What We Believe | إيماننا

1 - The Bible

We believe that the Bible is composed of the Old and New Testament, consisting of 66 books, both of which are inspired by God and represent the sacred word of God, the approved basis for faith and life, and free from all errors in the original version.

2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,”

2 - Trinity

We believe in one God who exists in three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We believe that God is the Creator of the world and actively participates in humanity. He is holy, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.

First - The Father

A - We believe that God the Father loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, Jesus Christ, to be our only way to salvation.

John3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

B - God the Father calls the sinners, and is the Father of the believers in the new birth

John 6:44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.”

C - God the Father sends his Holy Spirit to dwell in the believer forever, according to the request of the Son, and this is accomplished by accepting Christ as the Savior by his new birth.

John 14:16-17 “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.”

D - God the Father responds to the believer’s prayer if it is according to his will and required in the name of Jesus Christ.

John 16:23 “In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He will give it to you.”

Second – The Son

A - We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, to save sinners.

John1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

B - We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for all mankind as an atoning sacrifice for us. And the work of atonement in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to achieve salvation, for everyone who believes in him will obtain in His name eternal life.

Ephesians 1:7 “In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,”

C - We believe that the Lord Jesus, after his resurrection from the dead, ascended to heaven and is our High Priest and our only intercessor.

Hebrew 4:14 “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.”

Third – The Holy Spirit

We believe in the complete divinity of the Holy Spirit; in His oneness with the Father and the Son in essence, and He convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment. It is He who renews, sanctifies, guides and consoles those who believe in Jesus Christ, and bears witness to the truth of the Gospel, and that it is the responsibility and privilege of every believer to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, e will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”

3 - The Church

We believe that the Church (the body of Christ) is a spiritual entity made up of all the redeemed and washed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Show through the local church. God calls the Church to manifest her life in the unity and fellowship of the Holy Spirit, in worship and obedience to Christ. The mission of the Church in the world is to continue the saving work of Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit through holy living, evangelism, discipleship and service.

Romans 12:4-5 “For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”

4 - Water Baptism

We believe that water baptism is an analogy to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and a testimony to our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. According to the Bible, all believers are called to baptism in water.

1 Peter 3:21 “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”

5 - The Lord Supper

We believe that the memorial and communal supper established by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as an act to remember the sacrifice that Jesus offered us through his death on the cross and his resurrection, and with it we inform of the Lord's death until he comes.

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 “For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”  In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's 

death until he comes.”

6 - Relationship with God

We believe that every believer should be in a growing relationship with Jesus through obedience to God's Word, submission to the Holy Spirit and conformity to the image of Christ.

Philippians 3:12-13 “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,”

7 - Second Coming of Jesus

We believe in the "blessed hope," the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to the rapture of the Church.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.”

8 - Marriage

From the beginning, God created Adam and Eve to be one body (through marriage) and thus the human race was formed. Therefore, we believe that holy marriage is between a man and a woman exclusively.

Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

1. الكتاب المقدس 

نؤمن ان الكتاب المقدس مكون من العهد القديم والجديد المكون من 66 سفرا ، وكلاهما موحى به من الله ويمثل كلمة الله المقدسة ، الاساس المعتمد للايمان والحياة وخالي من كل خطا في النسخة الاصلية . 

2 تيموثاوس 16:3

"كُلُّ الْكِتَابِ هُوَ مُوحًى بِهِ مِنَ اللهِ، وَنَافِعٌ لِلتَّعْلِيمِ وَالتَّوْبِيخِ، لِلتَّقْوِيمِ وَالتَّأْدِيبِ الَّذِي فِي الْبِرِّ،"  

2. الثالوث

نؤمن بإله واحد موجود في ثلاثة أقانيم متميزة: الآب والابن والروح القدس. 

نحن نؤمن بأن الله هو خالق العالم و هو قدوس و كلي القدره و كلي القوه و كلي الوجود.

اولا: اقنوم الله الاب

أ -  نؤمن ان الله الاب قد احب العالم لدرجه انه بذل ابنه الوحيد ، يسوع المسيح ، ليكون طريقنا الوحيد للخلاص .

يوحنا 16:3 

"لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا أَحَبَّ اللهُ الْعَالَمَ حَتَّى بَذَلَ ابْنَهُ الْوَحِيدَ، لِكَيْ لاَ يَهْلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ. "

ب - الله الاب يدعوا الخطاة ، و يكون ابو المؤمنين في الولاده الجديده  

يوحنا 6: 44 

"لاَ يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُقْبِلَ إِلَيَّ إِنْ لَمْ يَجْتَذِبْهُ الآبُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي، وَأَنَا أُقِيمُهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَخِيرِ."

ت - الله الاب يرسل روحه القدوس ليسكن المؤمن للابد تَبعاً لطلب الابن و هذا يتم بقبول المسيح كمخلص بالولاده الجديده. 

