168 Is there more than one way to salvat

Is there more than one way to salvation?

Do you believe that there is more than one way that leads to salvation? Most of the churches of the world have set procedures to admit new converts into their groups. These procedures may differ greatly from one group to another, even amongst those of the same religion, such as Christianity. Some believe that their members should be ‘christened’ as babies, by sprinkling water on them, whilst others immerse adult believers in a river, pool or lake for the forgiveness of their past sins. Some believe that one should be immersed in the name of their Savior and others believe that immersion is not required. Do these believers obtain their different beliefs and customs from the Scriptures? And does it really matter to Elohim what we do if we claim to believe in Him?

There are so many different and sometimes contradictory methods of becoming a member of a religious group, that it is no wonder that many have become skeptical about religion. To many today immersion may sound like a peculiar custom and to suggest that it is required to attain eternal life is simply ridiculous. How about you? Is this your opinion of religion too? What did Yahshua our Messiah who came only to bring the lost sheep of the house of Israel back to the covenant that they entered into with Him, together with the house of Judah at Mount Sinai, have to say about it? Firstly Yahshua who came specifically to magnify the Law to His disciples (including us His modern day disciples from the house of Israel) as prophesied in Isaiah 42: 21[1], said in Matthew 7: 13 & 14 “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. (14) For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.” This tells us that there is only one way of salvation for those of us from the house of Israel, who lost our culture, language and religion after being scattered into the nations of the world because of idolatry during this age, but also for the rest of mankind during the great white throne judgment and that it is a difficult road to follow. Secondly Yahshua said in John 6: 44 that: “No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.” From this it is obvious that for those of us from the lost sheep of the house of Israel, the process of coming to Elohim is started by Him, and that we are only left with the one choice to either accept or reject His call. Yahshua stressed that following YHVH and His Torah is a calling, as is recorded in verse 45 of John 6: “It is written in the prophets, ‘AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF ELOHIM.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.”

In Matthew 16: 19 Yahshua the rock of our Salvation gave Kepha the ‘keys of the kingdom of heaven’, for returnees from the house Israel. Rav Kepha understood what Yahshua meant and when asked by the members of the house of Israel what they should do to receive a portion of Elohim’s Spirit, giving them access to eternal life, he said in Acts 2: 36 – 39: ‘“Therefore let all the house of Israel (the ten lost tribes) know for certain that Elohim has made Him both Master and Messiah—this Yahshua whom you crucified (because of your lawlessness).” (37) Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Kepha and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do (to also get the Set-apart Spirit)?” (38) And Kepha said to them, “Repent, and let each of you be immersed in the name of Yahshua Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Set-apart Spirit. (39) For the promise is for you (from the house of Israel)and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as YHVH our Elohim shall call to Himself.” Now this is one of the most important statements in the Renewed Covenant, which I believe was only revealed to us during the past ten to twenty years. In fact this is the information that was withheld from the Prophet Daniel as YHVH told Him in Daniel 12: 4, saying: “But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.” We see that the phrase ‘far off’, as used in verse 39 of Acts 2, was coined first by Daniel when he confessed the sins of the commonwealth of Israel, near the end of the house of Judah’s captivity in Babylon in Daniel 9: 7, saying: “Righteousness belongs to Thee, O YHVH, but to us open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which Thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against Thee.” This clearly tells us that we should only immerse those from the house of Israel (including a small number of Gentiles) who return to the covenant that YHVH made with Abraham to live eternally in the Promised Land as spiritual children of Elohim, through faith in Messiah, since the house of Judah remained Torah observant all along and because they know what sin is, they only need to return to full Torah obedience when they miss the mark, as is confirmed in Ezekiel 18: 23, as follows: “Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares YHVH Elohim, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?” In addition it tells us to only immerse those whom YHVH calls and not those whom we would like to ‘convert’. The reason for immersing returnees from the house of Israel who have forgotten what sin is, due to their neglect to obey Torah, is to receive the Set-apart Spirit, which Torah observant members of the House of Judah get because of obedience (as per Acts 5: 32[2] and) as Yahshua told the Pharisee who asked Him what he shall do to inherit eternal life in Matthew 19: 17, saying to him: “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into (eternal) life, keep the commandments.” It is by receiving the gift of the Set-apart Spirit that anyone attains eternal life, as Rav Shaul explained in Romans 8: 11, saying: ‘But if the Spirit of Him who raised Yahshua from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Messiah Yahshua from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you.’

