About Us---Faith Statement

The Salvation of Man

Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Yahshua (Jesus), the son of Yahweh (God).

• Conditions to Salvation:
  Salvation is received through repentance toward Yahweh (God) and faith toward Yahshua (Jesus). By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of Yahweh according to the hope of eternal life. (Luke 24:47; John 3:3; Romans 10:13-15; Ephesians 2:8; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7)
  
• The Evidences of Salvation:
  The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit (Romans 8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness. (Ephesians 4:24; Titus 2:12)

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit

All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of Yahshua (Jesus). This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the endowment of power for life and service, the bestowment of gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31). This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth (Acts 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9). With the baptism in the Holy Spirit comes such experience as an overflowing fullness of the Spirit (John 7:37-39; Acts 4:8), a deepened reverence for Yahweh (Acts 2:43; Hebrews 12:28), an intensified consecration to Yahweh (God) and dedication to his work (Acts 2:42), and a more active love for Yahshua, for His word and for the lost (Mark 16:20).

Divine Healing

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement and is the privilege of all Believers (Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 8:16-17; James 5:14-16).

The name of the Father and His Son

The Scriptures record that the Creator and His Son have personal names, yet these names remain virtually unknown and, consequently, unused. Since the Heavenly Father and His Son consider Their names to be important, the Church cannot ignore this issue.


The Five-Fold Ministry

A divinely called and Biblically ordained ministry of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers (Ephesians 4:11-16) has been provided by our Lord for the threefold purpose of leading the Church in:

1. Evangelization of the world (Mark 16:15-20),
   
2. Worship of Yahweh (God) (John 4:23-24),
   
3. Building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son (Ephesians 4:11-16).

Evangelist– calling sinners to be reconciled to Yahweh (God).
Teacher– teaching Yahweh's (God) people how to live in the Kingdom.
Pastor– nurturing, feeding, guiding, and protecting Yahweh's (God) people.
Prophet– giving direction, charting the course of action, encouraging and exhorting Yahweh’s people on to doing the work of Yahweh (God).
Apostle– fathering, correcting, and giving oversight to the life and work of the church.

Tithing

The basic meaning of tithe is one-tenth. But the Scriptures enlarge upon this basic meaning so that whenever the scriptural term–the tithe–is used, it is not just any one-tenth, but it is “the first and the best.” (Numbers 18:12,29; Malachi 3:8-9)

The Scriptures Inspired

The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of Yahweh (God) and the revelation of Yahweh to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct. (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)

The One True God

The one true God has revealed Himself as, Yahweh, the eternally self-existent “I AM”, the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22)

The Deity of Yahshua

Yahshua (Jesus) is the eternal son of Yahweh (God). The Scriptures declare:

1. His virgin birth (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:31,35)
   
2. His sinless life (Hebrews 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22)
   
3. His miracles (Acts 2:22; 10:38)
   
4. His substitution on the cross (1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21)
   
5. His bodily resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6; Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:4)
   
6. His exaltation to the right hand of Yahweh (God) (Acts 1:9, 11 2:33; Philippians 2:9-11; Hebrews 1:3)

The Fall of Man

Man was created good and upright; for Yahweh (God) said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from Yahweh. (Genesis 1:26,27; 2:17; 3:6; Romans 5:12-19)

The Ordinances of the Church

1. Baptism in Water:
   The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded in the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Yahshua as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Yahshua (Jesus) and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life. (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 10:47-48; Romans 6:4)
   
2. Holy Communion:
   Holy Communion is the symbol expressing our participation in the divine nature of Yahshua (Jesus). (2 Peter 1:4); a memorial of His suffering and death. (1 Corinthians 11:26); and a prophecy of His second coming. (1 Corinthians 11:26; and is enjoined on all Believers "till he comes." It is the celebration of the New Covenant as established be Yahshua (Jesus) Himself. Holy Communion is the daily partaking of Yahshua by yielding to Holy Spirit’s guidance.

The Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit

The baptism of Believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of Yahweh gives them utterance (Acts 2:4). The Speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:4-10, 28), but different in purpose and use.

Sanctification

Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto Yahweh (God) (Romans 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 13:12). The Scriptures teach of a life of “... holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14). By the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to obey the command; “Be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:15-16).

Sanctification is realized in the Believer by recognizing his identification with Yahshua (Jesus), in His death and resurrection, and by faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit (Romans 6:1-11, 13; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:12-13; 1 Peter 1:5).

The Church

The church is the body of Yahshua (Jesus), the habitation of Yahweh (God) through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of its great commission. Each Believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven (Ephesians 1:22-23, 2:22; Hebrews 12:23). One does not join the church; each person who truly believes in Yahshua is baptized into the Body of Christ–the Church–by Holy Spirit.

The Blessed Hope

The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Yahshua (Jesus) and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of Yahshua (Jesus) is the blessed hope of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Romans 8:23; Titus 2:13; I Corinthians 15:51-52)

The Final Judgment

There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 19-20; 20:11-15; 21:8).

The New Heaven and the New Earth

“We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.” (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:22).

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