يوحنا 14: 16-17 

"وَأَنَا أَطْلُبُ مِنَ الآبِ فَيُعْطِيكُمْ مُعَزِّيًا آخَرَ لِيَمْكُثَ مَعَكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، رُوحُ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ الْعَالَمُ أَنْ يَقْبَلَهُ، لأَنَّهُ لاَ يَرَاهُ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَعْرِفُونَهُ لأَنَّهُ مَاكِثٌ مَعَكُمْ وَيَكُونُ فِيكُمْ. "

ج - الله الاب يستجيب صلاه المؤمن اذا كانت حسب مشيئته و مطلوبه باسم يسوع المسيح.

يوحنا 16: 23

"وَفِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لاَ تَسْأَلُونَنِي شَيْئًا. اَلْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ كُلَّ مَا طَلَبْتُمْ مِنَ الآبِ بِاسْمِي يُعْطِيكُمْ. "

ثانيا: اقنوم الابن 

أ - نؤمن ان الرب يسوع المسيح الابن الإزلي الابدي. الله ظهر في الجسد, ولد من العذراء مريم ليخلص الخطاة.

يوحنا 1: 14 

"وَالْكَلِمَةُ صَارَ جَسَدًا وَحَلَّ بَيْنَنَا، وَرَأَيْنَا مَجْدَهُ، مَجْدًا كَمَا لِوَحِيدٍ مِنَ الآبِ، مَمْلُوءًا نِعْمَةً وَحَقًّا. "

(متى 11: 27). وهذا سر عظيم: "عَظِيمٌ هُوَ سِرُّ التَّقْوَى: اللهُ ظَهَرَ فِي الْجَسَدِ"

ب- نؤمن ان الرب يسوع المسيح مات على الصليب لاجل كل البشر ذبيحة كفارية عنا . وان عمل الكفارة في موت و قيامة يسوع المسيح لتحقيق الخلاص لكل من يؤمن به ينال باسمه الحياة الابدية. 

افسس 1 : 7 

"الَّذِي فِيهِ لَنَا الْفِدَاءُ بِدَمِهِ، غُفْرَانُ الْخَطَايَا، حَسَبَ غِنَى نِعْمَتِهِ،"

ت- نؤمن ان الرب يسوع بعد قيامته من الاموات صعد للسماء وهو رئيس كهنتنا وشفيعنا الوحيد. 

عبرانيين 14:4

"فَإِذْ لَنَا رَئِيسُ كَهَنَةٍ عَظِيمٌ قَدِ اجْتَازَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، يَسُوعُ ابْنُ اللهِ، فَلْنَتَمَسَّكْ بِالإِقْرَارِ. "

ثالثا: اقنوم الروح القدس 

نؤمن بالوهية الروح القدس الكاملة وبكونه ذات الهية (شخص الهي) و بوحدانيته مع الاب والابن في الجوهر، وهو يبكت على خطية وبر ودينونة. وهو الذي يجدد يقدس يرشد ويعزي اولئك الذين يؤمنون بالمسيح يسوع، ويشهد لحق الانجيل وان مسؤلية وامتياز كل مخلص ان يمتلىء بالروح القدس.

يوحنا 16:15

"وَمَتَى جَاءَ الْمُعَزِّي الَّذِي سَأُرْسِلُهُ أَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الآبِ، رُوحُ الْحَقِّ، الَّذِي مِنْ عِنْدِ الآبِ يَنْبَثِقُ، فَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ لِي. "

3. الكنيسة 

نحن نؤمن بأن الكنيسة (جسد المسيح) هي كيان روحي مكون من جميع  المفديين و المغسولين بدم يسوع المسيح. تظهر من خلال الكنيسة المحليه. الله يدعو الكنيسة أن تظهر حياتها في الوحدة و شركة الروح القدس ؛  في العبادة و بطاعة المسيح. إرسالية الكنيسة في العالم هي أن تتابع عمل يسوع الفديوي بقوة الروح القدس من خلال العيش المقدس والتبشير والتلمذة والخدمة.

رومية 4:12-5

"فَإِنَّهُ كَمَا فِي جَسَدٍ وَاحِدٍ لَنَا أَعْضَاءٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَلكِنْ لَيْسَ جَمِيعُ الأَعْضَاءِ لَهَا عَمَلٌ وَاحِدٌ، هكَذَا نَحْنُ الْكَثِيرِينَ: جَسَدٌ وَاحِدٌ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، وَأَعْضَاءٌ بَعْضًا لِبَعْضٍ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لِلآخَرِ."

4. المعمودية

نحن نؤمن أن معمودية الماء هي  تشبه لموت و دفن و قيامة يسوع المسيح وشهادة على إيماننا بالرب يسوع المسيح. وفقًا للكتاب المقدس ، جميع المؤمنين مدعويين الى المعمودية في الماء.