Immersion is the most significant commitment that a believer from the house of Israel can make in his life. If we accept Elohim’s promise that He made to Abraham and return to the covenant relationship we made with Him, together with the house of Judah at Mount Sinai, through Yahshua our Messiah, He allows us to become His children, as witnessed in John 1: 12, as follows ‘But as many as received Him (Yahshua), to them He gave the right to become children of Elohim, even to those who believe in His name[3].’ A second witness comes from Galatians 3: 26 – 29, in this way: ‘For you are all sons of Elohim through faith in Messiah Yahshua. (27) For all of you (from the house of Israel) who were immersed into Messiah have clothed yourselves with Messiah. (28) There is neither Jew (who became involved with the churches of the world because of intermarriage with non-Jews) nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Messiah Yahshua. (29) And if you belong to Messiah you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.’ This is talking about the two-fold promise YHVH made with Abraham to give eternal life to his descendants in the Promised Land, provided they remain loyal to Him and His Torah, including to circumcise their sons at the age of eight days old as a sign of the covenant, but also that He will bring the children of Israel whom He scattered into the world because of idolatry, back to the covenant that He made with them and the house of Judah at Mount Sinai, through Abraham’s one seed, Yahshua, through whom He will also save the rest of mankind, after the millennium during the Great White Throne Judgment (as per Isaiah 25: 7 – 9). Immersion means much more than to join a specific church or religion. It is a decision that can only be made after careful consideration of the cost involved, as Yahshua told His followers to do before committing their lives to Him in Luke 14: 27 – 33, saying: “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. (28) For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? (29) Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, (30) saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ (31) Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and take counsel whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? (32) Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks terms of peace. (33) So therefore, no one of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.” We must be prepared to give up the way we live and sometimes even our friends and family to follow Yahshua. Repentance and immersion is an act symbolizing the extent of our commitment – our very first step on the narrow road leading to salvation.

Repentance is the beginning of our relationship with YHVH. But, what does it mean to repent? The Scriptures describe repentance as an intense realization of our sins, resulting in sorrow that leads us to change our lives for the better. Sin is defined as lawlessness in 1 John 3: 4, in this way: ‘Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.’ It is a sincere personal demonstration of submission to YHVH, recognizing that He reconciled us to Himself through Messiah (as per 2 Corinthians 5: 18). We read in Romans 5: 8 – 10: ‘But Elohim demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us. (9) Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of Elohim through Him. (10) For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to Elohim through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.’ As human beings, it is not possible for us to surrender totally to Elohim on our own. We even need help to fully realize what sin is. That is why Elohim must grant us repentance, as we read in Acts 11: 18, ‘And when they heard this, they quieted down, and glorified Elohim, saying, “Well then, Elohim has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.”’ Additionally we need the desire to choose whether to repent or not. Even our impulse to repent comes from Elohim, as we read in Philippians 2: 13, in this way: ‘for it is Elohim who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.’ Our Father YHVH wants everyone to eventually come to repentance, as we read in 1 Timothy 2: 3 & 4: ‘This is good and acceptable in the sight of Elohim our Savior, (4) who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.’ However, He is not forcing anyone to repent. We have to follow Him out of our own free will. Elohim’s mercy never fails, but we have to forsake our evil thoughts and ways when we come to Him, as witnessed in Isaiah 55: 7 & 8, as follows: ‘Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to YHVH, and He will have compassion on him; and to our Elohim, for He will abundantly pardon. (8) “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares YHVH.’

