Timothy 3:16.<\/p>\n
The life and teachings of Jesus are paramount in the Bible. Jesus challenged some Old Testament passages, and he elevated others as having greater weight (i.e., Matthew 5:38-39 and Matthew 22:36-40).<\/p>\n
Please see\u00a0“Theological Guidelines: Scripture”<\/a>\u00a0for more about the United Methodist understanding of the Bible, which we affirm to be the Word of God and our\u00a0primary resource for\u00a0the Christian faith.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Creed in the Words of St. John<\/strong> We believe that God is spirit, and they that worship God We believe that God is Light, We believe that God is Love, and that everyone who loves We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, We believe that Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life, We believe that we are children of God, We believe that if we confess our sins, We believe that the world and its desires will pass away, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We believe the Bible, and we recognize that most Christians do.\u00a0 We\u00a0celebrate the various understandings everyone brings to the table. The concepts of Scriptural infallibility and inerrancy refer only to the original texts, not to the subsequent translations, interpretations, and applications. The concepts themselves are interpretations of Biblical passages and derivative theologies, such as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\nUnited Methodist Book of Worship, 1968 edition
\n<\/em>An affirmation of faith from the writings of St. John<\/p>\n
\nmust worship in spirit and in truth.<\/p>\n
\nand if we walk in the light, as God is in the light,
\nwe have fellowship with one another.<\/p>\n
\nis born of God and knows God.<\/p>\n
\nand that God has given to us eternal life,
\nand this life is in God’s Son.<\/p>\n
\nand that all who believe in Jesus,
\nthough they were dead, yet shall they live.<\/p>\n
\nand that God has given us God’s own Spirit.<\/p>\n
\nGod is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
\nand to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<\/p>\n
\nbut whoever does the will of God lives forever.\u00a0\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n