Statement of Faith
We believe in the deity of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus), His virgin birth,
sinless life, miracles, death on the cross to provide for our redemption,
bodily resurrection and ascension into heaven, present ministry of
intercession for us, and His return to earth in power and glory.
1. The God of the Bible is the one and only God.
God is a living and active Spirit, eternal and free, perfect in justice,
goodness and love, totally self-sufficient, all-powerful, and all-knowing.
He rules the
world and is worthy to receive glory, honor, worship and obedience.
2. The Bible is God's written Word.
The Bible is the revealed Word of God, given in and through the words of
human writers whom the Holy Spirit inspired and guided . The Bible is truthful
in all
that it affirms and without error as originally given by God. The Bible is
the only infallible rule of faith and life.
3. Sin has broken our fellowship with God.
Although created righteous, our first parents, Adam and Eve, fell into sin.
As a result of their disobedience, all humans are born moral rebels . Indeed
God
sees us as guilty, helpless, hopeless slaves of sin and alienated from Himself
and one another. The just penalty of our sin is death.
4. God so loved the world that He gave His Son to die for lost and perishing
sinners .
Salvation is deliverance from the penalty of past sin, the power of
present sin, and finally, when life here ends, from the very presence
of sin and
all its ill
effects. Yeshua came in human flesh to rescue sinners . By His sacrificial
substitution for us, He redeemed us from our slavery and sin and reconciled
us to the Father.
By His bodily resurrection, Yeshua defeated death and supremely demonstrated
His deity. Our salvation is due solely to grace. For it is by grace you
have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the
gift of God, not by
works so that no one can boast .
5. God the Holy Spirit regenerates and empowers believers to live the life
of faith in Yeshua.
The Holy Spirit not only gives believers a new nature but also an assurance
of their salvation . The Holy Spirit empowers believers to live the life
of faith
in Yeshua and calls us to holy living. Followers of the Messiah also
receive from the Holy Spirit the particular spiritual gifts they need
for their servant ministries to others. The Holy Spirit empowers us with
the ability to bless Jewish people and move them to jealousy .
6. By their union with Yeshua, the head of the body of Messiah, all believers
are united to one another.
The Holy Spirit unites every sinner reconciled to God by faith in Yeshua
to all other believers in one body. The body of Messiah is an international,
multi-ethnic,
and trans-cultural family, the household of faith. Our Lord prayed that
believers would be one . Our unity will be manifested as the Faithful
reach beyond racial and denominational lines to demonstrate
the
reconciling Messiah. His death destroyed the dividing wall of hostility
between Jew and Gentile making them one to establish peace . |