What We Believe
The Scriptures
We believe that all Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, correction, instruction, and training in righteousness. The Scriptures reveal God’s character, His covenant, His plan of redemption, and His instructions for His people. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible tells one unified story centered on Yeshua the Messiah.
God and Messiah
We believe that Yehovah is one.
God is Spirit, eternal, invisible, and the Creator of all things. The Father is not known apart from His self-revelation.
We believe that Yeshua is the visible image of the invisible God, the Word made flesh, in whom the fullness of Deity dwells bodily. Through Yeshua, God has made Himself known to mankind, for whoever has seen the Son has seen the Father.
We believe that Yeshua is not another God beside Yehovah, but the revelation of Yehovah among us, our Savior, Redeemer, King, and Messiah. For a fuller study, see Yehovah Revealed In Messiah.
Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God through Yeshua the Messiah. No amount of human obedience can erase sin, overcome death, or restore a broken covenant relationship. Only through the mercy of God, the atoning sacrifice of Yeshua, and genuine repentance can reconciliation take place.
We believe that repentance is required. Repentance is not merely sorrow for sin but a turning away from unfaithfulness and a return to God. Through His Spirit, God writes His Torah upon the hearts of His people and teaches them to walk in His paths.
God’s commandments, statutes, and judgments do not save us from our sins, just as marriage vows cannot restore a marriage once they have been broken. Restoration requires repentance and forgiveness. Yet once the relationship has been restored, the vows remain the terms of the covenant. In the same way, God’s instructions remain the expression of covenant faithfulness for those who belong to Him.
Salvation, repentance, faith, and covenant faithfulness cannot be separated. Those who love God desire to walk in His ways, because they have been reconciled to Him through Yeshua the Messiah. Related studies include Torah, Righteousness, and Justification — Properly Ordered and Belief Is Trust That Produces Allegiance.
The New Covenant and the Promise to Abraham
We believe the promise of the New Covenant is found in Jeremiah 31:31-34, where Yehovah declares that He will make a “brit chadashah” (בְּרִית חֲדָשָׁה) with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
The Hebrew word chadash is often translated “new,” but it can also describe something renewed, restored, or refreshed depending on the context. In Psalm 51:10, David prays:
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew (chadash) a steadfast spirit within me.”
David was not asking for a different spirit, but for a restored one.
Likewise, the New Covenant is not presented as a covenant with a different people, a different God, or a different standard of righteousness. Rather, it is God’s promise to restore His people after they broke the covenant and to write His Torah upon their hearts through the work of His Spirit.
The New Covenant is also connected to the promises made to Abraham. Paul teaches that those who belong to Messiah are Abraham’s seed and “heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). He does not present believers as inheriting a new promise, but the same promise God made from the beginning.
For this reason, we understand the New Covenant as the fulfillment and continuation of God’s covenant purposes rather than their replacement. Through Messiah, both the natural branches and those from the nations who are joined to Him become heirs of the promises given to Abraham. God’s Torah remains His instruction, and His Spirit writes that instruction upon the hearts of His people so that they may walk faithfully with Him. This connects closely with our Galatians study.
As Jeremiah declares:
“I will put My Torah within them and write it on their hearts.”
The New Covenant is therefore not the abandonment of God’s ways, but the promised restoration of His people and the internalization of His Torah through the work of His Spirit.
The Spirit of God
We believe that God gives His Spirit to those who belong to Him.
The Spirit convicts of sin, teaches truth, empowers obedience, produces righteous fruit, and leads believers into a deeper relationship with God. The Spirit does not lead contrary to the Scriptures but guides God’s people according to His Word. See also The Fruit of the Spirit: Surface Fruit or Torah-Defined Fruit?.
The Return of Messiah
We believe that Yeshua will return as King.
He will judge righteously, establish His kingdom, raise the dead, and bring the purposes of God to their fulfillment. We look forward to the restoration of all things and the eternal reign of our Messiah.
We seek to love Yehovah with all our heart, soul, and strength; to trust in the salvation provided through Yeshua the Messiah; and to walk in covenant faithfulness through the guidance of His Spirit and the instruction of His Torah.