BETH TEHILLAH VETIKVA

We Believe

UPDATED NOV 7, 2011

We believe there is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three coeternal Persons.

We accept the death of Yeshua Messiah on Calvary as the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and believe that by God's grace through faith in His shed blood that we are saved from sin and its penalty.

We accept Yeshua Messiah as our Lord and personal Savior, and believe that God, in Messiah has forgiven our sins and has given us a new heart, and we renounce the sinful ways of the world.

We accept by faith the righteousness of Messiah, our Intercessor in the heavenly sanctuary, and accept His promise of grace and power by His indwelling Spirit to live a loving, Messiah centered life in our homes and before the world.

We believe the Bible is God's inspired Word, the only rule of faith and practice for the Believer. We covenant to spend time regularly in prayer and Bible study.

We accept the Torah as a transcript of the character of God and a revelation of His will. It is our purpose by the power of the indwelling Messiah to keep Torah, not only the fourth commandment, which requires the observance of the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath of the Lord and the memorial of Creation but all of God’s Commandments.

We look forward to the soon coming of Yeshua and the blessed hope when "this mortal shall... put on immortality." As we prepare to meet the Lord, we will witness to His loving salvation by using our talents in persona soul-winning endeavor to help others to be ready for His glorious appearing.

We believe in temple organization. It is our purpose to worship God and support the world body through our tithes and offerings and by our personal efforts and influence.

We believe that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit; and we will honor God by caring for it; avoiding the use of that which is harmful; abstaining from all unclean foods, from the use, manufacture, or sale of alcoholic beverages; the use, manufacture, or sale of tobacco in any of its forms for human consumption; and from the misuse of or trafficking in narcotics or other drugs.

We profess the fundamental Bible principles as taught by this Messianic Seventh-day Adventist congregation. We purpose, by the grace of God, to fulfill His will by ordering our lives in harmony with these principles. We accept the scriptural teaching of Mikvah by immersion, and desire to be so immersed as a public expression of faith in Messiah and His forgiveness of our sins