LIGHT Katy Co-Op STATEMENT OF FAITH
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Our Statement of Faith acknowledges foundational truths, which are supported with scripture. To be a member of LIGHT’s Enrichment Classes, we ask that you adhere to these beliefs.
SECTION 1. THE BIBLE
We believe that the Bible is the inerrant and inspired Word of God and is intended to be our guide for instruction in godly living.
16 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17
SECTION 2. THE TRINITY
We believe that there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
16 “As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased’.” Matthew 3:16-17
SECTION 3. MAN & SIN
We believe that man was created in the image of God, but chose to sin. Therefore, we remain separate from God until we put our faith in Jesus Christ.
12 “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all had sinned.” Romans 5:12
SECTION 4. SALVATION
We believe in the free gift of salvation, and that through Christ’s substitutionary death on the cross, the penalty for our sins was paid. The gift must be responded to in individual faith, not trusting in personal works, but in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ alone.
23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23
9 “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Romans 10:9-10
SECTION 5. SPIRITUAL UNITY
We believe in the spiritual unity and fellowship of believers through our common faith in Jesus Christ.
1 “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” Ephesians 4:1-6
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SECTION 6. MARRIAGE
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We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female and that these two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image of God. We believe that marriage is defined in the Bible as a uniting covenant, a sacred bond between one man and one woman instituted by and publicly entered into before God.
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh." Genesis 2:24
"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Mark 10:6-9
"But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband." 1 Corinthians 7:2
"Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure..." Hebrews 13:4a
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:13-14