Church Without Walls

08/15/2024

Jesus performs actions that only YHWH of the Old Testament does, to show that He is The YHWH of the OT

[Riding on the Clouds]

*Deuteronomy 33:26 “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on the clouds.

*Psalm 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name Yah, And rejoice before Him.

**Matthew 24:30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

[Walking on Water]

*Job 9:8 He (God) alone spreads out the heavens, And treads {{on the waves of the sea}}

**Matthew 14:25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, {{walking on the lake}}

[Calming the Seas]

*Psalm 89:8 O Lord God {YHWH Elohim} of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O Lord {Yah}? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. 9 You rule the raging of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.

*Psalm 107:25 For He commands and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves of the sea. They mount up to the heavens, They go down again to the depths; Their soul melts because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end. Then they cry out to the LORD {YHWH} in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses. He calms the storm, So that its waves are still.

*Psalm 65:2 O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come… As for our transgressions, You will provide atonement for them… 5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, {{O God {Elohim} of our salvation}}… Being clothed with power; {{You who still the noise of the seas, The noise of their waves}}… They also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of Your signs

**Matthew 8:24 “And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves... Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

[Holding the Universe Together; Colossians even directly quotes Nehemiah thought for thought, putting Jesus as YHWH]

*Nehemiah 9:6: You alone are the LORD {YHWH}; You have made heaven

*Colossians 1:16 For by Him {Jesus} all things were created that are in heaven

Nehemiah: The earth and everything on it, the seas and all that is in them

Colossians: and (all things) that are on earth

Nehemiah: The heaven of heavens, with all their host

Colossians: visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.

Nehemiah: {{And You preserve them all}} (*he holds the universe together).

Colossians: All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and {{in Him all things consist}}. (*he holds the universe together).

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04/22/2024

04/22/2024

Statement of Beliefs

OUR MISSION AND PURPOSE
Here at Church Without Walls we believe in having church more than just inside a particular building. We do life together. Whether we come together in large groups or small groups. Anywhere at anytime.
Our purpose is to organize together for worship/prayer, fellowship, teaching of doctrine, and evangelism.
Our mission is to disciple those in everything commanded by Jesus Christ. Share the gospel with the lost, and feed the sheep.

CORE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS
We acknowledge that everything necessary for godly living and holy practice can be found in the sacred Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. These Scriptures are sufficient for doctrine, reproof, correction, and for instruction in righteousness. However, these flawless scriptures have flawed interpreters (i.e., you and me). So we affirm these historic creeds and definitions as the necessary boundary markers for orthodoxy within the Christian faith.
Apostles Creed�Athanasian Creed�Nicene Creed�Chalcedonian Definition

