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Appendix
Doctrinal Statement
We believe in the imminent“Blessed Hope,”the Rapture of the
church before the tribulation, when the“Lord shall descend from
heaven”to catch up His bride to meet Him in the air and“so shall
we ever be with the Lord.” John 14:1–3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18;
1 Corinthians 15:15–58.
We believe in the literal, bodily resurrection of the crucified Lord,
His ascension into Heaven, His present life there as our High
Priest and Advocate, and His personal, bodily, visible return to
the earth at the end of the tribulation to establish His millennial
Kingdom on earth, and to reign as the only Potentate, the King
of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Luke 24:36–43; John 20:24–29; Acts
1:9–11; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Revelation 1:5–7; 19:11–16; 20:6.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all the dead: the saved to
a life of eternal glory and bliss in Heaven with God; the unsaved
to eternal judgment of conscious suffering and woe in the lake of
fire. John 5:28,29; Revelation 20:6,11–15; 21:1–8; Matthew 10:28;
18:8–9; 25:41,46; Mark 9:43–49; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9.
We believe in personal separation from all practices and
influences of the world which hinder a spirit-filled life.We believe
in biblical separation from all forms of ecclesiastical apostasy.
Romans 12:1; James 4:4; I John 2:15–17; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 7:1;
Colossians 3:1–17; Romans 6:1–14; Galatians 5:16–25.
We believe that it is the privilege and responsibility of every
believer to be a personal soul winner and to do his utmost to give
the Gospel of Christ to the whole world. Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8;
John 17:18; 20:21; 2 Corinthians 5:20.
We believe that the local church is an organized congregation
of immersed believers, associated by covenant; observing the
ordinances of baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper;
having the offices of pastor and deacon; exercising the gifts,
rights, privileges, and responsibilities given them by His Word;
and possessing the absolute right of self-government.We believe
that the Church which is His Body includes all New Testament
believers. Matthew 18:15–17;
1 Corinthians 1:2; 7:17; 11:16–32; 1 Timothy 3:1–15; 1 Corinthians
12:28; Ephesians 1:22–23; 2:14,15; 5:23–32.
Doctrinal Statement
All trustees, administrators, full-time faculty, and staff support and
adhere to the doctrinal statement and lifestyle commitment of
Cedarville University.
We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as
verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings,
embracing all matters which the biblical authors address, and
believe that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and
life. 2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:19–21.
We believe in one God—eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, and
omnipresent existing as three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, one in nature, attributes, power, and glory. Genesis 1:1,26;
Proverbs 30:4; Mark 12:29; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14;
John 1:1–4, 14,18; Acts 5:3–4.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy
Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and that He is both true God and
true man. Matthew 1:18–25; Luke 1:26–35; Philippians 2:6–11;
Isaiah 7:14; John 1:14.
We believe in the literal six-day account of Creation, that the
creation of man lies in the special, immediate, and formative acts
of God and not from previously existing forms of life. Genesis
1:26–27; 2:7–9,16,17; 3:1–19.
We believe that man was created perfect in the image of God,
that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but
also that spiritual and eternal death, which is separation from
God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and
are sinners in thought, word, and deed. Genesis 3:1–6; Romans
1:18,32; 3:10–19; 5:12,19.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according
to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice
and rose again for our justification; and that all who believe in
Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood and are saved
by grace through faith wholly apart from human merit and works.
Acts 13:39; 16:31; Romans 3:21–28; Ephesians 2:8–10; Titus
3:3–8.
We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus are born
again by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God and thereby
become the children of God forever and are eternally secure.
John 1:12,13; 3:3–16; 5:24; 10:28,29; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Peter 1:4–11.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person, equal with God
the Father and God the Son; that He was active in Creation; that
He convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment; that He is the
Agent in the new birth; that He baptizes all believers into the
body of Christ at conversion; that He indwells, seals, empowers
for service, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the
believer. Psalm 139:7–12; John 14:16–17; 16:13–14; Romans 8:9;
1 Corinthians 6:19.
We believe that the“sign gifts”of the Holy Spirit are not intended
to be a pattern for today. 1 Corinthians 12:7–10, 28–30; Hebrews
2:1–4.
