DOCTRINES OF FAITH
We, members of the body of believers, base our faith on the inspired sacred Scriptures known as the Holy Bible (Scriptures). The basis of our faith is the Love that we have for our Creator, His Son and the brethren. We are committed to fulfilling the two great commandments as stated by our Savior in Matthew 22:37-40.
Yahshua replied: Love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest Commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
The love described here reflects the spirit of the entire Law of Yahweh. Yahweh has expressed His love for mankind through the gift of His Son (John 3:16-21). Yahweh is love (1 John 4:7-8, 16). Love is all important to our faith as true believers in Yahweh and Yahshua (1 Corinthians 13).
As Covenant believers, it is our determination to fulfill these two great commandments by having the Law (Torah) of Yahweh written in our minds and hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:8-11; Hebrews 10:16-18). This can only be accomplished if we are circumcised in our hearts and minds and thus we walk by the rule of Yahweh’s Covenant Law (Romans 2:28-29; Galatians 6:15-16).
We believe that those who possess the true love of Yahweh will willingly keep His commandments as an expression of that love (1 John 5:1-3). Those who know Yahshua keep His commandments and walk as He walked (1 John 2:3-6).
The Scriptures describe the true worshipers as those that keep the commandments of Yahweh and have the testimony and faith of Yahshua the Mashiach (Messiah) (Revelation 12:17 & 14:12). It is therefore our commitment to obey Yahweh’s Covenant Law through love. We understand that in these last days, Almighty Yahweh is causing His people to return to Him through the keeping of His (Torah) Law. By means of the same prophetic message proclaimed by the Old Testament prophet EliYah (i.e. teaching the people that Yahweh is the true Elohim), He is turning His people back to the way of worship that He established (Malachi 4:4-6).
His Son, Yahshua the Messiah, is the Word made flesh (John 1:14) and as such He is the physical manifestation of Yahweh’s perfect Law, the law of liberty, which is able to save our souls (James 1:21-25). We, therefore, understand our responsibility to prove our love for Yahweh, Yahshua, and our fellow man by keeping Yahweh’s Word, referred to as the Torah (1 John 5:3; John 14:15). By doing this from the heart, we prove our faith to Yahweh so that we might be reckoned as righteous in Yahweh’s sight (James 2:14-26).
As people of faith, we are responsible to exercise our faith through the works that He designated and established (i.e. the keeping of Yahweh’s commandments). The good works of the Law which we bring forth are the proof of our faith. We understand that we are saved by grace and not by our works (Ephesians 2:8-10). Salvation is a free gift from Yahweh which cannot be earned. It is given to those who make a covenant with Almighty Yahweh through the shed blood of our Savior (Romans 3:21-26) while remaining faithful to the end (Matthew 24:13). We have determined that Yahweh’s Word (i.e. His Covenant Law) is the Truth (John 17:17) and that the Truth sanctifies Yahweh’s people and sets them free from the bondage of sin (John 8:31-36) and its destructive ways (Romans 6:23). Sin is the transgression (i.e. breaking) of the Law (Torah) (1 John 3:4). It can only be recognized through knowledge of Yahweh’s Law (Torah) (Romans 7:7).
Without that knowledge it is impossible to know what sin is, and therefore it is impossible to repent (turn back to Yahweh). Those who worship Yahweh must do so in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24). It is our commitment to possess and maintain Yahweh’s Holy Spirit in our lives and within the body of believers by obeying the truth of Yahweh’s Covenant Law (Torah) (Acts 5:32). We seek to be a spiritual people in Yahweh’s sight by being born anew through water (water baptism into the name of Yahshua) and through the spirit (Yahweh’s Ruach Ha Qodesh) and thereby gain entrance into the Kingdom of Yahweh. This is a part of the conversion process which begins when a person recognizes the need to repent and to make changes from within, and then undergoes baptism. That process will culminate in a physical transformation into a spirit being upon Yahshua’s return (John 3:3-7; 1 Corinthians 15:35-54).
As members of The Body of Yahshua we have joined together to do the will of Almighty Yahweh by living our lives in subjection to Him as our personal witness, and by collectively proclaiming the truth of Yahweh’s Word until our Savior returns. With this determination and knowledge we therefore put forth this Doctrines of our faith as a testimony of our faith as followers of Mashiach Yahshua and to define the major foundational tenets of our beliefs in regard to the plan of salvation (restoration).
We believe that Yah’s assemblies should avoid being incorporated into the governmental system so as to have complete autonomy. We have not made any covenant with the Federal Government, such as a nonprofit agreement or tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3). Our One and only overseer is Yahshua, who reigns from on High and sits at the right hand of the Father.