The most elementary doctrine of the Messiah is the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God. (Hebrews 6:1) John, son of Zechariah and forerunner of the Messiah, proclaimed a baptism of repentance. (Luke 3:3) Jesus came proclaiming the gospel of the Kingdom of God saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Gospel”. (Mark 1:15) He sent his disciples to proclaim the kingdom of God and to preach that all people should repent. (Luke 9:1-2) And when he had been exalted to God’s right hand, the Apostles proclaimed the same Gospel saying, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:38)
To the Gentiles as well as the Jews, God has granted the repentance that leads to life. (Acts 11:18) For in the name of Jesus, repentance and forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47) God’s love and compassion is meant to lead us to repentance. (Romans 2:4) The Lord is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. (2 Peter 3:9) Yet the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. (2 Peter 3:10) The heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. (2 Peter 3:7)
God commands all people everywhere to repent because he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. (Acts 17:30-31) Regardless of the severity of our sins, unless we repent, we will likewise perish with the wicked. (Luke 13:5) To escape the wrath to come we must bear fruit in keeping with repentance. (Luke 3:7-8) Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (Luke 3:9)
Jesus, is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit and with fire [judgement]. He holds the winnowing fork to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. (Luke 3:16-17) Those of a hard and unrepentant heart are storing up wrath for themselves on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. (Romans 2:5) He will render to each one according to his works; to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life; but to those who are contentious and do not obey the truth, but unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. (Romans 2:7-8)
That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies. (1 Corinthians 15:36) In repentance we consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to God in the Messiah Jesus. (Romans 6:10) For all of us who die with the Messiah and are baptized into the name of Jesus are baptized into his death. (Romans 6:3) We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:4) Now if we have died with the Messiah, we believe that we will also live with him. (Romans 6:8) Therefore, we are not to let sin reign in our mortal bodies. (Romans 6:12) And we are not to present ourselves to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and our members to righteousness. (Romans 6:13)
God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5) If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. (1 John 1:6) If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. (1 John 1:7) We are slaves of the one whom we obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness. (Romans 6:16) But thanks be to God, for those who were once slaves of sin now have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which they were committed, (Romans 6:17) and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. (Romans 6:18) As servants of God, the fruit we get leads to sanctification [being set apart] and its end, eternal life. (Romans 6:22)
Be dead to sin and alive in the Spirit
God gives the Holy
Spirit to those who obey him. (Acts 5:32) By believing, we are sealed with
the promised Holy Spirit, which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we
acquire possession of it. (Ephesians 1:13-14) The Messiah has fulfilled the promise, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ (Acts 11:16) It is he who baptizes with the Holy
Spirit and with fire [judgement]. (Luke 3:16) Truly, the Spirit we receive is
our declaration of adoption as children of God, to whom we cry “Abba! Father!”
(Romans 8:15) For if the Messiah is in you, although the body is dead
because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (Romans 8:10) We are washed, we are sanctified [set apart], we are justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus the Messiah and by the Spirit
of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:11) Unless one is
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3:3) It is the Spirit that gives
life. (John 6:63) Unless one is
born of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (John 3:5) The true worshipers shall
worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth [with a truthful spirit]. (John 4:24)
Obedience to the end
In sanctification of the Spirit, God has purposed us for obedience to Jesus the Messiah and for the sprinkling of his blood. (1 Peter 1:2) We are to cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God, working out our own salvation with fear and trembling. (2 Corinthians 7:1) Like newborn infants we are to grow up to salvation pursuing righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness in fighting the good fight of the faith and taking hold of the eternal life to which we were called. (1 Timothy 6:11-12) We should not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. (Hebrews 6:12) Heed the call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. (Revelation 14:12) For we share in the Messiah, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. (Hebrews 3:14) Many will be hated for his name’s sake, but the one who endures to the end will be saved. (Mark 13:13)
Abide in repentance
Jesus learned obedience through what he suffered. (Hebrews 5:8) And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him. (Hebrews 5:9) Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. (John 3:36) In flaming fire, vengeance shall be inflicted on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. (2 Thessalonians 1:8)
A person is justified by works
and not by faith alone. (James 2:24) Faith by itself, if it does not
have works, is dead. (James 2:17) As the body apart from the
spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. (James 2:26) If we have abandoned the love we
had at first, Jesus will come and remove our place, unless we repent. (Revelation 2:5) Many are lukewarm, and neither hot
nor cold, therefore he will spit them out of his mouth. (Revelation 3:16) They say, I am rich, I have
prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that they are wretched, pitiable,
poor, blind, and naked. Be zealous and repent. (Revelation 3:17-19)
The fruits of unrighteous vs the fruits of the Spirit
The unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God. Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revellers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) The works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. Those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21) Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, but instead let there be thanksgiving. (Ephesians 5:4) For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous has no inheritance in the kingdom. (Ephesians 5:5)
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. (Ephesians 5:6) Therefore, do not associate with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord Jesus – Walk as children of light. (Ephesians 5:7-8) Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. (Ephesians 5:11) By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. (1 John 3:10)
If we live by
the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25) The fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control; against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)
We are commanded to love
There is no other
commandment greater than these: ‘You shall love YehovH your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your
strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Mark 12:30-31) Indeed, we are to love our
enemies and do good to those who hate us and our reward will be great, and we
will be sons of the Most High. (Luke 6:35) Owe no one anything, except to
love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law for the
whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbour as
yourself.” (Romans 13:8-9) Anyone who
does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:8) If we love one another, God
abides in us and his love is perfected in us. (1 John 4:12) This is his commandment, that we
believe in the name of his Son Jesus the Messiah and that we love one another. (1 John 3:23) The aim of our charge is love those
issue from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. (1 Timothy 1:5) We know that we have passed out
of death into life, because we love. Whoever does not love abides in death.
(1 John 3:14)
Note: When you believe in the name of Jesus the
Messiah you believe in the One who sent him and why. You come to know all that
he has done in the past and will do in the future. You believe all that the
scriptures tell you about him.
Put off the old self and put on the new
We must no longer walk as those who walk in the futility of their minds and are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. (Ephesians 4:17-18) They have become callous and have given themselves up to practice every kind of impurity. (Ephesians 4:19) But that is truly not the way of the Messiah (Ephesians 4:20) assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him (Ephesians 4:21), to put off your old self [die to self], which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, (Ephesians 4:22) and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, (Ephesians 4:23) and to put on the new self [as a new creation in the Messiah Jesus], created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:24) According to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages (Romans 16:25) but has now been disclosed and has been made known to all nations; the command of our eternal God to bring about the obedience of faith. (Romans 16:26)
Jesus came to open our eyes, so
that we may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God,
that we may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are
sanctified by faith in him. (Acts 26:18) For by grace we are saved
through faith. And this is not our own doing; it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8) Therefore, since we have been
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah. (Romans 5:1) Through him we have also
obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in
hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:2) In the Messiah Jesus we are sons of God, through
faith. (Galatians 3:26) In faith, we
eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. (Galatians 5:5) Nothing counts for anything in the Messiah Jesus, but faith working through
love. (Galatians 5:6)
Righteousness by faith
One’s life does not
consist in the abundance of his possessions. (Luke 12:15) The righteousness of God is
revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by
faith.” (Romans 1:17) The
righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus the Messiah for all who believe. (Romans 3:22) For it is impossible to please
God without faith as it says, “but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if
he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” (Hebrews 10:38) Those who shrink back are
destroyed, but those who have faith preserve their souls. (Hebrews 10:39) By rejecting a good conscience,
some have made shipwreck of their faith (1 Timothy 1:19) and so incur condemnation for
having abandoned their former faith. (1 Timothy 5:12) Many hear the good news, but unless
the message is united by faith with those who listen, it is of no benefit. (Hebrews 4:2) If anyone comes to the Messiah and does not hate his own father and
mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, even his own life, he
cannot be his disciple. (Luke 14:26) Anyone who does not renounce all
that he has cannot be his disciple. (Luke 14:33) Whoever seeks to preserve his life
will lose it, but whoever loses his life will save it. (Luke 17:33)
Repent and turn again
Since Jesus has been exalted at the
right hand of God and has received from the Father the promise of the Holy
Spirit (Acts 2:33), we are given the
commandment, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:38) The promise is
for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself. (Acts 2:39) Repent therefore, and turn completely, that your sins may be blotted out, (Acts 3:19) that times of refreshing may come
from the presence of Yehovah, and that He may send the Messiah appointed for you, Jesus, (Acts 3:20) whom heaven must receive until
the time for restoring all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His
holy [set apart] prophets long ago. (Acts 3:21)
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