Beliefs & Values
Cypress Christian School, Preschool, and Daycare are ministries of Cypress Church. Below you will find our Core Values and Beliefs. To learn more about Cypress Church, visit our web:
Cypress ChurchProverbs 22:6
Philippians 4:8
John 1:14
Matthew 28:19-20
Proverbs 18:15
Statement of Beliefs
Salvation
Salvation
is wholly a work of God’s free grace, received by repentance and faith.
Each person can be made new in Christ by the Holy Spirit and thereafter
continuously grow in the knowledge of God.
Faith in the Holy Trinity
The
Father – We believe in one living and true God, both holy and loving,
eternal, unlimited in power, wisdom, and goodness, the Creator and
Preserver of all things.
The Son of God – We believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God. We believe that Jesus was miraculously conceived, born of a virgin, and sinless in life. Christ was fully man and fully God, walked our earth, lived a life of obedience, suffered at the hands of men, and died on the cross. He fully atoned for the sins of all, was bodily resurrected and enthroned at God’s right hand as our Intercessor.
The Holy Spirit – He is the Administrator of grace to all mankind. He is ever present, assuring, preserving, guiding, and enabling the believer.
The Word of God
The
sole basis of our belief is the Bible. The Scripture in its entirety is
composed of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, which
originated with God, and was given through many different chosen
authors.
We believe that God's Word is inspired and infallible. It is fully inerrant in the original manuscripts and superior to all human authority. You don't fit the Bible in your life, you fit your life in the Bible. God's Word has never failed man. It is a perfect road map that leads to eternal life with God.
God's Purpose for Humanity
We believe that the two great commandments
which require us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and our
neighbor as ourselves, summarize the divine law as it is revealed in the
Scriptures.
They are the perfect measure and norm of human duty, both for the ordering and directing of families and nations, and all other social bodies, and for individual acts, by which we are required to acknowledge God as our only Supreme Ruler.
Personal Choice
We believe that humanity's creation in the image of God included the ability to choose between right and wrong.
The Atonement
We
believe that Christ's offering of Himself, once and for all, through
His sufferings and death on the cross, provides the perfect redemption
and atonement for the sins of the whole world, both original and actual.
Repentance and Faith
We
believe that for men and women to receive what God's prevenient grace
has made possible, they must voluntarily respond in repentance and
faith. Repentance begins by the convicting ministry of the Holy Spirit.
It involves a willful change of mind that renounces sin and longs for
righteousness, a godly sorrow for and a confession of sin. Faith, in
turn, is the only condition of salvation. It begins in the agreement of
the mind and the consent of the will to the truth of the gospel.
Good Works
We
believe that although good works cannot save us from our sins or from
God's judgment, they are the fruit of faith and follow after
regeneration.
Sin after Repentance
We believe that it is possible to fall into sin after giving your heart to Christ.
Sanctification
We
believe that sanctification is that work of the Holy Spirit by which
the child of God is separated from sin unto God and is enabled to love
God with all the heart and to walk in all His holy commandments
blameless. Being "saved" or making a decision to follow Christ is when
we have God. Sanctification is when God has you.
The Gifts of the Spirit
We
believe that the Holy Spirit is the agent of all Spiritual gifts and
that these gifts are given to glorify God and not man. However, we major
on the fruit of the Spirit and not the gifts of the Spirit. Gifts of
the Spirit without first the fruit of the Spirit is like a tree without
roots.
The Second Coming of Christ
We
believe that the certainty of the personal and imminent return of
Christ inspires holy living and zeal for reaching the world for Christ.
The Church
We
believe that the Christian church is the entire body of believers in
Jesus Christ, who is the founder and only Head of the church. We believe
that the church is God's only plan to save the world and is a powerful
gathering of people beyond anything man could construct. We believe The
Church is the hope of the world.
Destiny
We believe that there is life after death and all are on their way to either heaven or hell.
The Sacraments: Baptism and Communion
We
believe that water baptism and communion [often referred to as the
Lord's Supper] are the sacraments of the church commanded by Christ and
ordained as a means of grace when received through faith.
We believe that water baptism is an outward and visible sign of an inward transformation of the heart and should be administered to all believers.
We believe that communion is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death and our hope in His victorious return, as well as a sign of the love that Christians have for each other.
Marriage and the Family
God's
plan for human sexuality is that it is to be expressed only in a
monogamous lifelong relationship between one man and one woman within
the framework of marriage. This is the only relationship which is
divinely designed for the birth and rearing of children and is a
covenant
union made in the sight of God, taking priority over every other human
relationship.