It is important for people to know where King Messiah Fellowship stands in relation to this wide-world in which we live. With that in mind, we have endeavored to state a basic list of our core beliefs. However, please realize that we believe real, biblical faith is marked by one's actions more than by doctrinal statements. A life transformed by grace and faith results in a transformed mind, obedience to God's Word, and character consistent with the Fruit of the Spirit.
Foundational Beliefs
- We believe in one God, as He has revealed Himself in the Scriptures. "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One." (Deuteronomy 6:4)
- We believe that Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah, the Eternal One in Whom all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form, and who is the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us, and whose glory we beheld, the glory of the uniquely begotten Son of God, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-14; Colossians 2:9)
- We believe that the Spirit of God comforts, teaches, leads, indwells and empowers all whom God redeems, in every generation. (Acts 9:31; 1 John 2:27; John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Timothy 1:7)
- We believe that the Bible is the only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
- We believe that all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)
- We believe Jesus' death and resurrection accomplished the atonement for all who place their faith in Him. Whoever trusts in God, in His work alone, is made a new creation in Jesus, indwelt by the Spirit of God, and is transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of His own Son. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5, 6)
- We believe salvation is by faith through the grace of God alone, and not by human efforts. One may not earn, merit or keep this eternal salvation by his own efforts. A new creation is the work of God alone. (Ephesians 2:8-10; Romans 8:29-39)
- We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of all believers in Jesus the Messiah. (Ephesians 2:11-22)
- We believe in the continuity of God's covenants with the Jewish people, the physical people of Israel (Jeremiah 31:35-36 and parallel passages).
- We believe that all non-Jewish people who trust in Jesus are grafted into Israel. While this does not make them Jewish, they are full and equal participants in the covenants of promise. (Ephesians 2:12; Romans 11:11-24; Jeremiah 31:33)
- We believe the Bible is a revelation of the righteousness of God, and a description of the lifestyle of the redeemed community throughout history. While God's commandments are to be considered prescriptive, we acknowledge that they require adaptation from generation to generation. (Matthew 5:17-19; 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
- We believe in the literal, physical return of Messiah to rule and reign upon the throne of David in Jerusalem. We hold to a pre-millennial view of His return. (Zechariah 14; Revelation 19-20)