The Jewish Center is Connecting People Who Believe in One God and Follow the Torah.
Abraham Friedman
Rabbi
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 4:20 NKJV
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.
We believe Divine Healing is the power of God to heal the sick (in mind, soul, body – SOZO), that healing for every person was included in Christ’s atoning sacrifice, and that it is God’s will for every Christian to minister healing to anyone at any time. (Psalm 103:2; Isaiah 53:4; Matt. 8:16-17; 1 Peter 2:24; John 14:12)
We believe the Kingdom of God is what Jesus preached and demonstrated and that we who believe are to continue His ministry on the Earth and we are to do even greater things than these (John 14:12). We also believe that we are to advance the Kingdom of God upon the earth until such time as Christ shall entreat us to enter into the joy of our Lord. (Mark 1:15; Luke 4:43; Luke 9:60-10:11; Acts 8:12; 19:8; 20:25; 1 Corinthians 4:20; 2 Thess. 1:5; Matthew 25:19-23)
We believe that the Christian Mission is to: Love God in thought, word, and deed & to love your neighbor as yourself, which is practiced by doing unto them as you would have done unto you. Your love for God and man will be demonstrated by reproducing disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, both domestically and in foreign lands by every Biblical method. Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. (Matthew 7:11-29; Matthew 28:18-20; James 1:27NKJV)
We believe the church (on Earth) is comprised of all in whom the Spirit of Christ dwells, and that the church is the body of Christ upon the Earth and is to grow up into Him in all things. The Church as the Bride in Ephesians 5:22-33: The Church is called the Bride of Christ and Christ is declared the Head of the Church, His Bride. As individual believers and as the Church we have an intimate relationship with Christ. This is a relationship that is closer than an earthly husband and wife relationship. (Rom.8:9; Eph. 1:23; 4:12-16)
We believe to Honor Everyone. That which is valued and esteemed is “honored.” The biblical use sometimes also means to seek to enhance the reputation of someone. The biblical emphasis on honoring others has everything to do with the biblical command to honor God. Honor in the Bible typically has a communal, even public meaning. The love of God, demonstrated by Jesus on the cross, is our foundation for how to treat others. We are to be devoted—committed—to other Christians; to act selflessly. We are to honor each other (regardless of status, position, or any other factor) because we are all precious children of God, our Father. Romans 12:10; 1 Peter 2:17; Romans 13:7; Titus 2:7)