Doctrine

Doctrinal Position

The following provides a good summary of our doctrinal position at Cornerstone Classes:

1. We believe that the Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God,
      the only absolute truth. The Bible is the only authoritative rule of faith,
      worship, and Christian obedience. (1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 3:16-17;
      2 Pet. 1:19-21).

2. We believe that God is one God in three persons -God the Father,
      God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, all fully God, equal in power
      and glory. (Mat. 28:18-20; 1 Cor. 8:6; Gal. 4:6; 1 John 5:7).

3. We believe that all men are sinners both by their nature and by their
      acts, deserving God's wrath and condemnation. All men are wholly
      unable to save themselves by good works and are unable to change
      themselves without God's work. (Jer. 13:23; 17:9-10; Rom. 3:10-19,
      23; 1 Cor. 2:14).

4. We believe that God saves men from beginning to end by His
      Sovereign Grace, none deserving His mercy more than any other.
      Even faith and repentance are gifts that God must bring through His
      Spirit in regeneration before we can confess our sins and believe in
      the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. (John 1:12-13;
      Rom. 9:14-23; Eph. 2:1-10).

5. We believe that Jesus Christ died to save His people from their sins
      and that the shedding of His own blood on the cross secured their
      salvation eternally.(Isa. 53:4-12; Mat. 1:21; John 10:11-15).

6. We believe that God has chosen, before the foundation of the world,
      a people for Himself, not because of any good which He foresaw in
      them, but of His own free grace and love. (Acts 13:48; Eph. 1:4-14;
      2 Thess. 2:13).

7. We believe that God elects and saves men from every tribe, tongue,
      people and nation. We are commanded to proclaim the Gospel of our
      Lord Jesus Christ and invite all to come to Him for salvation, trusting
      that God will accomplish His own will, and that His Word will not
      return to Him void. (Isa. 55:11; 2 Cor. 2:12-17; Rev. 5:9-10).

8. We believe that God calls each one He saves, sending His Spirit in
      regeneration to draw them unto Himself and give them the gifts of
      faith and repentance. (Jer. 31:3; John 6:44; 2 Cor. 4:6;
      2 Thess. 2:14).

9. We believe that God will preserve to the end all whom He has
      elected, called and saved. Also, all whom God preserves will
      persevere in Christ to the end, bearing the fruits of repentance and
      faith with a godly life. (John 6:37-40; 10:27-29; Rom. 8:28-30;
     1 Pet. 1:5).

10. We believe man's chief purpose is to glorify God and enjoy a
      relationship with Him forever. We see worshipping God and the
      pursuit of holiness as priorities in fulfilling this purpose. (Jer. 9:24;
      1 Cor. 1:26-31; 10:31; Heb. 12:14; 1 Pet. 1:13-21).

11. We believe in the present day ministry of the Holy Spirit in the lives of
      believers in Christ Jesus in whom the gifts of the Spirit are imparted
      for use in the ministry of the church to its members and to those in
      the culture seeking salvation in Christ. (Romans 12:3-8;
      1 Corinthians 12 and 14).

12. We believe that the first commandment all believers have from the
      Lord to love the Lord God with all their heart, soul, mind and body
      and their neighbor as themselves. (Matthew 22:36-40)