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HEARTLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Doctrinal Statement
Bible: We believe in the divine inspiration and authority of the 66 Canonical Books of the Bible. By this is meant a miraculous guidance of the Holy Spirit in the original writing, extending to all parts of the Scriptures equally, applying even to the choice of words, so that the result is the very Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice. Moreover, it is our conviction that God has exercised such care and providence through the ages in preserving the written Word, that the Scriptures as we now have them are in every essential particular as originally given and contain all things necessary to salvation.
Triune Godhead: We believe in the one God revealed as eternally existing in three equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe in the Holy Spirit as a divine Person, a personality distinct from the Father and the Son.
Jesus Christ: We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary and is true God and true man. We believe He died for the sins of humanity as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that His death was a sufficient expiation for the guilt of all people. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven and in His present ministry there as our High Priest and Advocate.
Satan: We believe that God created an innumerable host of angels, some of whom followed the lead of Lucifer, now called Satan, in rebelling against God, thereby bringing sin into the universe. We believe in Satan’s present activity on Earth and his complete defeat by the Lord Jesus Christ at the Cross and final end in the Lake of Fire.
Humanity: We believe that human beings were created by God in the image of God, that they sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also that spiritual death which is the separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and with such a nature are incapable of producing anything that is acceptable to God.
Eternal Life: We believe that all people are justified by grace through their personal faith on the grounds of the shed blood of Christ, and that all those who receive (truly trusting and believing) the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become the children of God.
Resurrection: We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved in the presence of God, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
The Church: We believe the Church of Jesus Christ had its historical beginning at Pentecost, is composed solely of believers, and is the Body and Bride of our Lord.
Witness: We believe it is the supreme responsibility of every believer to testify to the saving power of Christ’s death on the Cross, both personally and through missionaries, at home and to the uttermost part of the earth.
Godliness: We believe it is the duty of every believer to live a holy life unto God, keeping themselves unspotted from the world, we believe it is God’s intention that this shall be accomplished in the believer’s life by their constant dependence on the divine enablement of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.
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