1بطرس 21:3

"الَّذِي مِثَالُهُ يُخَلِّصُنَا نَحْنُ الآنَ، أَيِ الْمَعْمُودِيَّةُ. لاَ إِزَالَةُ وَسَخِ الْجَسَدِ، بَلْ سُؤَالُ ضَمِيرٍ صَالِحٍ عَنِ اللهِ، بِقِيَامَةِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ. "

5. عشاء الرب

نحن نؤمن أنَّ العشاء التـذكاري والجماعي الذي أسسـه ربنا ومخلصنا يسوع المسيح كعمل لتذكر الذبيحة التي قدمها يسوع لنا من خلال موته على الصليب و قيامته ، وبها نخبر بموت الرب إلى أن يجيء. 

1 كورنثوس 11: 23-26

"لأَنَّنِي تَسَلَّمْتُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ مَا سَلَّمْتُكُمْ أَيْضًا: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الَّتِي أُسْلِمَ فِيهَا، أَخَذَ خُبْزًا وَشَكَرَ فَكَسَّرَ، وَقَالَ:«خُذُوا كُلُوا هذَا هُوَ جَسَدِي الْمَكْسُورُ لأَجْلِكُمُ. اصْنَعُوا هذَا لِذِكْرِي». 25كَذلِكَ الْكَأْسَ أَيْضًا بَعْدَمَا تَعَشَّوْا، قَائِلاً: «هذِهِ الْكَأْسُ هِيَ الْعَهْدُ الْجَدِيدُ بِدَمِي. اصْنَعُوا هذَا كُلَّمَا شَرِبْتُمْ لِذِكْرِي». فَإِنَّكُمْ كُلَّمَا أَكَلْتُمْ هذَا الْخُبْزَ وَشَرِبْتُمْ هذِهِ الْكَأْسَ، تُخْبِرُونَ بِمَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى أَنْ يَجِيءَ. "

6. العلاقة مع الله

نحن نؤمن بأن كل مؤمن يجب أن يكون في علاقة متنامية مع يسوع من خلال طاعة كلمة الله ، والخضوع للروح القدس والتوافق مع صورة المسيح. 

فيلبي 3: 12-13 

" لَيْسَ أَنِّي قَدْ نِلْتُ أَوْ صِرْتُ كَامِلاً، وَلَكِنِّي أَسْعَى لَعَلِّي أُدْرِكُ الَّذِي لأَجْلِهِ أَدْرَكَنِي أَيْضاً الْمَسِيحُ يَسُوع. أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنَا لَسْتُ أَحْسِبُ نَفْسِي أَنِّي قَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ. وَلَكِنِّي أَفْعَلُ شَيْئاً وَاحِداً : إِذْ أَنَا أَنْسَى مَا هُوَ وَرَاءُ وَأَمْتَدُّ إِلَى مَا هُوَ قُدَّامُ ." 

7. المجيء الثاني للرب يسوع

نحن نؤمن بـ "الرجاء المبارك" ، العودة الشخصية والوشيكة لربنا ومخلصنا يسوع المسيح لأختطاف الكنيسة.

1 تسالونيكي 13:4-18

"ثُمَّ لاَ أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَجْهَلُوا أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ مِنْ جِهَةِ الرَّاقِدِينَ، لِكَيْ لاَ تَحْزَنُوا كَالْبَاقِينَ الَّذِينَ لاَ رَجَاءَ لَهُمْ.  لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنَّا نُؤْمِنُ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ مَاتَ وَقَامَ، فَكَذلِكَ الرَّاقِدُونَ بِيَسُوعَ، سَيُحْضِرُهُمُ اللهُ أَيْضًا مَعَهُ.  فَإِنَّنَا نَقُولُ لَكُمْ هذَا بِكَلِمَةِ الرَّبِّ: إِنَّنَا نَحْنُ الأَحْيَاءَ الْبَاقِينَ إِلَى مَجِيءِ الرَّبِّ، لاَ نَسْبِقُ الرَّاقِدِينَ. لأَنَّ الرَّبّ نَفْسَهُ بِهُتَافٍ، بِصَوْتِ رَئِيسِ مَلاَئِكَةٍ وَبُوقِ اللهِ، سَوْفَ يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَمْوَاتُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ سَيَقُومُونَ أَوَّلاً.  ثُمَّ نَحْنُ الأَحْيَاءَ الْبَاقِينَ سَنُخْطَفُ جَمِيعًا مَعَهُمْ فِي السُّحُبِ لِمُلاَقَاةِ الرَّبِّ فِي الْهَوَاءِ، وَهكَذَا نَكُونُ كُلَّ حِينٍ مَعَ الرَّبِّ. لِذلِكَ عَزُّوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا بِهذَا الْكَلاَم.ِ"

8. الزواج

منذ البدء خلق الله ادم وحواء ليكونوا جسدا واحدا ( من خلال الزواج ) وهكذا تكون الجنس البشري لذا نؤمن ان الزواج المقدس يكون بين الرجل والمراة حصراً.

تكوين 27:1

" فَخَلَقَ اللهُ الإِنْسَانَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ. عَلَى صُورَةِ اللهِ خَلَقَهُ. ذَكَرًا وَأُنْثَى خَلَقَهُمْ. "