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Statement
of Faith
STATEMENT
OF FAITH
We declare
the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are divinely inspired,
entirely trustworthy and the supreme authority in all matters
of faith and practice, indispensable and determinative for our
knowledge of God, of ourselves and the rest of creation, and
for the whole educational task.
On this basis
we confess:
There is one
God eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit.
This one God is creator of heaven and earth and of all things
visible and invisible and sustains and rules over all His creation,
including man, in perfect wisdom and power.
Man was created in the image of God, and was given authority
and responsibility to rule over Creation for the praise and delight
of our Maker.
In the whole of his life man either serves God, or a substitute
of his own imagination. Education therefore is never neutral,
but unfolds in obedience or disobedience to the Lord.
Man through unbelief and disobedience, has fallen into sin and
brought God’s wrath and curse upon himself and the rest
of Creation. He is therefore separated from God and blinded to
the goodness of God, and to the source, meaning and purpose of
life.
Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God, is the Mediator whom
the Father sent to redeem and to reconcile the world to Himself,
and the Lord Jesus whom the Father has given all power and authority
to give light and life to people lost in sin and death.
The atoning death and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ are
the only grounds of forgiveness of sin, of regeneration, and
fellowship with God. God’s purpose for our world will culminate
with Christ’s certain return.
The knowledge of God, of His Word and of Creation results from
the work of the Holy Spirit in man’s heart.
These views
are held from a foundational position of Biblical inerrancy,
authority, historicity and actual creation.
To this end, Home Schooling NZ
does not promote or endorse any curriculum
that is not consistent with the Statement of Doctrinal Position
or which is not consistent with a “Biblical World View”. |
