Part one.
Shalom my friends. Today I need to emphasize the personal need of being saved. And I do not mean to pray a little prayer, but to completely surrender one’s life to the Creator of the Universe who has given us this life.
You may already have committed your life to Him, but not all those who read this message have done this.
Soon Yehoshua our Savior will return, but not before certain things will have to take place. It is important first of all to mention that Yehoshua is the only Son of Yehovah, our Elohim. That He came into this world to fulfill the Covenant that we were not able to fulfill. He came to pay the penalty of our sin: Death.
All prophets spoke about turning back to Yehovah, which means to repent. Let us now read what the prophet Ezekiel said as he prophesied.
“Behold all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine; the soul who sins shall die.”-Yechezqel/Ezekiel 18:4
“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says Yehovah Elohim.” Therefore turn and live!”-
Yechezqel/Ezekiel 18:30b- 32
John the Baptist ministry consisted in preaching repentance. He also said,
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Mattithyahu/Matthew 3:2.
Yehoshua lived on the earth for 30 years, then He began to preach saying:
“Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”Mattithyahu/Matthew 4:17
You may say that you have no sin, but if you say this you are laying.
If anyone, even one person did not have sinned, Yehoshua would not have preached saying, repent to everyone. But He knew the truth. He died and rose again after three days.
Please read Yeshayahu/Isaiah 53 in its entirety, and the gospels. I cannot possibly write that many verses on this page, but please take the time and read the Word. It will amaze you to discover the pain Yehoshua suffered for you and me.
Eventually when the Baptism of the Holy Spirit came on Pentecost, fifty days after Yehoshua died and rose again, and returned to His Father in Heaven, the Ruach HaQodesh came upon all 120 that were gathered praying as Yehoshua commanded them to do.
The visitors who came to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, were surprised because they understood what they were saying in their own languages. At first some of them wondered if they were drunk. However Kepha/Peter explained that it was the fulfilling of the Prophet Yo'el/Joel prophecy. The people were touched and asked him
“What shall we do?”Peter’s answer was simple:
“Repent, and let everyone of you be baptized in the name of Yeshua Mashiach (English: Jesus Christ) for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as Yehovah our Elohim will call.”
Ma’aseh/Acts 2:38-39
That day about 3000 people were baptized! Please read Ma’aseh/Acts 2.
Each of us must come to grips that we have sinned, and that we need a Savior. Good works will not help us. Even if we obey all the commandments we cannot earn Heaven because death is the penalty for sin as we have read.
Yehoshua indeed paid the penalty for our sin when He died on the cross, however, it is not automatic. Personally we must humble ourselves and repent and turn away from sin. We cannot continue in sin, just because we prayed asking Yeshua to come into our hearts. This prayer is not even biblical. Simply believing that He died and rose again it is not how we get saved.
The verse in the Bible is not complete.
That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Yeshua and believe in your heart that Elohim (God) raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romiyim/Romans 10:9-10.
This verse alone is not what brings us to Yehovah. We cannot take one single verse and claim salvation.
First of all let us go back to the message of repentance, and the penalty of sin.
For all have sinned and fall short short of the glory of Elohim (God).
Romans 3:23
it is important to remember that the Scriptures clearly say that in Adam, the first man who disobeyed Yehovah, all have sinned, but in Yehoshua all can become righteous.
Please read in your Bible Romiyim/Romans 5:14 and
Qorin’tiyim 1/1Corinthians 15:22, 45
With that established, and we already know that only death can atone for sin, and that we cannot atone with our own good deeds, (Eph’siyim/Ephesians 2:8-9) let us listen what Yehoshua has to say to Nicodemus.
“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of Elohim.”-Yochanan/John 3:3
Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when is old?”Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Yochanan 3:4
I will continue part 2 on my next message.
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Shalom.
Please note once again: Yehovah, is the correct name of our Creator,
“Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: Yehovah Elohei (Elohim) of your fathers, the Elohei of Avraham, the Elohei of Ya’aqov, (Jacob), the Elohei of Yitzchak (Isaac), has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.” -Shemot/Genesis 3:15
I Am Yehovah, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to carved images. Yeshayahu/Isaiah 42:8
Please note that the translators use the title LORD, but hide His correct name to follow the lies of the ones who chose out of fear of been killed to stop using the correct name. You can read His Hallowed Name Revealed Again, by Keith E. Johnson for more information.
The name of His Son Yeshua or more complete name, Yehoshua, means Yehovah Saves.
Elohim is translated as God in English. But every false god is also called god, therefore I call Him by the Name He gave to our ancestors, Elohim.
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