Westminster Standards

The chief end of man—to glorify God and enjoy Him forever—and the authority, sufficiency, and perspicuity of Holy Scripture as the rule of faith and life.

The being, attributes, and tri-personal nature of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The eternal, wise, and holy counsel of God's will, including predestination and election.

God's work of creating the world and all things therein, especially man in His own image.

God's most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all His creatures and all their actions.

The covenant of works, Adam's fall, original sin, and the resulting estate of sin and misery.

God's free offer of life and salvation through Jesus Christ in the covenant of grace.

The person, natures, offices, and states of the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Mediator between God and man.

The work of God's Spirit in effectually calling sinners, the freedom of the will under grace, and union with Christ by faith.

God's free pardon of sin and acceptance of sinners as righteous through the imputed righteousness of Christ, received by faith alone.

The privilege of being received into the number and enjoying the liberties and privileges of the sons of God.

The renewal of the whole person after the image of God, enabling believers to die more unto sin and live more unto righteousness.

The nature of saving faith as receiving and resting on Christ, evangelical repentance unto life, and the fruits of faith in good works.

The perseverance of true believers in the state of grace and the grounds and means of assurance of salvation.

The moral law as the rule of obedience for all men, its uses under the covenant of grace, and the rules for rightly understanding the Ten Commandments.

The duties required and sins forbidden in each of the Ten Commandments, from the first through the tenth.

The freedom of believers under the gospel, delivered from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, and the yoke of the ceremonial law, with liberty of conscience in matters not commanded or forbidden in Scripture.

The acceptable way of worshipping God according to Scripture, the regulative principle, and the sanctification of the Lord's Day.

The right use of lawful oaths and vows, the authority and duties of the civil magistrate in relation to the church, and the ordinance of marriage.

The visible and invisible church, its Head the Lord Jesus Christ, and the fellowship of believers united to Him.

The outward and ordinary means by which Christ communicates the benefits of redemption: the Word, sacraments, and prayer; the nature, subjects, and administration of Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

The necessity and purposes of church censures and discipline, and the calling and authority of synods and councils.

The duty of prayer, the rule and pattern given by Christ in the Lord's Prayer, and its several petitions.

The state of men after death, the resurrection of the body, and the final judgment at the last day.