If everyone adhered to the Word of YHWH (Yahweh - the Creator) instead of relying on man-made theology with its myriad religions and denominations, there would be no need for "statements of faith." We at The Refiner's Fire want the world to realize there is only one God (YHWH) whose Grace and Mercy have been around since the Garden of Eden when He allowed Adam and Eve to continue living after they sinned; one Savior - Yeshua the Messiah, YHWH's "Son" who was sent to Earth to teach man about God and how to obey and walk out His Will, and then to martyr Himself as our Final SIN Sacrifice; and one Torah - YHWH's Divine Instructions, which all are to follow without question or hesitation.

1. The Bible, composed of both the Tanakh and New Covenant, is the only harmonious, infallible and authoritative Word of God.

2. YHWH (Yahweh) is "Echad" (one) as declared in the Sh'ma (Deuteronomy 6:4). This is the plural form of "one" (as in one dozen eggs, or one bunch of grapes). God is never referred to as Yachid, which is "one" in the singular form - such as one grape, or one egg. He is a compound unity who has manifested Himself in several forms, including a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night (Exodus 13:21); appeared as "three men" to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre (Genesis 18:2); as Yeshua HaMashiach, His "Son" (as seen in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and throughout the entire "New Testament" and as foreshadowed in the "Old" - especially in Isaiah 53).

3. Yeshua is the "arm" of YHWH (Exodus 6:6, Isaiah 53:1) whose qnoma (nature) was fully divine even though His body was human, sent to Earth to teach men about YHWH, how to worship Him, how to live according to YHWH's Torah, and then to martyr Himself as our Final SIN Sacrifice. He is not a demi-God or part of a "trinity" or any other entity separate and distinct from the one God of Israel. He is the same God who revealed Himself in human form (a form we could understand with our limited mindsets) over and over in the Torah (Genesis 18:1-14; Genesis 32:24-30; Exodus 24:9-11; Proverbs 30:4). He is the same God who spoke through a burning bush (Exodus 3:4) and revealed Himself as a Pillar of Cloud by day and a Pillar of Fire by night (Exodus 13:21). Of all the ways God has revealed Himself, Yeshua was the only manifestation to receive a name. Translated, Yeshua means "YHWH is Salvation." He is the "seed of a woman" as promised in Genesis 3:15; and His virgin birth was a sign to Israel of His Messiahship.

Yeshua did not come to replace His Father or His Father's Torah (Matthew 5:17-20). Spiritual deliverance and salvation is available to those who place their trust in Yeshua's atoning death and His divine interpretation of Torah.

4. The regenerating work of the Spirit of God is essential to salvation. This is not a separate Spirit distinct from God, it is the Spirit of God - the same Spirit as described in Genesis 1. We believe in the present ministry of the Spirit and in the exercise of all of the Biblical gifts of the Spirit.

5. No one is justified through keeping the Law of Moses. Rather, the Torah was given as a guide for Godly living. Without Torah, man would have NO blueprint for moral, holy living! Since YHWH is immutable, the spiritual principles embodied in Torah are binding upon believers today.

6. Because there is a spiritual unity between all believers in Yeshua everyone must adhere to Torah. We are all one in Messiah (Ephesians 2:15). YHWH did not hand down separate rules for His natural and adopted children, as revealed in Numbers 15 which says: 13 "'Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way when he brings an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. 14 For the generations to come, whenever an alien or anyone else living among you presents an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, he must do exactly as you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the alien shall be the same before the LORD: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the alien living among you.'"

Jeremiah 31:32 tells us that YHWH made His "new covenant" not with the Gentiles or Christians or Muslims or anyone else except the Houses of Israel and Judah. He did, however, extend His grace and mercy to the Gentiles who, once they become believers in Yeshua, automatically become part of "Israel"! And God told Israel: "I give you good instruction: Do not forsake my Torah" (Proverbs 4:2). And Paul reiterated this when he said: Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law. (Romans 3:31)

7. God has a special, everlasting covenant relationship with the Jewish people, which includes unique spiritual and physical blessings. In the end times, all Israel will turn to God and accept Yeshua as the Messiah promised in the Torah. Then will the Law go forth from Zion and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.