1. Yehovah - God: There is only one true God, the Creator, who is the supreme being, who is over all, who has no beginning and no end, and all things exist through Him and for Him. His personal name revealed in the Old Testament is YEHOVAH. He is one being: invisible, immortal, indestructible. He is the God and Father of the Lord Jesus the Messiah. He is Love, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control.
- Jesus the Messiah: Jesus is the son of God - Yehovah, a man begotten in womb of the virgin Mary, by the spirit of the living God Yehovah. He is the promised Messiah, the descendant of David, who, though being tempted in every way, lived a sinless life and became the only perfect man who has ever lived. He was crucified, died, buried, and after three days and three nights was resurrected. He is the first fruits from the dead and currently sits at the right hand of God in heaven. He has been given all authority in heaven and on earth as Lord over all, Yehovah excepted. At the end of this age His God and Father Yehovah will send him down to take his place on the throne of David at Zion. He acting as Yehovah’s agent has become the way of salvation, redemption, everlasting life, and by becoming a sin-offering sacrifice he became on the cross; all humanity was reconciled to Yehovah. By his sin-offering sacrifice and shed blood, he ratified the New Covenant and became a mediator between God and humankind. All who repent, confess, and accept him as the one whom Yehovah has sent and obey his words, are baptized and receive God’s spirit become new creations in him. Then they enter into keeping the laws of the Messiah which constitute the New Covenant, which is founded on love.
- Holy
Spirit: The holy spirit is the operational power and presence of God in His sons and daughters.
It is a gift given to those who become His son/daughter
upon their conversion
[dying to self] as a seal, the mark of New Covenant
membership as the people of God. It is given as a promise of salvation and
life in the soon
coming Kingd of God. God energizes His sons and daughters through
His
spirit to demonstrate His power and glory and to accomplish His will.
- The
Gospel: The gospel is the good news about the soon coming Kingdom and of God’s
Kingship. It expresses God’s active rulership
upon the earth.
This is expressed in:
- (1)
the inauguration of the Kingdom of God [God’s Kingship]
through the life, death and resurrection of the Messiah,
- (2)
the establishment of the New Covenant between God and humankind through
the shedding of the
Messiah’s blood as a sin-offering sacrifice,
- (3)
the consummation of the Kingdom at the Messiah’s return and the
creation being renewed. We are to believe and preach the good news, repent
of leading a life of unbelief and sin, and show fruit in word and deed
corresponding to our new life as new creations
in the Messiah.
The hope of the gospel is that Jesus the Messiah will be sent down to take his place on the throne of
David at Zion and rule as the King of Israel and King of kings and lord of
lords over the nations. We who will be resurrected upon his return will
co-rule with him over the nations.
- Salvation:
Salvation is being saved - delivered from the second death (the
consequence of sin), given a resurrected glorified, immortal body,
and receiving age
upon age lasting life in the ages to come. The promise of
salvation is obtained by God’s grace through faith (i.e., allegiance:
trust, loyalty, and obedience) in Him and His anointed one Jesus,
as one holds fast to the gospel message.
- Satan
and Spiritual Beings: Satan, also called “the Devil”, the “Serpent”, the “Adversary”
and other names and descriptions, is a ruling angel who is the leader of
rebellious spiritual beings in rejection and defiance against God. The
Bible refers to him as “the god of this age,” and as such he currently
exercises great power and influence over the domain of the whole earth. He
holds the power of death and seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. Satan and
his followers were defeated by Jesus the Messiah on the cross and
will be destroyed in the future.
- The
Bible: The canon of Scripture we deem authoritative are the sixty-six books of God’s revelation to mankind.
The Bible reveals God’s character, will, and plans to humanity. It
represents the authoritative source for how people are to live their lives in submission
to the will of Yehovah. The purpose of the scriptures is to lead us to
God and His son Jesus, and to come to a knowledge of the truth that leads to salvation.
- Sanctification:
Sanctification is the process of dedication and commitment to God that
leads to being set apart in godly conduct. This begins with God’s call to
holiness and the commandment to love Him with all our heart, mind and being and
strength and the lover our neighbors as ourselves. We are instructed to strive
to develop the character and example give my the Messiah Jesus, for in
doing so we are becoming perfect. The sons and daughters of Yehovah are to
remember that they are in this world, but are not of this world being new
creations in the Messiah Jesus.
- The
Nature and State of Humankind: God created humankind (male and female) in
His image capable of exercising free will and with reason and conscience.
The first man Adam disobeyed God’s commands, and as a result we experience all the wretched
conditions we see all around us. As a result of Adam’s choosing to be a
god unto himself all of his
descendant have been in bondage to sin.
- The
Called–out Assembly:
The called-out
Assembly consists of the sons and daughters of
God. Those
who have given their total
commitment to Yehovah walking before Him in faith-obedience and obeying
the word He have to the Messiah Jesus to give to us. Jesus
the Messiah is
the head of the
called-out Assembly of God. All believers, and they are
members of his body of
the Messiah Jesus with individual gifts and callings.
God places each believer in the body as it pleases Him, and He works
within each person to carry out His will. For those who are in the Messiah there are no
distinctions between economic status, gender, ethnicity or race. All believers are brothers and sisters a
part of a spiritual family through the holy spirit that binds together
those who trust in and are united to the Messiah Jesus.
- Death
and Resurrection: When a person dies he or she ceases to have life and
consciousness, which is described in Scripture as being “asleep,” until
they are resurrected from the dead by the Lord Jesus the Messiah. After being
resurrected, every person will receive judgment to either everlasting life
or everlasting death.
- Marriage:God
created humans in His image. He created male and female biologically
separate and distinct from each other. God created sexual intimacy to be a
blessing experienced only within the marital relationship between one man
and one woman.
- Church
Ceremonies: Communion
– the Lord’s Supper and water baptism are practices instituted by
the Lord himself and carried out by his followers. These are appropriate
demonstrations of a believer’s faith in Jesus as the Messiah, and their
willingness to acknowledge their union with him as their Lord and the
expectation of his return.
- The
Destruction of the Wicked: At the White Throne judgment,
all mankind who
have not experienced the first resurrection will be resurrect and all
whose names are not written in the book of life will be cast
into and permanently destroyed in the Lake of Fire. Then all who are immortal glorified men and woman
will enter into a new age, with a
new heavens and a new earth and Yehovah will come down to the earth to be
present with His glorified immortal sons and daughters.
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