LCS Statement of Faith

The Loudoun Classical School Statement of Faith defines the essential, Biblical doctrines that inform and guide the ministry of this school. The Westminster Confession of Faith together with the Larger and Shorter Catechisms contain this system of Biblical doctrine, which sufficiently and accurately contains the truth of Holy Scripture.

The following are the doctrines that will be taught in various ways throughout all grade levels.

Sovereignty of God: God sovereignly controls all that occurs in His world and in His church. His good plans and wise purposes always prevail; nothing can thwart them.

Inerrancy of Scripture: God’s written Word, the Bible, is free from error and is completely trustworthy. It is God’s Truth and is the final authority in all matters.

God’s Creation of the World and Man: The Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, alone has existed from eternity past and in His wisdom decided to create the universe from nothing. God spoke and it came into existence. Humanity did not evolve from lower life but was created by God. Man, male and female, was created with dignity in that he was made in God’s image and was created in humility in that his purpose is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Male and female are created and designed equal in their dignity before God yet wonderfully unique in their roles and callings to live and humbly serve before God as men and women. In creation, God mandates that marriage is between one man and one woman. We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Gen. 1:26-27). Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the unique image of God within that person, and is therefore a rejection of one’s Creator (Rom. 1:18-32)

Fall of Mankind: Though man was created good and upright, all mankind participated in Adam’s fall from his original sinless state and are thus lost in sin and totally depraved. As fallen sinners, our guilt before God is because of our sin in Adam as our representative head, as well as the sins of omission and commission that we freely choose to commit against the true and living God.

God’s Dealing with Man: God has bound Himself to man by way of a covenant. Initially God committed Himself to give life to Adam upon the condition of his perfect obedience. When Adam sinned, God made a new covenant. In this covenant He bound Himself to save a people for Himself. He also committed to keep the terms of the covenant on behalf of man by the work of Jesus Christ. Therefore, the confidence and hope of believers are in God’s covenantal faithfulness rather than in their own performance. The great salvation promise of the Covenant of Grace is that all of the obligations of the Covenant of Works that God requires of all mankind, have been fulfilled perfectly in the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ.

Jesus, Savior of Sinners: Jesus Christ is the unique Son of God and the only Savior of the world. Fully God and fully man, He was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life. He alone secured our salvation by His substitutionary atonement on the cross and by His righteous life imputed to us. Jesus rose bodily from the dead, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will come again in power and glory.

Justification by Faith Alone: Sinners are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Sinners do not deserve salvation, and they cannot earn it. Justification is a one time act of God, granted by His grace through the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to the believing soul, whereby the sinner is pardoned of all his sins, and made righteous in God’s sight, and this is received by faith alone.

Sanctification and the Empowering Holy Spirit: Every true believer in Jesus Christ is united by faith to Christ alone, and possess in Him all that they need for life and godliness. Believers are indwelt and empowered by the Holy Spirit, who enables believers to gratefully live a godly life and to perform good works to the glory of the Triune God. This work of sanctification is a process that believers experience in their union with Christ which will not be fully completed and perfected until glory.

Body of Christ: All believers are spiritually united in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Head of the church. Every believer is a member of the body of Christ. Every believer should seek to be a member and serve local congregations of Christ’s body that are faithful to Christ and His Holy Word. It is important for our teachers and instructors to be members in good standing of a faithful local congregation of God’s people.

Final Judgment and Resurrection: At the second coming of Christ, the lost and the saved will be bodily resurrected and judged by Jesus Christ, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. The lost, those who denied the grace of God in Christ, will be eternally damned, and the saved, those who received by faith the gracious mercy of Christ as Savior, will inherit eternal life with God and will dwell with Him in a New Heavens and New Earth forever and ever.