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purpose of this site is to encourage you to study and
apply the word of YHVH to your life. |
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Statement of faith
| 1. The Creator of all things has revealed Himself to His creation
through His personal Name YHWH (or YHVH) and His title Elohim
(G-d). He has revealed that in His divine nature He is an inseparable
union; YHWH is One and there is only one YHWH. ("Hear, O Israel:
YHWH [the L-RD] is our Elohim [G-d]. He is One YHWH. He alone
is YHWH." Deuteronomy 6:4) |
| 2. And yet the one YHWH has revealed Himself to mankind in
three divine manifestations: Abba [the Father], Yeshua [literally
“Salvation,” the Son] and Ruach HaKodesh [the Holy Spirit, literally
“Breath”]. Yet all three have but one Name. (“… the Name [singular]
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit …” Matthew
28:19) |
| 3. The Bible, consisting of both the “Old Covenant” [the Tenakh:
the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings] and the “New Covenant”
[Brit Chadashah] make up a single unit which is the inspired,
the only infallible, authoritative Word of G-d. (“All Scripture
is given by the Ruach [Breath or Spirit] of Elohim [G-d], and
is to be used for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and
for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16) |
| 4. Yeshua of Natzaret [Nazareth] is the Messiah of Israel,
the Savior of the world. He is YHWH who came in the flesh (1
Tim. 3:16). He was born of a virgin (Luke 1:34) and lived a
sinless and Torah-observant life. He died an atoning death as
the full and complete payment of our sin debt to G-d (1 John
4:10), was resurrected from the dead (1 Cor. 15:4), ascended
to the right hand of Abba, the Father (Mark 16:19), and now
is glorified with all power in Heaven and in Earth (John 1:12-14).
He will return physically as King of kings and Lord of lords
to rule and reign over the earth from the throne of His father
David [in Jerusalem]. (Zech. 14; Acts 1:9-11, Rev. 19:11-16)
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| 5. All have sinned (transgressed the holy Torah [revealed
Law] of G-d) and stand condemned before Him, and need the salvation
provided by the grace of YHWH through the atoning work of Yeshua
as our final and ultimate Passover Lamb. (Ps. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:23)
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| 6. All who experientially believe and trust that Yeshua is
the promised Messiah, YHWH come in the flesh, Who died as our
Passover Lamb and rose again, are forgiven their sins and come
into a renewed covenant with YHWH through Yeshua, and therefore
become inheritors of all the unconditional promises that YHWH
made with Abraham and Israel. (Romans 10:9-11, 1 Corinthians
5:7) [This requires not simple intellectual acquiescence to
the historical facts, but a total and child-like faith and trust
that Yeshua was exactly Who He claimed to be and that He will
do exactly what He has promised to do. This kind of faith will
produce the evidence of an appropriate lifestyle of Mitzvah
(righteous works). See James 2:14-26.] |
| 7. Ruach HaKodesh [the Holy Spirit] permanently dwells within
all true believers to lead, guide, teach, comfort, and empower
us to live a righteous life and to minister to the Miqra [the
Ekklesia, or “Called-Out Ones”] as a royal priesthood of believers.
(John 14:26; 1 Tim. 1:7; 1 Cor. 14:26; Acts 2:4; 1 Cor 12: 1-13,
Rom. 12:3-21; Eph 1:13; 1 Pet. 2:5) |
| 8. The promise of a faithful trust in Yeshua is resurrection
from the dead, eternal life, and ruling with Yeshua forever
in the place where His Kingdom will rule. Yeshua will soon rule
in Jerusalem, and finally in New Jerusalem in the New Creation
forever. (John 5:28-29; Rev. 19-22, especially 20:11-15) |
| 9. The penalty awaiting those who reject Yeshua is eternal
separation from YHWH into outer darkness and eternal punishment.
(Matt. 25:31-46, Rev. 20) |
| 10. The final Divine Plan for Israel is to bring the remnant
of Judah, who are the faithful Jewish people, and the remnant
of those who were formally Gentiles, but who have been recovered
from the world by faith, back together and united into one holy
nation of Israel under one Shepherd, namely Yeshua, the Messiah.
This is a necessary part of the restoration of all things spoken
by the prophets. (Ezek. 37, Hosea 1-2, Rom. 9:26, Acts 3:21)
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| 11. The entire Torah of YHWH, both “Old” and “New” Covenants,
is the instruction of a loving and gracious Father to His children.
It is the perfect and unchanging law that gives us liberty (Ps.
119:44-45; James 2:24-26). The commandments of YHWH will not
disappear until heaven and earth disappear (Matt 5:17-20). YHWH’s
people delight in His instruction (Ps. 1:2). The Torah was not
given for salvation. It is the loving instruction of how a redeemed
people should live. Yeshua kept His Fathers commandments and
lived in His love. We are instructed to walk as He walked (1
Jn. 2:3-6). We are to obey YHWH’s commandments and to hold to
the testimony of Yeshua (Rev. 12:17). |
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