WNAE Statement of Faith
WNAE Statement of Faith
PREFACE
This "Statement of Faith" is meant only as a basic statement of faith and is not intended to be a "creed" or canon. It is not to be viewed as having the authority of Scripture. This statement is given primarily for these reasons:
To clarify some issues about which we have been misrepresented.
To answer the many requests we have received for such a statement.
To set at ease those who have concerns that we stand for certain apostate theologies.
To create an understanding of common ground to which our affiliates hold.
Above all our beliefs must be:
Big enough to include all the facts.
Open enough to be tested.
And flexible enough to change.
This "Statement of Faith" is meant only as a basic statement of faith and is not intended to be a "creed" or canon. It is not to be viewed as having the authority of Scripture. This statement is given primarily for these reasons:
To clarify some issues about which we have been misrepresented.
To answer the many requests we have received for such a statement.
To set at ease those who have concerns that we stand for certain apostate theologies.
To create an understanding of common ground to which our affiliates hold.
Above all our beliefs must be:
Big enough to include all the facts.
Open enough to be tested.
And flexible enough to change.
I. YHWH
We believe that YHWH is Echad (one). We believe that YHWH
reveals Himself in the K'numeh or Gaunin of Avi/Abba (Father/Daddy),
the Memra (Word), and the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit).
II. BIBLE
We believe that the Bible, which includes both the
Tanakh [Old Testament] and the Ketuvim Netzarim (New Testament) is the
divinely inspired, infallible Word of Elohim in its original texts and
manuscripts.
III. MESSIAH
We believe that Y'shua HaMashiach has come and with great
joy we anticipate his return, and even though he may delay,
nevertheless we endeavor to think about his return every day. We believe
that the Messiah is the Word made flesh. We believe he was born of a
virgin, lived a sinless life in accordance with the Torah, performed
miracles, was crucified for the atonement of his people in accordance
with the Scriptures, was bodily resurrected on the third day. ascended
to heaven and currently sits at the right hand of YHWH. He will return
at the end of this age to usher in the Kingdom of Elohim on earth and
will rule the world from Jerusalem with his people Israel for one
thousand years. We also believe that the Messiah Yeshua is the Torah
incarnate. Just as the Torah is the way, the truth and the light, the
Messiah is also the way, the truth and the light.
IV. SALVATION
We believe that through the death of Messiah, because of
his blood covenant with us, we receive salvation by way of inheritance.
This salvation comes by faith through grace alone and is not earned by
Torah observance.
V. TORAH
The Torah of Truth the Almighty gave to His people,
Israel, through Moshe. He will not exchange it nor discard it for
another until heaven and earth pass away. We believe that Torah
observance is man's moral obligation and expression of love to YHWH. The
Torah is freedom and not bondage. The Torah is the way, the truth and
the light and is for all of our generations forever.
VI. THE ONE FAITH
We believe that there is one faith which was once and for
all delivered to the set-apart-ones. We believe that Messiah did not
come to create a new religion but to be the Messiah of Judaism, the one
faith that was once delivered to the set-apart-ones. We believe that
Nazarene Judaism is the only expression of the one true faith. We do not
accept any other religion as a non-Jewish cultural expression of the
one true faith.
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