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Statement of Faith

Covenant Learning Co-op

Statement of Faith

Since we believe the following, in all co-op matters we will teach nothing that contradicts the following:

 

  1. We believe that the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible constitute the Holy Scriptures which alone is the inspired and infallible Word of God, fully inerrant in the original writings. There are no other infallible sources of truth and authority beside it. It is the only reliable record for the beginning of history. (Psalm18:30; Proverbs 30:5-6; Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
  2. We believe there is only one God and He is sovereign, eternally existing in three distinct but not separate persons: the everlasting Father, His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, the giver of life. (Deuteronomy 4:35, 32:39; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 43:10; Matthew 28:19; John 1:1,14, 14:26, 15:26, 17:21; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, 13:14; 1 Peter 1:2)
  3. We believe that Jesus Christ, fully God as the only eternal Son of God, took to Himself a fully human nature when He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and was born of a virgin. He lived a sinless life, was crucified, died, and was buried.  He was bodily resurrected, ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father, and will come again to earth in power and glory to judge the living and the dead.  (Isaiah 9:6 53:9; Matthew 1:18-23; Luke 1:34-35, 22:69, 23:44-46; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 1:19-20; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 4:1; Hebrews 7:26, 12:2; 1 Peter 2:22)
  4. We believe that the Holy Spirit, truly and eternally God, indwells and transforms a person for his salvation and is given by God to him as a seal of salvation. Further, we believe that the Holy Spirit gathers, guides, directs and protects the church in the work of the gospel until the day of Christ’s return.  It is through the Holy Spirit that God guides us into all truth. (John 3:5-6, 16:13; Luke 12:12; Acts 13:2, 16:6; Romans 8:14; I Corinthians 6:19-20; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:30; Titus 3:5-7)
  5. We believe in one, holy, universal church, which is the body of Christ, its head, and is made up of those who have placed their faith for life and death in His gospel.  (I Corinthians 12; Ephesians 1:11-13, 3:10, 14-15; Acts 13:48; Colossians 1:18)
  6. We believe that God directly created in His own image Adam and Eve, the historical parents of the entire human race. Those first parents sinned against God, and as a result no human beings are without sin; they thereby incur not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.  Likewise, through their sin, creation itself is also held in bondage to decay.  These are the things that account for the problem of evil in our world. (Genesis 1:26-27, 3:17-19; Romans 3:23, 5:12-19, 8:19-21; Ephesians 2:3)
  7. We believe that the one-time, complete and perfect substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus Christ provides the only grounds for justification of sinners before God. Man contributes no merit or effort toward his own justification; it is purely by God’s grace. (Isaiah 53:3-12; Matthew 1:21; Romans 3:21-24, 4:24-25; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:4-5, 8-9; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 2:24)
  8. We believe that faith alone is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to man and forgiveness of sins is received.    (John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Romans 1:16-17, 4:24, 10:9-10, 13, 17; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 John 5:13)
  9. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, with everlasting conscious punishment for the lost and everlasting conscious blessedness for believers. (Job 19:25-27; Matthew 25:41, 46; Luke 14:14; John 3:36, 5:28-29; Romans 8:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9;  Revelation 20:10-15)
  10. We believe that the triune God spoke into being the earth, heavenly bodies, all vegetation, and every kind of water creature.  God formed all birds of the air and beasts of the fields, each according to its kind. God formed man from the dust of the ground and God formed woman from the rib of man in God’s image and likeness. (Genesis 1-2, 1 Corinthians 15:38, 39; Hebrews 11:3)
  11. We believe life, beginning at conception, is a blessing and privilege and that one’s days are numbered and ordained only by God. (Genesis 1:26-28; Psalm 127:3-5, 139:13-16; Ecclesiastes 3:1-12; Luke 1:26-38; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17)
  12. We believe the institutions of family (marriage between one man and one woman), government, and church are established and blessed by God and that God has given parents the responsibility for the care and training of their children. (Genesis 2:20-25; Deuteronomy 4:9; Malachi 2:15; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27, 13:1-5; Ephesians 6:1-4)
  13. We believe that corporate prayer and Bible reading are modeled in Scripture.  (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 18:1; Acts 2:42)

For teaching purposes at Covenant Learning Co-op only the following Bible translation are approved:  New International Version (NIV), King James (KJ), New King James (NKJ), English Standard Version (ESV), and New American Standard (NASB)

 

Revised 11/09

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