Statement of Faith
We believe the scriptures to be
the verbally inspired Word of God, without error
in the original writings, the complete revelation
of His will for the salvation of men, and the
only absolute authority for genuine faith and
practice.
We believe in one God, Creator of all things,
infinitely perfect and eternally rules His universe
and is bringing all things to their proper end
according to His omniscient plan.
We believe that Jesus Christ (Yeshua) is the
Messiah, is true God and true man, having been
conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin
Mary. He died on the cross as a perfect sacrifice
for our sins and He rose bodily from the dead,
later ascending triumphantly into heaven where
he intercedes for us in God's presence.
We believe that the primary ministry of the Spirit
is to glorify the Lord Christ our Messiah. To
accomplish this, He convicts men, regenerates
those He intends to save, indwells, guides, instructs
and empowers believers for godly living and service
in Messiah.
We believe that man, originally created perfect
in God's image, fell into sin in Adam, and consequently
we are all by nature under God's wrath and subject
to both sin and death if left to our own dispositions
and designs.
We believe that unless man accepts the Jesus
the Messiah as his Savior, he is condemned to
eternal damnation. We believe that salvation is
by grace through faith. No man can do anything
to earn salvation.
We believe we should uphold the commandments
of God if we love Christ with all our heart (John
14:15, Romans 3:31, 7:22, Galatians 3:21-22, I
John 5:1-3) and teach others to do so (Matthew
5:17-19, Revelation 22:13-14).
We believe that God's people are composed of
all persons who exercise saving faith in Messiah
Yeshua, and who thus become spiritually baptized
into Messiah's Body. Each believer is gifted at
salvation for a responsible role in the Body of
Messiah. We believe that the "middle wall
of partition" is being broken down so that
Jew and Gentile may worship the one God of Israel
together (I Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 2:13,14).
We believe that Messiah will return with power
and glory to bring earthly history to its close
according to His wise plan. We believe that all
men will be resurrected bodily, the believers
to everlasting blessedness in the presence of
God and the unbelievers to judgment and everlasting
conscious torment in the lake of fire, along with
Satan and his angels.
We believe the Biblical
Holidays are God's Feasts and are a shadow
of things to come revealing the redemptive plan
of God through Jesus Christ as Messiah (Leviticus
23:2,4, Colossians 2:16-17).
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