We believe:
The community we call Friends First, are a community that are friends with Jesus (John 15:15), and a community that live as ambassadors to represent Jesus and His Kingdom here on earth. We are here to usher in His Kingdom, as He modeled so well for us.
We see Jesus as “perfect theology" and so we believe that Jesus modeled the way we should live and conduct ourselves. Hence the name Christian or Christ like.
We believe that when Jesus said the works I did you will do (John 14:12) that He meant what He said and desired us “Christ like ones” to live and conduct ourselves exactly as He did.
We believe that through the cross we who believe have righteousness accredited to us and therefore are no longer under the law but under grace. We believe the law has led us to Christ (Gal 3:24) and once "in Christ" His free gift of grace empowers us to say no to sin and yes to righteous living.
We believe we carry this amazing message (the gospel of the Kingdom) with Jesus imploring us to tell the world, “that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing (counting) their trespasses (sins) to them (or against them), and has committed to us - the Christ like ones, the word (message) of reconciliation (be reconciled to God)”. (2 Cor 5:19)
What we believe ultimately shapes our inner world from which all of life flows (Prov 4:23). Therefore as we co-labour with Jesus building a Kingdom community what we all belief is vital to the outcome. We believe that our beliefs will dictate our values, which in turn will dictate our behavior or our culture.
We believe that a collective group of values ultimately dictates our culture or becomes our culture. We believe we are called to live with “Kingdom culture” and so a collective group of Kingdom values will ultimately create exactly that.
Here below are a list of some of those beliefs we hold on to:
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The Bible: It is the infallible word of God therefore we do what it says. We don’t pick and choose.
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Worship: We absolutely adore God and so worship Him quite naturally as a result.
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Prayer: We are in a relationship with God and so talk to him all the time.
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Family: We are “ecclesia” called out ones, part of God’s household. We are loved by God, precious to Him and to one another.
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Ambassadors: We represent Jesus and His Kingdom everywhere we go.
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Commissioned: Jesus said Go, therefore we Go! We Bless, we Heal and we Preach - demonstrating His Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven.
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God is good: All the time.
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Nothing is impossible: We live in relationship with a miraculous God.
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Jesus has won the victory: There is no more to be done, only to live from our new position in Christ and to rule and reign with Him.
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We are a new creation: Transformation of our mind to having the mind of Jesus to know the truth that will set us free, it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.
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We are one with Jesus: Eternally made one with God, God in us and us in Him.