What we BELIEVE

 We believe our relationship with God and our spiritual growth and maturity is predicated on these fundamental beliefs: 

  The two greatest commandments in all of Scripture are “Love God” and “Love your Neighbor.” (Mark 12:28-31)  This implies that the heart of God is about relationships. 

 Therefore, our mission is to interact as a family of faith in order to grow closer to our Father and our brothers and sisters.  

  We believe that all Scripture, both the Old Testament and the New Testament, is the divinely inspired Word of God.

“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequately equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16)

We believe that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is One. We understand this “one” to be a composite unity as defined by the Hebrew word, אחד echad. We understand that finite man cannot comprehend the infinite and Almighty God, but we do believe that He chose to reveal Himself to mankind in at least three manifestations: Father (יהוה YHVH), Son (Yeshua/Jesus), and Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh).

“Hear O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is One!” (Deuteronomy 6:4)

 We believe in the deity of Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazareth who was conceived by the Spirit in the virgin Mary. He is the Messiah of Israel, the Savior of the world, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. He is the ultimate and final Passover Lamb required for the forgiveness and removal of our sins. He was crucified and rose from the dead on the third day and is alive forevermore.

Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16)

  We believe salvation comes through repentance and confession of sin. Everyone who repents of their sins and trusts that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Son of God and the Messiah of Israel is forgiven of their sins and enters into the renewed covenant with God through Yeshua’s sacrifice. We, therefore, become inheritors of all the promises and covenants of God

 (Romans 10:9-11; 1 Corinthians 5:7).

“But we also rejoice in God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, through whom we have now received the atonement.” (Romans 5:11)

  We understand that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and need atonement and reconciliation to our Heavenly Father. Salvation is a free gift of God and cannot be earned by keeping the commandments. However, we believe that holiness and obedience to His Torah is God’s standard of living for His people. We keep the commandments (Torah) BECAUSE we have been redeemed and desire to walk as Yeshua (Jesus) walked. We don’t keep the commandments in order to be saved; we keep the commandments because we are saved and because we love Him.

“If you love Me, keep My commandments.” (John 14:15)

  We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12) as well as the infilling of the Holy Spirit for believers (Acts 2:38). We believe that the gifts of the Spirit are vital to the body of Messiah and should complement the fruit of the Spirit evident in the life of the believer (Galatians 5:22-23). Through the Holy Spirit, the commandments are written in our hearts and minds, enabling us to live a Torah-observant life as Messiah commanded (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:26-27).

“Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), (Ephesians 5:8-9)

  We believe in the resurrection of both the believer and unbeliever: the redeemed to everlasting joy in the presence of God and the lost to eternal separation from God.

“Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth — those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.” (John 5:28-29)

  Because the Bible is valid and out of love and obedience, we keep the weekly seventh-day Sabbath, as it was created to be the day of rest (Genesis 2:2-3). God also gave the Sabbath as a sign of the Covenant between God and His people. 

“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.’” (Exodus 31:13) 

 We assemble and observe the other Biblical holy days (see Leviticus 23) …Passover, First Fruits, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles. The Bible refers to these feasts as moedim, God’s “appointed times” and, as such, should not be regarded as “Jewish feasts.” These holy days are about Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) and foretell of the Kingdom that we will one day share with HIM. In addition to these God-appointed times, we also observe the Biblical feasts of Purim and Hanukkah because our Savior did.