It is only when we change our thoughts that right actions will follow. Blameless thoughts and the right attitude result in righteous behavior. The point is that we need to think like Elohim. But how is it possible for us mere mortals, to think like Him? YHVH reveals the way He thinks through His Word, The Scriptures. The only way in which we may learn to think like Elohim, is to study The Scriptures, as Yahshua confirmed in Matthew 4: 4, saying: “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF ELOHIM.’” Only when we are truly repentant, will we search the Word of Elohim, to determine what to change and how to live. In addition YHVH requires that we demonstrate our love and faith in Him through good works. We read the word of YHVH in James 2: 20 & 26, saying: ‘But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? (26) For just as the body without the spirit (of Elohim indwelling us) is dead, so also faith without works is dead.’ We can talk the talk, but are we also willing to walk the walk? Our works cannot save us, but we show Elohim that we love Him, by keeping His commandments, as we read from 1 John 2: 3 – 6, talking about Yahshua, as follows: ‘And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. (4) The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; (5) but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of Elohim has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: (6) the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.’ This means that we should follow the example which Messiah left for us when He walked the earth 2000 years ago. What is the purpose of good works? We read Yahshua’s own words in this regard in Matthew 5: 16, as follows: “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” Yes, our good works do not earn us salvation, but they honor and glorify Elohim. People who do not follow YHVH in the way that He prescribes in His Word are simply not honoring His Set-apart Name. There are many today, who use the correct names of YHVH and Yahshua, but refuse to honor His Name by doing what He says. They profess to know YHVH, but in their deeds deny or contradict His word as we read in Titus 1: 16.

Some believers seem to think that they can do anything and eat anything, since Yahshua has died for the sins of the entire world. They believe that our works do not ever earn us anything, but what do the Scriptures have to say about this. We read from Romans 2: 13, ‘for not the hearers of the Law are just before Elohim, but the doers of the Law will be justified.’ Yahshua explained that He would prepare a place (or position) for those who follow Him in John 14: 3. In the coming kingdom of Elohim, there will be many positions of rulership and authority as kings and priests under Messiah, which YHVH will grant to those who overcome Satan, the world and themselves, as we read from Revelation 2: 26 as follows: ‘And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS.’ We read furthermore in Revelation 3: 21, that ‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.’ We read from Revelation 20 in the last part of verse 4 and verse 6 that the resurrected saints (and those who are alive at Messiah’s return – will be changed into immortal beings), will come to rule with Messiah for a thousand years. Even though our works will not earn us salvation, they will determine the reward we will earn in the kingdom of Elohim, as Yahshua explained in the parable of the talents in Matthew 25: 14 – 29. However, to most of us, the change that Elohim requires in us appears so overwhelming that true repentance seems impossible. The point is that without Elohim’s intervention in our lives it is impossible, as Yahshua explained in Mark 10: 23 – 27, saying: ‘“How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of Elohim!” (24) And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Yahshua answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of Elohim! (25) It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Elohim.” (26) And they were even more astonished and said to Him, “Then who can be saved?” (27) Looking upon them, Yahshua said, “With men it is impossible, but not with Elohim; for all things are possible with Elohim.”’ This is telling us that for true repentance, we have to rely on YHVH and not on ourselves. If we truly want to commit our lives to YHVH, we have to ask Him for His gift of repentance! Yahshua our Messiah said in Matthew 7: 7,”Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.” If we keep seeking, YHVH will open His word to our understanding. We do not have to study external material for truth – Elohim’s word the Scriptures is truth.

