We Don't Believe...

We do NOT believe in any theology that denies that Jesus Christ is truly God and truly Man - this includes all variations of Unitarianism, Arianism , Docetism , Modalism , Eutychianism , Nestorianism , Tritheism , Pneumatomachianism , Monolatry , Gnosticism and any other theology that denies that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, denying His Humanity or Deity. We boldly reject any theology that denies the Deity or Humanity of Jesus Christ , rather, we believe that the perfect God became incarnate, being born of a virgin . Any theology that denies that YHWH is one God Who exists eternally in three persons : the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is heretical .

We do NOT believe in "works-based" salvation - this means that we are not justified by our works apart from faith , but rather, we are saved by grace through faith in Messiah Yeshua .

We do NOT believe in Calvinistic Theology - which teaches that God has a select number of people that He chooses to save and the rest are damned to hell. It also teaches that you cannot resist His gift of grace, and that once you are saved you are always saved. The Bible makes it clear that one can lose his/her salvation if he/she turns their back on God and does not repent of their sins . Faith without works is dead, therefore faith requires an ongoing relationship with Jesus in obedience to His Word .

We do NOT believe in "Race-based" theology - such as British Israelism or Black Hebrew Israelitism, or any other theology that emphasizes DNA, skin color, genetics, ancestry, etcetera as a right to salvation. Whether we are Jew or Gentile, we believe that we are saved by grace through faith in Yeshua, not by genealogy or skin color .

We do not believe in Replacement Theology - which teaches that the Church has replaced Israel; nor Dual Covenant Theology - which teaches that there are different paths of salvation for Jews and Gentiles and different ways of life . Rather, we believe that Gentiles are grafted into the Cultivated Olive Tree becoming citizens of the Spiritual Commonwealth of Israel, being now partakers of the covenants of promise , whose supporting Root is the Root of Jesse, the only begotten Son of the Father, in Whom there is equal status between Jew and Gentile .

We do NOT believe in Universalism - which teaches that everyone (generally including Satan) will be saved and reconciled to God; nor do we believe in Inclusivism - which teaches that everyone who has sincere faith in a deity (Allah, Ahura Mazda, Shiva, etc) are saved by the blood of Jesus. Rather, we believe that if we confess with our mouths the Lord Jesus and believe in our hearts that God has raised Him from the dead, we will be saved , but if we do not believe, then we are condemned already because we do not believe in the Name of the unique and only-begotten Son of God .

We do NOT believe in the Rapture Theory - which teaches that there will be an event distinct from and before the Second Coming where the living saints will be "caught up" together in the sky to go to heaven with God. While we do believe that there is a "catching away" of the saints, we believe that this "catching away" happens at the Second Coming and that many of the passages that are used as support for the rapture theory are actually referring to the Resurrection of the Righteous which occurs at His Second Coming .

We do NOT believe in Anti-Pauline Theology - which declares Paul's teaching is contrary to that of Jesus and therefore Paul's doctrines and his Epistles should be rejected. We believe that Paul was an Apostle chosen by Yeshua and his writings are inspired by the Holy Spirit . The apostles themselves testify to the legitimacy of the apostolic calling of Paul .

We do NOT believe in KJV-Only Theology - which dictates the superiority of the King James Version of the Bible over all other versions, even over the original Hebrew and Greek texts. We primarily use NKJV for reading in English, but customarily use the NASB as a supplemental Bible (both are good translations). We also see the value of studying the Bible in its original languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek) .

We do NOT practice or participate in Polygamy .

We do NOT practice or participate in abortion - as it is considered murder in the Scriptures . Rather, we believe that the creation of life in the womb is at conception, as was the case with Christ Who became incarnate through conception in the womb of the virgin and also John the Baptist who rejoiced at the presence of Christ while both were yet in the womb .

We do NOT practice or participate in the abuse of the gift of Tongues - While we do believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are still being given today and that the gift of tongues is one of them, we do not believe having the gift of tongues is an issue of salvation, nor that every believer gets it, or that anyone can be taught how to speak in tongues. Rather we believe that the gift of tongues refers to the Holy Spirit giving people the supernatural ability to speak human languages .