Doctrinal Statement
Doctrinal Statement
Of the Scriptures: We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men who were supernaturally inspired and has been preserved. It has truth without any admixture of error for its matter; therefore, it is and shall remain to the end of the age be the only complete and final revelation of the will of God to man, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions shall be tried. By “The Holy Bible” we mean that collection of sixty-six books, Genesis through Revelation, which, as originally written, does not only contain and convey the Word of God, but is the very Word of God. By “inspiration” we mean that the writers of the books of the Bible were moved by the Holy Spirit in such a definite way that their writings were supernaturally and verbally inspired and free from error as no other writings have ever been or ever will be inspired. By “preserved” we mean God has protected His Word from any error overseeing its translation into the English language as the King James Version.
Of the True God: We believe that there is one, and only one, living and true God, who is an infinite, intelligent Spirit, the Maker and supreme Ruler of Heaven and Earth, inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all possible honor, confidence and love. In the unity of the Godhead, there are three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, equal in every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.
Of the Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person, equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same nature. He was active in creation. In His relation to the unbelieving world, He restrains the Evil One until God’s purpose is fulfilled. He convicts of sin, of judgment, and of righteousness. He bears witness to the truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony. He is the Agent in the new birth. He seals, endues, guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies, and helps the believer.
Of the Devil or Satan: We believe that Satan was once holy and enjoyed heavenly honors; but, through pride and ambition to be as the Almighty, he fell and drew after him a host of angels. He is now the malignant prince of the power of the air and the unholy god of the world. We hold him to be man’s great tempter, the enemy of God and His Son Jesus Christ, the accuser of the saints, the author of all false religions, the chief power of the present apostasy, the lord of the anti-Christ, and the author of all the powers of darkness. He is, however, destined to final defeat at the hands of God’s Son and to the judgment of an eternal justice in Hell, a place prepared for him and his angels.
Of the Creation: We believe in the Genesis account of Creation and that it is to be accepted literally and not allegorically or figuratively. We believe that man’s creation was not a matter of evolution or evolution of any change of species or development through interminable periods of time from lower to higher forms. We believe that all animal and vegetable life was made directly, and God’s established law was that they should bring forth only “after their kind.”
The Fall of Man: We believe that man was created in innocence under the law of his Maker, but by voluntary transgression he fell from his sinless and happy state; in consequences of which, all human beings are now sinners, not by constraint, but of choice and are, therefore, under just condemnation without defense or excuse.
Of the Virgin Birth: We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Ghost in a miraculous manner, was born of Mary a virgin as no other man was ever born or can ever be born of woman, and is both the Son of God and God the Son.
Of the Atonement of Sin: We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace through the mediatorial offices of the Son of God, who by the appointment of the Father, freely took upon Himself our nature, yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience and not in setting us an example by His death as a martyr. Rather He voluntarily substituted Himself in the sinner’s place, the Just dying for the unjust, Christ the Lord bearing our sins in His own body on the tree; and, having risen from the dead, He is now enthroned in Heaven. He is in every way qualified to be a suitable, compassionate, and all-sufficient Saviour.
Of Grace in the New Creation: We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again, that the new birth is a new creation in Christ Jesus, that it is instantaneous and not a process, and that in the new birth the one dead in trespasses and in sins is made partaker of the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God. We believe that the new creation is brought about in a manner above our comprehension, not by the will of man, but wholly and solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine truth so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the gospel. Its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance, faith, and newness of life.
Of the Freeness of Salvation: We believe in God’s grace: that the blessings of salvation are made free to all by the gospel and that it is the immediate duty of all to accept it by a cordial, penitent, and obedient faith. We believe nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner on earth but his own inherent depravity and voluntary rejection of the gospel.
Of Justification: We believe that the great gospel blessing which Christ secures to such as believe in Him is Justification. Justification includes the pardon of sin and the gift of eternal life on principles of His righteousness imputed unto us. Justification is bestowed, not in consideration of any works of righteousness which we have done, but solely through faith in the Redeemer’s blood.
Of Repentance and Faith: We believe that repentance and faith are solemn obligations and also inseparable graces wrought in our souls by the quickening Spirit of God. Being deeply convicted by our guilt, danger, and helplessness and of the way of salvation by Christ, we turn to God with unfeigned contrition, confession and supplication for mercy and, at the same time, receive the Lord Jesus Christ and openly confess Him as our only all-sufficient Saviour.
Of the Church: We believe that the church of Christ is a congregation of baptized believers, associated by a covenant of faith and fellowship of the gospel, observing the ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, and exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word. Its officers of ordinations are pastors or elders (and deacons) whose qualifications, claims, and duties are clearly defined in the Scriptures. We believe that the true mission of the church is found in the Great Commission – first, to make individual disciples; second, to build up the church; and third, to teach and instruct as He has commanded. We do not believe in the reversal of this order. We hold that the local church has the absolute right of self-government, free from the interference of any hierarchy of individuals or organizations, and that the one and only superintendent is Christ through the Holy Spirit. It is scriptural for true churches to cooperate with each other in contending for the faith and for the furtherance of the gospel. Every church is the sole and only judge of the measure and method of its cooperation on all matters of membership, of policy, of government, of discipline, and of benevolence. The will of the local church is final.
