{"id":2022,"date":"2026-01-17T08:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.thecreekchurch.com\/?page_id=2022"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:14:32","slug":"baptism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.thecreekchurch.com\/index.php\/baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2022\" class=\"elementor elementor-2022\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a249a31 thegem-e-con-layout-thegem e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a249a31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;thegem_container_layout&quot;:&quot;thegem&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-472586e9 flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"472586e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOllow Jesus<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7161a3e8 e-con-full thegem-e-con-layout-thegem e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7161a3e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;thegem_container_layout&quot;:&quot;thegem&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25461e79 e-con-full page-section thegem-e-con-layout-thegem e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25461e79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;thegem_container_layout&quot;:&quot;thegem&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e51381 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-divider--view-line flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"14e51381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ffe36a0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ffe36a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h1>The gospel is the good news that Jesus saves<\/h1><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225afb9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"225afb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1115\">Because of sin, we cannot save ourselves or earn our way back to God. But Jesus came for us. He lived the perfect life we could not live, died the death our sin deserved, and rose again so we could have new life.<\/p><p data-start=\"1117\" data-end=\"1303\">Salvation is a free gift from Jesus, received through repentance and faith in Him alone as Savior and Lord. Through Jesus, we are forgiven, restored to God, and welcomed as His children.<\/p><p data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1544\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">And salvation is not just something God starts in us, it is something He continues. Through the Holy Spirit, every genuine follower of Jesus is being changed to become more like Him, secure in the grace that saves, sustains, and keeps us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a7818f elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"17a7818f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God\u2019s one and only Son.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\"> John 3:16-18<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614d9dc7 e-con-full page-section thegem-e-con-layout-thegem e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"614d9dc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;thegem_container_layout&quot;:&quot;thegem&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7693e512 flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7693e512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">have you said yes to jesus?<\/span><\/h1><p data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1115\">If you&#8217;ve decided to follow Jesus, or if you still have questions, we&#8217;d love to talk with you about it and help you take your next steps. 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