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                                                                                        Repentance and Obedience


  In all the Bible, there are many things asked of us by God to gain salvation. To have a relationship with him. To receive the power that he said he would give to every child of his by his Spirit that would be in them. Even though there are many things we must do and all of these fall into two groups. Those two groups contain all of salvation and all of the true Word of God within themselves. These two are: Repentance and Obedience. God wants each person created to have a personal, one on one, relationship with him. To receive blessings and understanding and standing with God. To be a child of the Most High creator of all humanity. In heaven and on earth. We will talk about these through the Savior’s Word and by his example in this lesson. Let’s begin in with the understanding of who we are talking about. Like so many other times in other studies, we find that Jesus is Jehovah Savior. The messiah, the LORD’s Christ, salvation to man. The way, truth, and the life (John 1). He is the light of the world and he lighteth the way to all who are born. Trough him alone, we have salvation. And our sins are forgiven us for his name’s sake (1 John 2:12). His name alone has been given to man whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12). God the Spirit (John 4:24) was in Christ (1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:19) reconciling the world to himself. The Spirit was in the flesh, teaching man his ways to be reconciled back into a personal relationship with God. Like in our beginning in the Garden of Eden. The difference is that he walked and spoke to Adam and with us God lives inside us (Isaiah 28:11-12).
  Jesus is the Father, Jehovah. The one eternal God manifested in the flesh. He shed pure holy blood (Matthew 24:28) for the washing away of sins (Acts 22:16). Without the shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). He was laid on the cross for our transgressions that through his death we may have life (Acts 20:28; Romans 5:10). Jesus is the one who speaks the truth to man, and he is God (Isaiah 52:6). Jesus is God with us in the flesh (Matthew 1:23). He is the One God who speaks truth to us. Don’t reject him like the heathens do (Jeremiah 7:13). Jesus came to call sinners to repentance (Matthew 9:13). To have them turn from their wicked ways and seek his face (Matthew 6:33). To live a life in holiness unto himself. He taught continuously about turning around and returning back to God. Leave the iniquity that you are in and follow Christ and bare your cross. Cleansing yourself of this world and the sin in it. To repent of sins, confess them to him and to be reconciled to him, the creator (Matthew 3:2, 4:17; Mark 2:17; Luke 5:32). He did not come to condemn the world, but that the world through him, might be saved. The publicans, and scribes repented not (Matthew 21:32). He said, “Repent ye” (Mark 1:15) and he commanded men to repent (Mark 6:12).
  There is a great void between man and God. No man can cross, because of his sin, uncleanliness, and unholiness. No man can come to God without the cleansing by the blood of Christ (baptism) invoking God’s name for the remission of the sins (1 John 2:12). Jesus prayed and said that he had taught the men God the creator gave to him out of the world that they would preach in the Father’s name unto all the world (John 17:5-6). The disciples suffered for that name over and over. Jesus means Jehovah Savior, God with us (Matthew 1:23). To be reconciled to God we must first cleanse ourselves from the sins of our past and present. The void is removed, and we are brought next to him by the removal of sins (Acts 2:38) in his name (Luke 24:47; 1 John 2:12). No man comes to God, but by and through Jesus Christ the advocate for all (1 John 2:1). To enter into heaven and live with the Almighty forever, we must have his Spirit within the body. God will be in each person born again of the water and Spirit in his name (John 3:5). Again, Jesus ministered the Father’s name unto the disciples (John 17:5-6). God will pour out his Spirit unto all flesh (Isaiah 28:11-12; Joel 2:28). For the promise is to all humanity (Acts 2:39). From old time to now we see in the Word that man has and is disobedient to God and his commandments. His way is the only way because we as humanity have sinned against him alone. We are not holy, nor are we truthful, or loyal. Humanity alone is deceitful and liars. Without God we perish in sin. There is nowhere to turn, but back to him. Deny ourselves. He loves us, but not the sin we are in. To the gospel we must be obedient (Romans 1:5). It came to us by the first man Adam with disobedience, and by the first begotten we are made righteous in obedience (Jesus) (Romans 5:19, 16:26). God is clear to be obedient to him or perish in our sins. We must obey Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5) because the Spirit of disobedience is putting more sin between us and God (Ephesians 2:2). God will have his wrath on the children of disobedience to his will (Ephesians 5:6). We must seek him (Matthew 6:33) and be sealed by his Spirit (Ephesians 4:30) sanctified by that Spirit (1 Peter 1:2) under the obedience of the doctrine of Christ and his blood (1 Corinthians 6:11). Justified and sanctified by the born-again experience (John 3:5). Justified in baptism through his name and sanctified by the Spirit unto the day of redemption, when Christ returns and calls those with his Spirit from the graves to meet him in the air (John 5:25, 28-29). We must repent and confess our sins to God. We must obey his commandments and desires for each person. We must be born again of the water (baptism) and of the Spirit (Holy Ghost) or we cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. We are without the body of Christ and lost.
Amen!!        

  I hope this small study helps you in understanding where we are in time and how close his returning is. Make yourself ready my friends, in the name of the Lord Jesus!

  Thanks to my loving wife Maribel and the ministry for all the support over the years.
  We are all sinners and come short of the glory of God... (Romans 3:23) To him be all the glory forever and ever...
  Repent daily, take up his cross and follow me -Luke 9:23

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