Of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper: We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, with the authority of the local church to show forth in solemn and beautiful emblem our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, with its effect in our death to sin and resurrection to a new life. It is a prerequisite to the privileges of a church relation and to the Lord’s Supper in which the members of the church, by the sacred use of bread and wine (grape juice), are to commemorate together the dying love of Christ, preceded always by solemn self-examination.
Of Eternal Security: We believe in the eternal security of the believer; that is to say, once saved, always saved. (John 3:36, John 10:29, I John 5:13)
Of the Righteous and the Wicked: We believe that there is a radical and essential difference between the righteous and the wicked; that such only as through faith are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and sanctified by the Spirit of our God, are truly righteous in His esteem. Those who continue in impenitence and unbelief are in His sight wicked and under the curse. This distinction holds among men, both in and after death, in the everlasting felicity of the saved and the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost.
Of Civil Government: We believe that civil government is of divine appointment for the interest and good order of human society and that we should pray for magistrates while we conscientiously honor and obey them, except only in things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the only Lord of the conscience and the coming Prince of the kings of the earth.
Of Heaven, Hell, and the Lake of Fire: We believe the Scriptures teach of the actual existence of a place called Heaven where God dwells and where all those who have called on Jesus to be their Saviour go at death. We believe the Scriptures also teach of a place called Hell into which those who reject Christ (of their own free will) go at death (because man is sinful and cannot pay off his own sin debt); this place called Hell will one day be cast, with all its occupants, into the Lake of Fire which burneth forever and ever.
Of the Resurrection and Return of Christ and Related Events: We believe in and accept the sacred Scriptures concerning these subjects at their face and full value.
Of the Resurrection:
We believe that Christ rose bodily “the third day according to the Scriptures,” that He ascended “to the right hand of the throne of God,” and that He alone is our “merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God.”
Of the Return of Christ: We believe in the imminent and personal return of Christ to rapture His Church prior to the Seven-Year Tribulation Period. We believe “that the dead in Christ shall rise first” and that the living saints “shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.” At the end of the Tribulation Period, Christ will personally and visibly return with His saints to establish His earthly Kingdom which was promised to the nation of Israel. We believe “this same Jesus which is taken up from you into Heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into Heaven” – bodily, personally, and visibly. We believe “the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His Father David” and that “Christ shall reign a thousand years in righteousness until He hath put all enemies under His feet. Christ shall reign a thousand years in righteousness until He hath put all enemies under His feet.
Of Missions: The command to give the gospel to the world is clear and unmistakable, and this commission was given to the churches.
Of the Grace of Giving: Scriptural giving is one of the fundamentals of the faith. We are commanded to bring our gifts into the storehouse (common treasury of the church) upon the first day of the week.
Of Human Sexuality: We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity should take place outside of marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that sex is a privilege of marriage and the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Gen. 2:24, Rom. 7:2, I Cor. 7:10, Eph. 5:22-23).
Of Heaven, Hell, and the Lake of Fire: We believe the Scriptures teach of the actual existence of a place called Heaven where God dwells and where all those who have called on Jesus to be their Saviour go at death. We believe the Scriptures also teach of a place called Hell into which those who reject Christ (of their own free will) go at death (because man is sinful and cannot pay off his own sin debt); this place called Hell will one day be cast, with all its occupants, into the Lake of Fire which burneth forever and ever.
WRCA Statement on Marriage and Human Sexuality
Warner Robins Christian Academy (W.R.C.A.) is a uniquely Christian, educational institution that seeks to provide a quality education in a distinct Christian environment. One of the goals of W.R.C.A. is to work with parents and guardians to train Christian young men and women to be salt and light in their communities. W.R.C.A. believes that the Bible (KJV) is the inspired Word of God and sets forth absolute truth by which Christians are to live. W.R.C.A. expects and requires that both students and parents will support the school in its distinct missions and its Biblical beliefs. In relying on the teachings of Scripture (KJV Bible), W.R.C.A. believes that the Bible prohibits sexual immorality of any type, including but not limited to pornography, homosexuality, transgenderism, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, or any other sexual activity outside the marriage of one biologically born man and one biologically born woman. On those occasions in which a particular home or student is acting counter to or in opposition to the Biblical beliefs and lifestyle that the school believes and teaches, the school reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to refuse admission to an applicant or to discontinue enrollment of a current student. This includes, but is not limited to, living in, condoning, or supporting any form of sexual immorality; practicing or promoting a homosexual lifestyle or alternative gender identity; or otherwise having the inability to support the moral principles of W.R.C.A. as stated throughout the school handbook.
School Position on the King James Version
Warner Robins Christian Academy accepts and uses only the old King James Version of the Bible. Students may not bring other versions for classroom or devotional purposes; this includes the New King James Version of the Bible.