WHAT WE BELIEVE
This is not a list of doctrines you must believe to be a member of Church Without Walls. There will be those who join this Church who will have differing opinions and secondary doctrinal issues such as male and female roles, gifts of the Spirit, Communion, and other various secondary doctrines. However, the preaching and teaching of Church Without Walls will align with these stated beliefs.
WE BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE
We believe that God has perfectly revealed who he is and what he commands in the Bible. That is the 66 Books of canon from Genesis to Revelation.
WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD
God of creation known as Elohim, YHWH, Yah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) is the ONLY true and supreme God.
WE BELIEVE IN ORIGINAL SIN
We believe that, through Adam, sin has broken all humanity and creation, leaving the world in need of salvation. All people are not born guilty of sin but have inherited a sinful nature and thus will sin through out their life and thus needs to be redeemed through Jesus Christ for eternal life.
WE BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL
The gospel is the good news that God saves sinners through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Faith in who Jesus is and what Jesus did is the only way to salvation. Jesus made the provision for all mankind. One must be born again.
WE BELIEVE IN JESUS
We believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, healed the sick, cast out demons, raised the dead. We believe that Jesus is fully God and fully man. Through his life, death, and resurrection, he did all that was necessary to make salvation possible. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the fullness of the Godhead bodily, God Almighty, the Creator in the flesh.
WE BELIEVE IN SALVATION BY GRACE ALONE
We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
WE BELIEVE IN JESUS’ SECOND COMING
We believe that Jesus will return to both restore creation and judge the living and the dead.
WE BELIEVE IN HEAVEN AND HELL
We believe that followers of Jesus will spend eternity with Jesus in his kingdom. Everyone who rejects Jesus will be punished with eternal separation from the presence of God.
WE BELIEVE IN THE TRINITY
We believe that God is a complex unity. There is only one true God, but he exists eternally as three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
WE BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
The Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things seen and unseen.
WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit is fully God. Through his ministry, he points us to Jesus and empowers our lives. He was sent to be the comforter/helper to Christians and to convince the world of sin. He indwells all born again believers. We believe there can be many evidences of the Holy Spirit present in a believers life.
WE BELIEVE IN THE CHURCH
We believe the Church is Jesus’ body on the earth. Her mission is to make Jesus known through preaching the gospel, caring for the poor, and serving our neighbors.
WE BELIEVE IN SPIRITUAL GIFTS
We believe that the Holy Spirit continues to give Jesus’ followers all spiritual gifts to encourage believers and save those who do not yet believe.
WORD & SPIRIT
Church Without Walls is wholly committed to the convergence of both Word and Spirit, not simply as a theological statement, but as a way of life and ministry. The Holy Scriptures are the sole objective, infallible standard that governs our life and practice. Therefore we hope, by God’s grace, to be empowered with every spiritual gift listed in the Holy Scripture. We are devoted to growing in our knowledge of God’s Word and the power of God’s Spirit with reverence and order. This means we make room in all our services for the expression of spiritual gifts in order that the people of God may be refreshed, encouraged, and built up for every good work.
WE BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE
We believe the pattern for s*x and marriage was established by God as he officiated Adam and Eve’s male-female union in Eden.
WE BELIEVE IN COMPLEMENTARIANISM
We believe that men and women are equals, created by God to fulfill different roles as coworkers in his kingdom. Certain offices may be only limited to men, but the gifts of the Holy Spirit are not limited to any degree.
WE BELIEVE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
We believe that all humans are equal in dignity and value, bearing the image of God from the moment of conception, regardless of ethnicity or gender.
WE BELIEVE IN BAPTISM & COMMUNION
We believe God has given us baptism and communion to strengthen Christians’ lives and celebrate their inclusion into God’s family.
SACRAMENTAL & INCARNATIONAL
We believe that the sacraments are a visible sign of invisible grace. We believe that God’s Spirit is uniquely at work in the sacraments, so that the risen, living Messiah is really (though not literally) present to us in them. This condescension of God, and fellowship with God, is a true mystery that is more experienced than exhaustively understood. When we say “sacramental,” we do not mean to imply that the sacraments somehow regenerate us, rather the sacraments are present to empower the believer and remind the believer to live as our Lord Jesus lived. When we say “incarnational,” we only mean to have that mind in us that was in Jesus in his incarnation. To embrace an incarnational ministry, then, involves a willingness to relinquish our own desires and interests in the service of others. We believe that God’s good gifts in the sacraments empower us to do God’s good work in incarnational living.
LAW & GOSPEL
Church Without Walls aims to proclaim both Law and Gospel. The Law of God is the perfect stand for all mankind. The Law is good, beautiful, and faultless as it points us to the perfect moral standard. Thus the Law exposes the sinfulness of both saint and sinner causing them both to look outside of themselves for forgiveness and life everlasting. The Gospel (or Good News) is that the Law of God has been perfectly fulfilled in Jesus. Those who place faith in Jesus receive his spotless record. The Law says “do;” the Gospel says “done,” and our aim is simply to remind God’s people to rest in Jesus’ finished work.
WE BELIEVE IN THE FIVE SOLAS
These five statements of the Protestant Reformation lay at the center of what distinguished the theology of Protestantism from the theology of the Roman Catholic church in the 16th century. Sola Scriptura holds that Scripture is the only inerrant, sufficient, and final authority for the church because it is God’s inspired Word. Solus Christus holds that Christ alone is the basis on which the ungodly are justified before God. Sola Fide holds that only through faith can a believer receive the redemption Christ accomplished for them. Sola Gratia holds that our salvation comes from grace alone, from beginning to end. Because of these things, the Reformers held to the final Sola, Soli Deo Gloria, that only God receives glory for our salvation.

04/22/2024

Awesome Worship today

03/24/2024

Happy Palm Sunday.

Today we celebrate “The Coming King of Zion”

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
And cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
See, your king is coming to you;
he is righteous and able to deliver,
he is humble and riding on a donkey,
a c**t, the offspring of a donkey.

Fulfilled

The Triumphant Entry in Jerusalem

Luke 19:28 When He had said this, He went before them, ascending up to Jerusalem. 29 When He came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, 30 saying, “Go over into the village opposite you, where, as you enter, you will find a c**t tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’ ”

32 Those who were sent went and found it just as He had told them. 33 As they were untying the c**t, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the c**t?”

34 They said, “The Lord has need of it.”

35 They brought it to Jesus. And they threw their garments on the c**t, and they set Jesus on it. 36 As He went, they spread their clothes in the street.

37 When He was coming near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with loud voices for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying:

‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’[b]
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

40 He answered them, “I tell you, if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”