PCA Core Beliefs
The following are the basis of the faith and doctrine of Palmetto Christian Academy.
The Bible
The Bible is the inspired Word of God, the written record of His supernatural revelation of Himself to man, absolute in its authority, complete in its revelation, final in its content, and without any errors in its teachings. (2 Timothy 3:16, John 17:17, John 10:27, Psalm 12:6, Proverbs 30:5-6, Psalm 119:89, Matthew 24:35).
human condition
All men in their natural state are lost, alienated from God, spiritually dead: "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
Salvation
Salvation is only by grace, a free gift of God, through faith in the Lord Jesus, who died for our sins according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3); Those who thus receive Christ by faith have their sins
God
God is One God, Who reveals Himself in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ, as the Scriptures affirm, is the Son of God and Son of man, was born of a virgin, and is Himself very God. The Scriptures also declare the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit.
jesus
Our Lord Jesus rose from the dead in the same body that was laid to rest in the tomb (John 20:25-27); The bodies of all believers who die will be raised from the dead, and they will receive an incorruptible body like unto His glorious body (1 Corinthians 15:53; Philippians 3:21). All other men shall be raised unto "the resurrection of judgment" (John 5:28,29).
the Spirit
Christians, born of the Spirit, are to live the new life in the present power of the Spirit. "If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk" (Galatians 5:16-25; Colossians 2:6). The Christian’s responsibility and his normal attitude of life
life in Christ
Christian "living" includes Christian service, the winning of souls around us, and the preaching of the Gospel in the uttermost parts of the earth. In carrying on this work there is needed the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit which is granted to every believer as he yields and trusts (Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 12:7; Ephesians 3:20; Acts 5:32). And in all of this service, prayer is to have the central place (John. 14:12-14; Ephesians 6:18-19).
second coming
Jesus Christ will come again to earth a second time (Hebrews 9:28), personally (Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:16), bodily (Acts 1:11; Col. 2:9), visibly (Matthew 26:64; Revelation 1:7). His coming will precede the age of universal peace and righteousness, foretold in the Scriptures (Matthew 24:29,30,42; 1 Thess. 2:7,8; Revelation 20:1-6).
image of god
We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Genesis 1:26-27) Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.
Marriage
We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man with one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Corinthians 6:18, 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4).