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Cantate Home School Choir
Statement of Faith
THE
SCRIPTURES We believe in the plenary-verbal inspiration
of the Word of God, and that both the Old and New Testaments are inerrant in
the original writings and are the supreme and final authority for faith and
life.
THE GODHEAD We believe the Godhead exists in three Persons: Father,
Son and Holy Spirit. These three Persons are one God having precisely the
same nature, attributes, and perfections.
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST We believe in (a) His eternal existence as God,
(b) His Incarnation and Virgin Birth, (c) His death on the cross as the substitutionary
atonement for sin, (d) His literal, bodily resurrection from the dead, (e)
His present ministry of intercession in heaven, and (f) His personal, future
return to earth.
THE HOLY SPIRIT We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the
Godhead, convicts men of sin, regenerates, baptizes, indwells, seals, and
sets apart believers unto a holy life; that He keeps and empowers believers
day by day; that He is the Teacher of the Word of God and the Guide for daily
living.
MAN We believe that (a) man was created innocent and pure, and (b)
Adam fell through the sin of disobedience. Therefore, (c) all men are
corrupted in body, soul, and spirit; and (d) all men need redemption.
SALVATION We believe that (a) salvation is by grace, a free gift of
God apart from works (b) salvation requires repentance, a turning from ones
own way to God's way, (c) salvation is through personal faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, (d) all who receive Jesus Christ are regenerated by the Holy
Spirit and become children of God, and (e) true salvation will be manifested
by a changed life.
THE FUTURE We believe (a) in the personal, visible bodily return of
Jesus Christ to earth, (b) in the bodily resurrection of the just to eternal
abode in the glory of God's presence, and (c) in the bodily resurrection of
the unjust to judgment and everlasting separation from God.
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