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My Creed
: This is what I really believe in.
"I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me." - G. K. Chesterton
The Nature of God
- I believe in one transcendent, imminent God.
- I believe that this God revealed Himself to man as recorded in the Hebrew scriptures with the name Yahweh, which means "I AM".
- I believe that Jesus Christ (Yahshuah Messiah) was the Messiah and the incarnation of that God.
- I believe that this one God is also a trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This is best understoof by looking at water: it can be ice, water, and water vapor, but it remains the same element.
- I believe that He is love for the unloved, peace for the harried, rest for the weary, water for the thirsty, light for the blind.
God's Relationship With Man
- I believe that this God created man for the purpose of having a marriage relationship with Him.
- I believe that man was given the power to separate herself from God and did so.
- I believe that the sacrifice of Jesus's perfect life was the physical beginning of the reconcilation of God and man.
- I believe that God will have mercy upon me because He loves me. Because of this incredible love, I love him also.
- I believe that it is He who pursues me, and not I who pursue Him. I run from him, I try to hide from him, but wherever I go, he is there. He will never stop pursuing me. Hallelujah for that.
- I believe that the reason so many of us are mentally and emotionally despairing is because he is actively wooing our spirits, and we are turning Him away. We need Him. We need to need Him.
- I believe that He desires my sincere and active love for Him and for my fellow men more than the rags of righteousness that so many suppose will get them into His favor.
- I believe that prayer is like fuel for the soul.
After Life?
- I believe that after death will come a better life, where man is forever united with God.
- I believe that after death will come a better life, where there is no death, no fear, no pain.
- I believe that God desires reconcilation with every creature that draws breath.
- I believe that every creature will, in the end, acknowledge God as their Lord and Savior.
Man's Relationship with Man
- I believe that out of love for God, man will and must grow a tenderness for all those God created.
- I believe God is pleased by every act of kindness a human shows to another human.
- I believe that God is blessed by every kindness. The Bible says that whatever is done to 'the least of these' is done to him
- I believe that everyone, and I repeat, everyone should be treated equally and with love by those who know God.
- I believe that discrimination of any kind is a shame to God.
Man's Relationship with Himself
- I believe that God can give a peace that passes understanding.
- I believe that whoevers mind stays on God will be at peace.
- I believe that by taking life moment by moment and trusting God to take care of the rest, man becomes closer to God, enjoys life more fully, and is more at peace with himself.
- I believe that those who love God please Him by enjoying the life He gave them.
- I believe that asking God for forgiveness from sin cleanses the soul and the heart, making it possible to be in communion with God, and allowing us to love ourselves, and those around us. Allowing guilt to build up on the soul is like allowing a pipe to clog.
The Church
- I believe that God intended for people to worship him as one body, rather than fragmented groups.
- I believe that people can and must overcome great differences and unify under His love. A house divided against itself will fall.
- I believe that the church, not the government, should the refuge place for the needy, the rejected, and the downhearted. Who better to look after the little lambs than those who know the Good Shepherd?
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