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Vennard
College is dedicated to
these
doctrinal positions:
The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments,
are the inspired Word of God, completely trustworthy (inerrant),
and the final authority for faith and practice of the believer.
God
is one, infinitely perfect, Creator of all things, and eternally
existing in three distinct Persons -- Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, who are one in nature, attributes, power, and glory.
Jesus Christ is truly God and truly human.
He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin
Mary, lived a sinless life, was crucified and resurrected
bodily to make full provision for redemption.
The Holy Spirit is a divine Person who
inspired the Scriptures, convicts the world of sin, and
applies the benefits of Christ’s death and resurrection.
Humanity
was created in the image of God. Adam and Eve fell, and
since then all people are sinful by nature and sinners by
choice and are, therefore, unable to save themselves.
Salvation is provided
for and offered to all people through the crucifixion and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. The sinner is born again by
repentance of sin and by faith in Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord. This new birth is evidenced by the
witness and working of the Holy Spirit.
Entire Sanctification
of the believer, subsequent to the new birth, is received
by consecration to, and faith in, God through the atonement
of Christ and the infilling of the Holy Spirit, resulting
in cleansing from indwelling sin and in anointing for service.
Entire sanctification is evidenced by the direct
witness of the Holy Spirit and "love out of a pure
heart." This experience is entered in a moment
of faith and maintained by continual submission and faithfulness
to God's revealed will.
The true
Church is composed of all who have been redeemed
through faith in Jesus Christ and are united together as
the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The church
glorifies God and does His will through faithfully carrying
out the Great Commission given it by Jesus Christ.
The Second Coming is the personal advent
of Christ to this earth will terminate this present age
and is the "blessed hope" of the believer. All
the dead will be bodily resurrected; the saved to a life
of eternal glory and blessedness with the Lord in Heaven,
and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment
in Hell.
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