We are worshipers of the God of Abraham who is the only true God. To those
who follow the faith of Abraham, we shall minister the promise God gave in
making him the father of many nations.[1] As Abraham’s faith was credited as
righteousness, God now counts faith in his Christ as righteousness. Truly, Jesus
is Abraham’s seed wherefore God spoke to Abraham saying, ‘And in your seed all
the families of the earth shall be blessed’. [2] We acknowledge that God was
not referring to many seeds but the one seed who is Christ, our proclamation is
that the promise of Abraham is realized in Christ.[3] In all nations, those who
are of faith in God, and his provision for salvation, these are the sons of
Abraham, and if sons, hairs according to promise. Central to the covenant God
made with Abraham is the blessing of Jesus. Abraham rejoiced to foresee his day,
and was glad.[4] To patrons of Abraham, who don’t accept Jesus as being the
Christ, we shall deliver the good news that God truly has made provision for our
salvation through Jesus. Yet, our confession shall be free from the many
corruptions that compromised the testimony of God’s Gospel as we reject
distortions to Christianity whereas Jesus has falsely been accredited as God
himself, and whereas God has distorted as consisting of three persons in
tri-unity. Truly, there is one God - the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - the
God and Father of our lord Christ Jesus. To the patrons of Abraham, we shall
deliver the Gospel as not opposing Abraham’s faith but rather fulfilling
it.
In truth, the ministry of the Gospel shall be extended
to the Jewish people, the decedents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who have not
received Yeshua as their Messiah. To them we shall proclaim Jesus as the
descendent of the patriarch David who truly is the one who will usher in the
everlasting kingdom of God and rule in the new Jerusalem. The salvation of
Israel is through God’s established one; Yeshua Messiah. Our ministry to the
Jews shall be free from the anti-semantic tendencies of post-apostolic
Christianity but rather with the understanding that salvation has come from the
house of Judah. Our faith is rooted in Judaism, in which the requirements of
the Law and the proclamation of the prophets are fulfilled by Yeshua Messiah. We
shall deliver to the Jewish people the authenticity of Jesus being the king of
the Jews - their Messiah and ours.
We shall also minister
Christ in truth to followers of the movement of Islam founded by Muhammad
according to the Kor’an. As representing true Christianity, and not the
perversion of the 7th century church that Muhammad contested, we shall bring
Muslims into the truth of Christ in harmony with belief in God’s oneness. As
Muhammad said, “Say not Trinity detest” we likewise assert that God is one.[5]
For, as Christ himself said, “I ascend to my God and your God”, we dare not
exceed the boundaries of our religion. And we are in agreement where it says
“the similitude of Jesus before Allah is that of Adam”[6]. Central to our gospel
is this Jesus, who having been created miraculously in the likeness of the first
Adam, is unlike all other men born of natural conception. To Muslims we minister
Christ as the last Adam,[7] Abraham’s seed and the salvation of God.
[1]
Acts 13:26 [2] Gen 22:18, 26:4, Acts 3:24 [3] Gal 3:16, Acts 3:25-28 [4] John
8:56, Gal 3:8 [5] Surah 4:171, 5:72-73 [6] Surah 3:59 (also 3:47) [7] Rom 5:14,
1 Cor 15:45
