Holy Scripture
The LORD has been pleased through the light of nature and His works in creation and His glorious providence to manifest unto all men His goodness, wisdom, and power. Yet these are not sufficient to communicate to men the knowledge of God and His will that leads to salvation. Therefore, in His divine goodness, it has pleased the LORD God to reveal Himself through Holy Scripture and to have this revelation wholly committed in writing.
Therefore, the chief governing document for Christ Presbyterian Church is this holy and special revelation of the LORD God commonly called the Holy Scriptures or the Bible. We recognize as being of divine inspiration the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament and the twenty-seven books of the New Testament. We believe that the books commonly called the Apocrypha are not of divine inspiration, and therefore are not part of the canon of Scripture and therefore carry no authority with the Church of God.
We believe the authority of Holy Scripture, for which it is to be believed and obeyed, does not depend upon the testimony of any man or Church. Rather, its authority is wholly from God, Who alone is truth, and Who is the one Author of Holy Scripture. Therefore it is to be received because it is the Word of God. See 2 Timothy 3:16f.
We believe the whole counsel of God that is necessary for His own glory, for man's salvation, for faith, and for all of life, has been set down for us by the Holy Spirit in the Holy Scripture. Therefore, we would reject all so-called "new revelations of the Spirit," along with the traditions of men that have been or would be set down as authoritative.
We believe that the Holy Scriptures are the supreme judge by which all things are to be governed and by which all controversies of life and religion are to be determined. All decrees of councils, opinions of ancient and modern writers, doctrines held by the church, and private opinions are to be subjected to the Holy Scriptures.
It is in this Word/Law of God and the Holy Spirit speaking in these Scriptures are we to rest and stand.
Therefore, the chief governing document for Christ Presbyterian Church is this holy and special revelation of the LORD God commonly called the Holy Scriptures or the Bible. We recognize as being of divine inspiration the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament and the twenty-seven books of the New Testament. We believe that the books commonly called the Apocrypha are not of divine inspiration, and therefore are not part of the canon of Scripture and therefore carry no authority with the Church of God.
We believe the authority of Holy Scripture, for which it is to be believed and obeyed, does not depend upon the testimony of any man or Church. Rather, its authority is wholly from God, Who alone is truth, and Who is the one Author of Holy Scripture. Therefore it is to be received because it is the Word of God. See 2 Timothy 3:16f.
We believe the whole counsel of God that is necessary for His own glory, for man's salvation, for faith, and for all of life, has been set down for us by the Holy Spirit in the Holy Scripture. Therefore, we would reject all so-called "new revelations of the Spirit," along with the traditions of men that have been or would be set down as authoritative.
We believe that the Holy Scriptures are the supreme judge by which all things are to be governed and by which all controversies of life and religion are to be determined. All decrees of councils, opinions of ancient and modern writers, doctrines held by the church, and private opinions are to be subjected to the Holy Scriptures.
It is in this Word/Law of God and the Holy Spirit speaking in these Scriptures are we to rest and stand.
The Creeds of the Church
Christ Presbyterian Church confesses every Sunday along with the historic church the Nicene Creed.
I believe in one God,
The Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father;
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures;
and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;
and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost
the Lord, and Giver of Life,
who proceedeth from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified;
who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church;
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins;
and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
I believe in one God,
The Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father;
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures;
and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;
and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost
the Lord, and Giver of Life,
who proceedeth from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified;
who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church;
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins;
and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Our Confessional Standard
Christ Presbyterian Church has adopted the Westminster Confession of Faith as adopted by the first American Presbyterian Assembly of 1789 as its doctrinal standard, and as modified by our exceptions (see Constitution).
Westminster Confession of Faith
Westminster Confession of Faith