lamb of Yahushua

I believe that many organizations hide behind a "statement of faith" and use it as a set of esoteric, even occult beliefs that are too sacred to discuss. I believe this is sinful. Our Father is still teaching, still speaking and we should still be listening and learning...as living epistles, not considering ourselves to have achieved that for which we were purchased. We have not arrived yet!

1. I believe that the scriptures, both the Tanakh (Old Testament) and the Brit Hadasha (New Testament), is the inspired and authoritative Word of Yahuwah in the original form. I also believe that people would do well to study reputable historical sources outside of the scriptures for the scripture in its original form is true, but it is not all of the truth.
(1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21)

2. I believe that entertaining tribal genealogies proves nothing apart from the fact that we are born dead in sin and in need of a Saviour. Doing this is as dysfunctional as identifying ourselves with any one of the world religions. I believe that Israel (Northern Kingdom) & Judah (Southern Kingdom) are about to be beaten together into relative unity and that no earthly organization will be "the way"...Yahushua Messiah is the way. I do believe the earth is going to get hotter, but not because of our carbon footprint and greenhouse gases...rather, the dividing of Jerusalem.

3. I believe that Yahushua is the Son of Yahuwah; the Messiah. I believe that as Yahuwah's Son, He became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten Son of Yahuwah. (John 1:1-14; Colossians 2:9)

4. I believe in the deity of Yahushua and His virgin birth (Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-25), in His atonement for man's sins through His shed blood (Isaiah 53; Daniel 9:24-27; Romans 3:21-31; Hebrews 9, 10), in His bodily resurrection (Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 14; Matthew 28), and in His personal return in power and glory to defeat the enemies of the Israel. (Daniel 7:9-14; Matthew 26:57-64; Revelation 1:1-18).

5. I believe that Yahushua is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; and that no one comes to the Father except through Him. (John 14:6, John 6:29, John 40, John 44; 1 John 5:11)

6. I believe that without living a righteous, set-apart life, no man can see Yahuwah. I believe in the doctrine of sanctification as a definite, yet progressive, work of grace commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation of salvation. (1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Peter 3:18; Hebrews 12:14)

7. I believe that Jewish and non-Jewish people who trust in Yahushua are grafted into the olive tree of Israel which grants them the privilege of following the Torah (Yahuwah's teachings and instructions) having written it upon their hearts as participants of the New Covenant. (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Romans 11:11-26)

8. I believe in the resurrection of both the wicked and the righteous. Those who have trusted in Yahushua will be resurrected unto life and those who die without having believed in Yahushua will experience separation from Yahuwah. (John 5:19-29; Romans 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15; Revelation 20; Revelation 21)

9. I believe living a righteous life, which is a lifestyle of purity, is Yahuwah's standard for His children. (1 Thessalonians 4:7; Luke 1:75; Hebrews 12:14)

10. I believe in the pre-millennial second coming of Yahushua and that He will reign on the earth one thousand years (the millennium). (1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17; Zechariah 14:4-5 2; Thessalonians 1:7)

11. I believe that the gifts of the Ruach HaKodesh (The Spirit - the Comforter sent by Yahuwah) are for the believers today, and that more often than not they are grossly misunderstood and sometimes purposefully misrepresented. (1 Corinthians 12:4-10)

12. I believe that the Torah given to Moses was given as teaching and instructions for Righteous living and was never intended for the purpose of salvation. I believe that these teachings and instructions expose man's sinful nature. (Deuteronomy 28:9; Psalm 1:1-3; Romans 3:31; 7:12; 1 John 5:3)

13. I believe that Yahushua came NOT to do away with the Torah given to Moses, but to affirm it. I also believe that He is the perfect expression of the teachings and instructions (Torah) in the flesh. (Matthew 5:17-20)

14. I believe that we are living in the last days just prior to the Second Coming of Yahushua, and that as children of Light, this day should NOT surprise us for we do not live in darkness. I believe that the key to understanding Yahuwah's schedule is found in His cyclical feasts (set times). (1 Thessalonians 5)

15. I believe that Jews who trust in Yahushua have not separated themselves from their race, commandments of Yahuwah, Jewish heritage or the Torah...though it is what most of Christianity encourages.

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