{"id":5946,"date":"2023-07-16T22:16:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T22:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/?page_id=5946"},"modified":"2024-07-15T01:21:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T01:21:20","slug":"next-steps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/next-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Salvation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Salvation is every person\u2019s personal decision to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and invite Him into their heart. This is the first and most important step in a person\u2019s spiritual walk with God as it assures them an eternity with Him. At salvation, each person is made a new creation by the Holy Spirit, declared righteous before God, and secured as an adopted child of God forever.<\/p>

Genuine faith continues in obedience and love for Jesus Christ with a life eager to glorify God and preserve to the end. All glory for the salvation and security of every believer belongs to God alone. It is God\u2019s authority that gives every human being the ability to personally choose to love and follow the God that created and gave His life for them. It is the miraculous union of God\u2019s sovereign authority and man\u2019s repentant choice that allows for salvation. (Romans 2:4, 3:21-31, 8:1, 8:37-39; II Corinthians 5:16-21; Ephesians 1:7-9, 2:8-9; Jude 1:24-25)<\/p>

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Baptism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Baptism is the immersion of a believer in water, properly called \u201cBeliever\u2019s Baptism.\u201d Although baptism is not required for salvation, it is commanded of all believers and is for believers only. Scripture shows that a person was baptized after personally receiving forgiveness of sin through accepting Jesus Christ. The waters of baptism are a symbol of our death and burial in our old lives and resurrection into a new life of Christ. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:38, 2:41, 8:36, 18:8; Colossians 2:12; II Corinthians 5:17; Romans 6:1-5)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We believe in the importance of offering clear paths for people to develop healthy and growing relationships with others in the church body. We value an intentional plan to help every interested person enjoy godly relationships in the church. Those seeking membership will be provided with a copy of the church Statements of Doctrinal Faith and Constitution. By signing the membership agreement included in these documents and agreeing to abide by the statutes included, the individual will become a member of Community Bible Church of Pevely. (Psalm 55:14; Acts 2:42; I John 1:7; Hebrews 10:24-25, 13:6)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Salvation Salvation is every person\u2019s personal decision to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and invite Him into their heart. This is the first and most important step in a person\u2019s spiritual walk with God as it assures them an eternity with Him. At salvation, each person is made a new creation by the Holy Spirit, declared righteous before God, and secured as an adopted child of God forever. Genuine faith continues in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5946","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5946"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6906,"href":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5946\/revisions\/6906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbcofpevely.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}