STATEMENT OF FAITH
In order to give a clear understanding of the fundamentals of the Christian faith for which Cutler Ridge Christian Academy, without exception, stands, we include in this handbook our “Statement of Faith.”
We believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible, inerrant, authoritative Word of God (II Tim. 3:16).
We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:1, John 10:30); and He is the God of ultimate authority. (Matthew 28:18)
We believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 10:33); in His virgin birth (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:35); in His sinless life (Heb. 4:15, 7:25);in His miracles (John 2:11); in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood (Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14); in His bodily resurrection (John 11:25); in His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:11); and in His personal, imminent return in power and glory (Rev. 18:11-16).
We believe that all men are sinful by nature (Rom. 3:23, 5:8) and as such at enmity with God and therefore regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential to their salvation (Rom. 3:19).
We believe that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ and that only by God’s grace through faith alone are we saved (Acts 13:38-39).
We believe that Satan is a person and that hell is a place of eternal conscious punishment of all unsaved (Job 1:6-7; Matt. 25:46; Rev. 20:14-15).
We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin, makes believers children of God through the new birth, assuring them of heaven, and by His indwelling enables Christians to live a godly life (John 16:8; I Cor. 3:16;I Cor. 12:13).
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).
We believe that the Body of Christ consists only of those who are born again (John 3:3), for whom Christ now makes intercession in heaven (Heb. 7:25), and for whom He shall return (John 14:3).
We believe in Christ’s “Great Commission” to the Church to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, baptizing and teaching those who believe (Matt. 28:19-20).
We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female, and disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance. (Gen. 1:26-27)
We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman and that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of said legitimate marriage. (Gen. 2:18-25; Heb. 13:4)
We believe that any form of sexual immorality; including homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. (Mark 7:20-23; Rom. 1:22-32)
In conjunction with our Statement of Faith, we support and abide by the Baptist Faith and Message. http://www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp