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Mind: Studying God's Living Word"you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, MIND, and strength" The third aspect of Narkis Street Congregation is our studying God's Living Word. We believe that's God's written word to us is something not to be taken for granted, but should be daily studied with a tender and obedient heart.
Our Identity for Studying God's Living Word We learn to follow Jesus by means of God’s written Word, the Bible. Our congregation is devoted to illuminating the teachings of Jesus in the Gospels. We believe Jesus’ central message—the Kingdom of God—is enhanced by the study of the ancient languages, literature, and land of Jesus’ time. Jesus was a Jew who lived in the land then called Judea-Provincia. To substitute his ethnic and religious heritage with any other theological bias is to dilute his words and ultimately detract from the clarity of his message. Faith-based scholarship is a priority at Narkis Street Congregation. We employ a faith-inducing critical method to the Bible because we find no conflict between living in the Spirit and serious academic study of the Bible, in fact we are commanded to engage the text lest we stand unequipped to do the work of the Kingdom (2 Tim. 3:14-17). Our learning must provoke us to follow Jesus in doing righteous deeds.
Our Vision for Studying God's Living Word Narkis Street Congregation seeks to grow in God’s wisdom and truth (2 Tim. 2:15). We believe that one of our purposes is to remind other Christians throughout the world of the spiritual value of understanding Jesus’ teaching in its first-century Jewish context. • We have a Spirit-filled academic study of the Scriptures which seeks to return the nations to the foundation of Jesus’ teaching, the Torah. For out of Zion shall go forth the law (torah), and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Isa 2:2-3). • Our 9:30am Shabbat Bible Study emphasizes the teachings of Jesus and how he interpreted, handled, and illuminated the Hebrew Scriptures. • We support youth, students, and teachers coming to study and serve here, believing that living in the land increases one’s biblical awareness and social responsibility. Such study and service in the land is highly beneficial, especially for those ministering in the Church. • We produce material detailing Jesus and the Bible in their Hebraic setting. • We plan and promote teaching seminars and conferences as well as youth study-tours for the local and international Church body, enabling believers throughout the world to grow in their understanding and practice of Jesus’ Kingdom message. We have hosted the Robert L. Lindsey Memorial Lectures since 2002. |
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