MLT: What We are and Believe in a Nutshell (Alphabetical) - NCCG.ORG Ning Network Archive 2008-10

Alcohol: As a Royal Priesthood of Believers in Temples of flesh, believers should abstain
Angels: Yahweh's messengers (malakim), both spiritual as well as substantial
Apostolic: All the New Testament officers are needed and present including apostles
Authority: Not legalistic but based on the presence and power of the Ruach (Spirit) only
Baptism: By complete immersion upon profession of belief and evidence of the New Birth
Bible Translations: Many are used but the HRV (Hebraic-roots Version) is preferred
Body of Christ: All true believers without reference to denominational divisions
Cities of Refuge: Gatherings of believers for safety during times of persecution
Communitarianism: Gathering into communities of spiritually maturer families and members
Covenants: Essential for spiritual growth and administered at different levels
Demons: Real entities (like Satan) that harrass even believers when they are disobedient
Deity of Messiah: Yah'shua has always been Elohim (God) but subordinate to El (Yahweh)
Divine Names: The Hebrew Yahweh (mandatory) and Yah'shua (preferred)
Ecumenism: Sounds good in word but always results in watering down the Gospel
Evangelical: We are commissioned to preach the salvation of Yah'shua as the #1 priority
Firstborn: A title of the Messiah and a term for members living communally under covenant
Gifts of the Ruach (Spirit): All, including prophecy, dreams, visions, revelation, exorcism
Heaven: A literal place and inner condition - at least 3 if not more heavens
Hebraic-roots: The superiority of the Hebrew/Aramaic New Testament MSS over the Greek
Hell: A literal place as well as an inner condition - not a place you would want to go to
Holiness: Purity and obedience to the commandments is mandatory
Israel: All true believers, not the modern Republic of Israel
Kosher Food: Yahweh's biblical dietary laws, obligatory on all, given for good health
Love: the first fruit of true Faith, but it is always defined by Truth
Messianic-Israelite: The restoration and unification of the 12 Tribes (not Messianic Judaism)
New Birth: Baptism by fire which distinguishes nominal from born-again believers
Once Saved, Always Saved?: Doctrine rejected as false - believers can and do fall away
Orthodox Creeds: Only the Apostles' Creed is accepted, the rest regarded as speculative
Pantheism: One of Satan's big lies - we are not God or part of Him, but separate
Patriarchal: The husband is head of the home and men lead congregations
Pre-Existence: We all existed before we were born on earth like the angels
Priesthood of all Believers: Everyone is called to priesthood (Deacons or Elders)
Rapture: No secret pre-trib rapture - all pass through the Tribulation
Religion: Man's dead-end way of getting right with Yahweh - it doesn't work
Reincarnation: One of Satan's big lies - we are incarnated only once
Resurrection: Literal and physical, of which there are at least 4 types, happens only once
Ruach haQodesh (Holy Spirit): Female, our Heavenly Mother (7-fold)
Sabbatarian: The 7th Day (Saturday) is Yahweh's correct day of rest, not the 1st day (Sunday)
Salvation: By faith alone but the fruits and evidence are Torah obedience
Saint: A born-again believer committed through covenants and obedience to holiness
Sanctification: Gradual, not instantaneous, requiring 7 overcomings, life-long process
Satan: Fallen archangel, the Adversary, real name Heylel ('Lucifer'), liar and deceiver
Scriptures: Infallible in the original Hebrew and Aramaic (but not Greek) autographs
Spirit Guides: Demons masquerading as benevolent forces
Sex: Strict celibacy before marriage and felicity within the marriage covenant
Sha'ul (Paul): Accepted as a true apostle - Ebionite heresy rejected
Smoking: A pollutant and carcinogenic drug, inconsistent with Christian behaviour
Sola Scriptura: Only the Protestant Bible is our rule and primary canonical text
Temple: Formerly a place for sacrifices, today our physical bodies which must be kept pure
Tongues: Supernatural gift to speak foreign languages - not babbling - gift of some only
Torah: Christ did not abolish the Torah (Law) but completed it - we are bound by New Covenant Torah
Truth: Cannot be compromised because it defines Reality, and Yahweh is Ultimate Reality
Women: Are ministers like the men but have different specialised rôles
Worldliness: Compromising with it is an invitation to self-destruction
Yah'shua (Jesus): He is the only way back to our Heavenly Father
Yahweh's Festivals: All 7 - no pagan ones (e.g. Christmas, Halloween)
Zionism: The Israeli Republic is not biblical Israel - we do not support Zionism

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