In accordance with our individual faith commitments as expressed in our specific Ecclesiastical Confessional Creeds (The Belgic Confession, The Heidelberg Catechism, The Canons of Dordt and/or The Westminster Confession) we all as staff members of Mukhanyo Theological College affirm heartily our adherence to the wellknown SOLA’S ["ALONES"] of the 16th Century Reformation as the guidelines and yardstick for our teaching at this College. We, therefore, commit ourselves to uphold the following:
TO GOD ALONE THE GLORY (SOLI DEO GLORIA)
- We believe that the true end of human beings is to know, glorify and enjoy with their whole being the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the only God of heaven and earth, as He revealed Himself in the Bible.
SCRIPTURE ALONE (SOLA SCRIPTURA)
- We believe that the Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, is God-breathed and as such the infallible, totally trustworthy and authoritative Word of God. The Bible alone is the final source and norm for the church, theology and Christian living.
CHRIST ALONE (SOLUS CHRISTUS)
- We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of the Virgin Mary, died vicariously, shed His blood as man’s substitutionary sacrifice, rose bodily and ascended to heaven, where He is presently exalted at the Father’s right hand and from where He will come to judge the living and the dead.
- We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ is the only Mediator between God and man. There are no other so-called mediators, be it living or dead, in heaven or on earth, through whom man can be reconciled to the living God.
- We believe that Christ alone is the Head of His body, the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. Through His Spirit and Word He reigns supremely in every aspect of the teaching, life and work of His church.
- We believe that local churches are revelations of the universal body of Christ and should be faithful in word and deed to the only Head, Jesus Christ. This faithfulness should be manifested in their submission and obedience to His Word and Spirit alone. Thus all wielding of ecclesiastical authority should reflect the characteristic servanthood of our Lord Jesus Christ’s sovereign Headship.
BY FAITH ALONE (SOLA FIDE)
- We believe that it is not by any merit of man whatsoever, but only by true faith, i.e. faith originating from the powerful and sovereign working of the Holy Spirit with and through the Word of God , that man receives entrance into the Kingdom of God and all the blessings of eternal life within that Kingdom.
- Because it is only by true faith that a person can enter the Kingdom of God, we believe - in accordance with Christ’s missionary command - that the church should go out and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom to every person, calling him/her to faith and repentance as well as baptising and discipling those who have come to faith.
BY GRACE ALONE (SOLA GRATIA)
- We believe that, because in Adam all men sinned and have guilt imputed, all men are totally depraved and incapable of entering the Kingdom of God , unless they are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Salvation thus is a sovereign gift by God’s grace alone. Through His grace alone God gives remission of sins, the imputation of Christ’s righteousness and the gift of eternal life as received by faith.
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