Articles of Faith

of the

Kalama Church of the Nazarene

1.  We believe in one God, the Creator of all things, who reveals Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

(Genesis 1; Isaiah 5:16; 6:1-7; 40:18-31; Matthew 3:16-17; 28:19-20; John 14:6-27; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Galatians 4:4-6; Ephesians 2:13-18)

2.   We believe in Jesus Christ, who is fully God and fully man at the same time, who became like us to bring about our salvation.

(Matthew 16:15-16; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1-18; Acts 2:22-36; Romans 8:3 & 28-34; Galatians 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:12-22; 1 Timothy 6:14-16; Hebrews 1;1-5; 7:22-28; 9:24-28; 1 John 1:1-3; 4:2-3 & 15)

3.    We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is active in the world, bringing us to salvation.

(John 7:39; 14:15-18 & 26; 16:7-15; Acts 2:33; 15:8-9; Romans 8:1-27; Galatians 3:1-14; 4:6; Ephesians 3:14-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 John 3:24; 4:13)

4.    We believe that the Bible is the word of God, giving us all we need to know about how to be saved.

(Luke 24:44-47; John 10:35; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:10-12; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

5.    We believe that we are all sinners by both nature and act and need God’s forgiveness and cleansing.

(Nature of sin: Genesis 3; 6:5; Psalms 51:5; Jeremiah 17:9-10; Mark 7:21-23; Romans 1:18-25; 5:12-14; 7:1-8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:1-4; Galatians 5:16-25; 1 John 1:7-8)

(Act of sin: John 8:34-36; 16:8-9; Romans 3:23; 6:15-23; 8:18-24; 1 John 1:9-2:4; 3:7-10)

6.    We believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross and that, by trusting in His death, we can be restored to a right relation to God.

(Mark 10:45; Luke 24:46-48; John 1:29; 3:14-17; Acts 4:10-12; Romans 3:21-26; 4:17-25; 5:6-21; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; Galatians 1:3-4; Colossians 1:19-23; 1 Timothy 2:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 2:9; 9:11-14; 13:12; 1 Peter 1:18-21; 2:19-25; 1 John 2:1-2)

7.    We believe that God has enabled us to turn to Him from sin, but that He has not forced us to do so.

(John 1:12-13; Acts 5:31; Romans 5;6-8 & 18; 6:23; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19; Ephesians 2:8-10; Colossians 1:21-23; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 2:1-3; 3:12-15; 10:26-31; James 2:18-22)

8.    We believe that each person must repent, turn away from his sins, and trust God to accept him.

(Mark 1:14-15; Luke 3:1-14; 13:1-5; 18:9-14; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 17:30-31; 26:16-18; Romans 2:4; 2 Corinthians 7:8-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Peter 3:9)

9.    We believe that when we turn from sin and trust in Jesus Christ, the old record of sin is wiped clean, and we are born anew, thus becoming part of the family of God.

(John 1;12-13; 3:3-8; 5:24; Acts 13:39; Romans 3:21-26 & 28; 4:5-9 & 23-25; 5:1-2 & 16-19; 6:4; 7:6; 8:1 & 15-17; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Galatians 2:16 & 20-21; 3:26; 4:4-7; Ephesians 1:7; 2:1 & 4-5; Philippians 3:7-11; Colossians 2:13; Titus 3:4-7; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 1:9; 3:1-2 & 9; 4:7; 5:1 & 11-13 & 18)

10.We believe that after being born anew, we need the fullness of God’s Holy Spirit in our hearts.  When we make a complete commitment to Him, He cleanses our spirit, fills us with His perfect love, and gives us the power to live victoriously.

(Matthew 3:11-12; John 14:15-23; Acts 1:4-5; 2:1-4; 15:8-9; Romans 6:11-14 & 19; 8:1-14; 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 6;14-7:1; Galatians 2:20; 5:16-25; Ephesians 3:14-21; 5:17-18 & 25-27; Philippians 3:10-15; Colossians 3:1-17; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; Hebrews 10:10-17; 12:1-2; 13:12; 1 John 1:7 & 9)

(Pure Spirit: Matthew 5:8; Acts 15:8-9; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 3:3)

(God’s Perfect Love: Matthew 5:43-48; 22:37-40; Romans 12:9-21; 13:8-10; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 4:17-18)

(Power To Live Victoriously: Matthew 5 through 7:29; John 15:1-11; Romans 12 through 15:3; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 4:17-5:20; Philippians 1:9-11; 3;12-14; Colossians 2:20-3:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 4:7-8; 5:23-24; 2 Timothy 2:19-22; Hebrews 10:19-25; 12:14; 13:12; 1 John 1:7 & 9)

11.We believe that the Church is the Body of Christ, carrying on His mission, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

(Matthew 16:13-19; 18:15-20; 28:19-20; Ephesians 4:1-17)

12.We believe in baptism and urge people to be baptized as Christians.

(Matthew 3:13-17; 28:16-20; Acts 2:38-41; 8:35-39; 10:44-48)

13.We believe in the Lord’s Supper.

(Matthew 26:26-29; 1 Corinthians 10:14-17; 11:23-34)

14.We believe that God can heal.  We pray for healing.  We also believe that He can work through medical science.

(Matthew 4:23-24; 9:18-35; John 4:46-54; Acts 9:32-35; 1 Corinthians 12;4-11; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; James 5:13-16)

15.We believe that Jesus Christ is coming again.

(Matthew 25:31-46; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Philippians 3:20-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 9:26-28; 2 Peter 3:3-15; Revelation 1:7-8; 22:7-20)

16.We believe that everyone will face the Judgment of God with its rewards and punishments.

(Matthew 25:31-46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-31; John 3:16-18; 5:25-29; 11:21-27; Acts 17:30-31; Romans 2:1-16; 14:9-12; 1 Corinthians 15:12-58; 2 Corinthians 5:10)

Updated: Friday, April 18, 2008   8:21 pm