Westminster Christian School - Statements of Faith

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STATEMENTS OF FAITH

Statement of Faith

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

The doctrinal basis of this Association is the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the infallible Word of God, as interpreted in the Westminster Confession of Faith together with the Larger and Shorter Catechisms.

While allowing for some doctrinal differences, it is required that all voting Members of the Association subscribe to the following nine irreducible essentials of the doctrinal basis:

1) That the Holy Spirit did so inspire, guide and move the writers of the Holy Scriptures as to keep the original writings free from all error.

2) That there is one God existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-equal and co-eternal.

3) That man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature.

4) That Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.

5) That the Lord Jesus died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as our substitute to satisfy divine justice, and that all who believe on Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.

6) That on the third day after His crucifixion, our Lord Jesus Christ arose again from the dead with the same body, in which He suffered and with which also he ascended into Heaven, and there sits at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for the saints.

7) That the Lord Jesus Christ showed his power and love by working mighty miracles. This working was not contrary to nature, but superior to it.

8) That our Lord Jesus Christ will in future history return bodily to this world.

9) That there shall be a future day of resurrection in which both the redeemed and the damned shall be raised from the dead. The redeemed will enjoy the estate of eternal blessedness, and the damned will suffer the eternal torment of retribution.