What We Believe

1) We believe in the one true and living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Hear, O Israel: Yehovah (The LORD) our God, Yehovah is one. Deut. 6:4 (*the word hear is Shema in Hebrew and means “Listen and Obey”!)

2) We use the actual names of God. (YHVH) Yehovah for “the LORD” and Yeshua for Jesus.
We still use the English translations at times and do not mind others using them as well. We also welcome those who use other transliterations for the Creators name. It is far more important to represent His name well than to pronounce it well. With honor and dignity we take on the name of the LORD and our Messiah.

3) We believe and affirm the deity of Yeshua as well as His complete humanity. We believe He existed from all eternity, without beginning and without end. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was made flesh. (John 1)

4) We believe Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel, the Savior of the world, and the Prince of Peace.
He was born in the flesh, lived a sinless life, died as our Passover sacrifice for our sins, was buried and raised from the dead 3 days and 3 nights later, and is now glorified with all power in Heaven and Earth and sits at the right hand of God. (John 1:1-14, Matthew 12:40, Psalm 110:1 and Revelation 19:16)

5) We believe that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness”. (2 Timothy 3:16) We believe all Scripture is perfect and without flaw in its original given form and language. We also believe that through diligent study of the original languages, understanding the times they lived in along with the culture, then the meaning of the Scriptures that have been thought to be difficult to understand or contradictory for centuries will become clear and easy to understand.

6) We believe God does not change. (Malachi 3:6) Yeshua does not change. (Hebrews 13:8)
God’s Word is eternal and unchangeable. (Matthew 5:18: 24:35)

7) We believe that the Sabbath is the seventh day of the week (Saturday on modern calendars),
a day that God gave to mankind and covenanted with His people as a sign forever. (Exodus 31:12-17, Genesis 2:2-3, Isaiah 58:13-14, Matthew 12:8) The Sabbath is set apart and holy and we honor the Sabbath as the Scriptures tell us to do for all time. *Friday sundown to Saturday at Sundown is Yehovah’s Sabbath Day and it is OUR Sabbath Day. This is not the Jewish Sabbath, but the Sabbath for all TRUE BELIEVERS!!!

8) We believe Messiah Yeshua is the ultimate and final Passover Lamb required for the removal of sins. Everyone who repents of his or her sins, trusts in Yeshua as Messiah, and turns their life over to Him fully is then born again (born of the spirit). Their sins are forgiven and they come into the “Renewed Covenant” with God through Yeshua and therefore become heirs of all the promises that God made with Abraham and Israel. Salvation is by faith alone and not by works just as it was in the Old Testament. (Isaiah 53, Romans 10:9-11, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Ephesians 2:8-9) Hebrews 11 verifies that Old Testament saints were justified through faith. But we also believe that Biblical Faith… is always followed by action or works. Faith without works is dead! James 2:17

9) We believe what Yeshua said in Matthew 5:17 – Think not that I am come to destroy the law (Torah), or the prophets:
I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. The word fulfil in the original Greek means to fully explain and detail the original intent of what the Torah said. The Torah is for believers today but not to earn salvation as that comes only through faith in Yeshua Messiah. Following Torah shows our love for God as stated throughout the New Testament. It is simply your OBEDIENCE to the Creator and following the instructions of Messiah Yeshua. (John 14:15)

10) We believe that Followers of Messiah should be obedient to all of the commandments of God (not man-made commands)
as an expression of their love for Him. (John 14:15-21, 23-24; 1 John 5:1-5) For this demonstrates our love for God: We keep His commandments, and His commandments are not difficult. (1 John 5:3) The commandments = Torah

11) We believe in achieving the unity of the body of Messiah as desired by Yeshua in John 17. This unity is not in conformity with others but rather unity in Yeshua’s teaching of the original Scriptures.

12) We believe in the structure of the first century assembly and to pattern ourselves after them whenever possible in leadership and fellowship.

13) After receiving Yeshua as your Messiah we believe you should partake of the Mikveh (baptism) which is immersion in water to signify your new life in Messiah. Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38

14) We believe the people of God are a holy congregation, which is not of the world, in order to gather and celebrate Him at His appointed times (Feasts and Sabbaths), to shine as lights of truth in the darkness (world), and to be a royal priesthood which praises His Name (YHVH – Yehovah). (Exodus 19:6, Leviticus 23, Matthew 16:18, 1 Peter 2:9)

15) We believe that Followers of Messiah should be on the path to becoming holy as God is holy (Leviticus 11:44-45,
2 Corinthians 6:16-18, Ephesians 5:27), righteous and Godly in this world (Titus 2:12), clean both in our conscious inner self and also in our outward walk accordingly as we grow in the Holy Spirit and understanding of the Word. (Psalm 51:10, 1 Thessalonians 4:7) We should be full of love for one another and caring for a lost and dying world by bringing the message of Good News in Messiah Yeshua to all we come in contact with. (John 13:34-35, Romans 1:16)

16) We believe that Yeshua will judge all mankind of all acts and words ever committed.
He will decide the rewards for the Believers who followed him faithfully to the end (Matthew 24:13) and they will inherit eternal life and rule and live with Messiah in His Kingdom forever. He will also exact punishment on those unbelievers who will not be part of His Kingdom. His punishments include the Lake of Fire and being cast into outer darkness and eternal punishment. (Matthew 25: 31-46, Revelation 20, 1 Corinthians 3:11-15)

 

Yeshua or Jesus? – YHVH or LORD?

The name that was given to our Messiah when he was born was Yahoshua which is quite often pronounced Yeshua for short, which means God’s Salvation. We love to use His real name and encourage you to do so as well, but we have no problem with the name of Jesus or variations in pronunciation! As we can see in Acts 4 below, knowing his real name is something we should want to do! Yahshua, Yeshua, Yahushua…… Transliterations will never both us. It is not about the spelling but rather the heart to want to actually use his real name.

Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
We feel it is important to at least know the “REAL” name of the one who saves us and from there we hope your desire will be to use it!

In the Old Testament the true name of God (YHVH), which some pronounce as Yehovah (Yeh ho vah) and others Yahweh, is recorded almost 7,000 times, but the translators left out the name of God and replaced it with the LORD, which is a generic title of respect. His Biblically recorded name is important and one day we will all know it for certain, but taking on His name (Shem in Hebrew) means to represent your King with honor. Honoring God is far more important than pronunciation so remember that and give grace to others who use the name slightly different.