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According to our by-laws, our beliefs and purposes are: a. to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of the living, whose desire is that our joy may be full; b. to proclaim the good news of Yeshua the Messiah, to the Jew first and also the Gentile; through His death every person can have atonement before God from all sin, and by His resurrection we have confidence that we can come into the presence of God in our prayers and will be raised to everlasting life with Him; c. to be filled with the Holy Spirit, the counselor sent by God to guide us into all truth; d. to study the whole and authoritative Word of God, including the Tenach (Hebrew Scriptures) and the B'rit Chadasha (New Covenant) under the leading of the Holy Spirit; e. to observe the Shabbat and Biblical Feasts ordained by God in perpetuity; f. to be a testimony to the whole body of Messiah of its Jewish roots, trusting that Messiah's death has forever broken down the middle wall of partition separating Jews and Gentiles who trust in him, and also affirming that Messiah came not to destroy the Torah but to fulfill it; our Jewish roots, from which Messiah springs, have always been intended as a basis of oneness, holiness and love, as it is written, in Leviticus 19:34: "The stranger living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were strangers in Egypt. I am the LORD your God." g. to identify with the Jewish people in observance of the seasons of Jewish life (including b'rit milah (circumcision), mikvah (immersion), bar mitzvah, marriage, mourning), study of Hebrew, and intercession and support for Israel; h. to raise children in the knowledge, fear and love of the Lord, passing on to them a Jewish identity, understanding of God's word, and love for all people; i. to love one another as God loves us, devoted to one another in brotherly love, bearing one another's burdens, sharing with God's people and our neighbors in need, practicing hospitality. |