WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe in one God, as he has revealed Himself in the Scriptures:
Isa 43:11 I, I am the Lord(YHVH), and besides me there is no savior.
Deu 6:4“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ; Deu 6:5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
We believe that Yahshuah (Jesus) is the Son of God, the HaMashiac (Messiah), the Eternal One who is the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us:
Rom 1:2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,.
Rom 1:3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David[a] according to the flesh
Rom 1:4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
We believe that the Ruach HaKodesh (Spirit of God) comforts, teaches, leads, indwells and empowers all whom He fills, and leads a true believer to follow in the footsteps of our Messiah:
John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
We believe that all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of Yahovah God:
Rom 3:22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,.
We believe that Yeshuah came for the lost sheep of Israel to join the two sticks of Ezekiel back together into one stick (Ezekiel 37:16-23) so that the nations of the world could once again be grafted into them:
Mat 15:24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Mat 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, Mat 10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
We believe in what the "New Covenant" proclaims. that Yahovah God has made this Covenant with "The House Of Israel" and only "The House Of Israel" and that his laws would be written in the hearts, and in the minds of his people:
Jer 31:32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord.
Heb 10:16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord:I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,”
Heb 10:17 then he adds,“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
We believe in the grafting in of the nations of the earth (Gentiles, Goyim), into the "Olive Tree" that is "The House Of Israel":
Rom 11:17 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root[a] of the olive tree,
Rom 11:18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
Rom 11:19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
Rom 11:20 True, but so what? They were broken off because of their lack of trust. However, you keep your place only because of your trust. So don't be arrogant; on the contrary, be terrified! Rom 11:21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he certainly won't spare you!
Gal 3:26 For in union with the Messiah, you are all children of God through this trusting faithfulness;
Gal 3:27 because as many of you as were immersed into the Messiah have clothed yourselves with the Messiah, in whom
Gal 3:28 there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor freeman, neither male nor female; for in union with the Messiah Yeshua, you are all one.
Gal 3:29 Also, if you belong to the Messiah, you are seed of Abraham and heirs according to the promise.
We believe that Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection accomplished the atonement for all who would place their faith in Him, and follow in his ways:
Act 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
We believe salvation is by faith through the grace of God alone, and not by human efforts. We obey the laws of God NOT TO BE SAVED... but BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED... by the grace of God and his SON'S work at the cross:
1 John 5:2 Here is how we know that we love God's children: when we love God, we also do what he commands.
1 John 5:3 For loving God means obeying his commands. Moreover, his commands are not burdensome,
1 John 2:3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
Rom 3:31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Rom 8:6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace
Rom 8:7 For the mind controlled by the old nature is hostile to God, because it does not submit itself to God's Torah—indeed, it cannot.
Rom 8:8 Thus, those who identify with their old nature cannot please God.
We believe that our Messiah did not come to abolish or do away with even the crossing of a "T" or the dotting of an "i" of his law:
Mat 5:17 "Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete.
Mat 5:18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud ( י ) or a stroke will pass from the Torah—not until everything that must happen has happened
We believe that sin is the transgression of the Law:
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
We believe that the wages of sin is death:
Rom 6:23 For what one earns from sin is death; but eternal life is what one receives as a free gift from God, in union with the Messiah Yahshua(Jesus), our Lord.
We believe that if there is no "Law" then there is no "Sin" and if there is no "Sin" you don't need "Grace" and if you don't need "Grace" then you don't need a "Savior".We believe that our Messiah came NOT to do away with the "Law" (Matthew 5:17) but rather the "penalty" of the "Law" also known to the Apostle Paul as "The Law Of Sin And Death":
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
We believe in the spiritual unity of equality of all believers in Messiah Yeshua:
Gal 3:28 there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor freeman, neither male nor female; for in union with the Messiah Yeshua, you are all one.
Gal 3:29 Also, if you belong to the Messiah, you are seed of Abraham and heirs according to the promise.
We believe that everyone who trusts in Yahshua(Jesus) is grafted in to the “olive tree.. which is the Israelite people and who's root is Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, and that we are heirs of Abraham
(Gal 3:27-29) (Romans 11:11 - 24; Jeremiah 31:33)We believe in full immersion in water must be done in the name of Yahshua HaMashiac.
Act 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” "
John 3:5 Yeshua answered, "Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God
We do not hold to or believe in the following:
“Two House” teaching as it is a form of replacement theology, that any nation is made up of any one of the lost tribes. In trying to determine which lost tribe you come from as our identity must be in Messiah. That Yahovah's(YHVH) laws, commandments, precepts, or appointments are nailed to a cross somewhere.
We also believe that there is only one way.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.