If we follow the exact steps as set out in the Scriptures, we will have access to eternal life or salvation. If we from the lost ten tribes, who used to sin because we have forgotten Elohim’s Torah, since we were deceived to believe that our Savior abolished Torah for us, truly repent and are immersed in Yahshua’s Name, we are almost there. Next we need to have the elders lay hands on us, to receive the Set-apart Spirit, as we read in Acts 8: 12, 14 – 17: ‘But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of Elohim and the name of Yahshua Messiah they were being immersed, men and women alike. (14) Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of Elohim, they sent them Peter and John, (15) who came down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Set-apart Spirit. (16) For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been immersed in the name of the Master Yahshua. (17) Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Set-apart Spirit.’ As those of you who have been immersed may recall, immersion symbolizes us being united with Messiah in death. It pictures Messiah’s death for the forgiveness of our sins, but also our own symbolic death and burial. As a reminder, we read from Roman 6: 3 – 7: ‘Or do you not know that all of us who have been immersed into Messiah Yahshua have been immersed into His death? (4) Therefore we have been buried with Him through immersion into death, in order that as Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. (5) For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection, (6) knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin; (7) for he who has died is freed from sin.’ Since Yahshua has paid the price for our sin, we now belong to Him and as witnessed in Romans 6: 18, we are no longer slaves to sin, but of righteousness. Immersion not only depicts our death to sin, but also our resurrection to life in Messiah.

After our immersion and the laying on of hands, YHVH gives us a deposit of our inheritance, with a view to redemption, as witnessed in 2 Corinthians 1: 22, in this way: ‘who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment (or pledge).’ A second witness to this may be read in Ephesians 1: 13 & 14, as follows: ‘In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Set-apart Spirit of promise, (14) who is given as a pledge of our inheritance with a view to the redemption of Elohim’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.’ Once we have been immersed we enter into a lifelong commitment with YHVH: it means that we are back in the covenant relationship that YHVH made with us, together with the house of Judah at Mount Sinai, which we renew annually when we are reminded of Yahshua’s broken body and His shed blood, for both our physical and spiritual healing, at the Passover. We need the Set-apart Spirit to lead us into all truth; to bring us into remembrance of Yahshua’s teachings and to disclose to us the things to come (as per Yahshua’s own words in John 14: 26 and 16: 13). Overcoming those sins that have become habits in our lives, do not happen immediately. Repentance is a lifelong process, involving much effort, as witnessed by Rav Shaul regarding this continues battle in Romans 7: 18 - 23, saying: ‘For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the wishing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. (19) For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. (20) But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. (21) I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good. (22) For I joyfully concur with the law of Elohim in the inner man, (23) but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in me members.’

Nevertheless, Rav Shaul also said that without the help of the Set-apart Spirit of YHVH, it is impossible to control our sinful natures, as he also confirmed in Romans 8: 13, saying: ‘For if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.’ The mistake that some of us make is to believe that once they have been immersed, Elohim will do everything else for them. We need to stir up the Set-apart Spirit in us as Rav Shaul reminded Timothy in 2 Timothy 1: 6 & 7, saying: ‘And for this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of Elohim which is in you through the laying on of my hands. (7) For Elohim has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.’ We need to grow in grace and knowledge by studying the Word of Elohim, so that we may clean up our lives as Rav Yaa’cov wrote in James 1: 22 – 25, saying: ‘But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. (23) For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; (24) for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. (25) But one who looks intently at the perfect law (meaning Torah), the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does.’ We also need to grow in the fruits of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5: 22 & 23. It is vital that we produce the fruits of righteousness. We need to heed Yahshua’s warning in Matthew 7: 19 – 24, saying: “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (20) So then, you will know them by their fruits. (21) Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. (22) Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Master, Master, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles? (23) And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’”

When we are immersed into the saving Name of Yahshua, YHVH removes our sins as far as the east is from the west. He remembers it no more and so should we. It is normal for us to feel guilty when we break the commandments. After we repent, Elohim forgives all our transgressions and there remains no reason for feeling guilty, unless we continue to practice the same sins. Even then we should repent and ask Elohim to apply the sacrifice of Yahshua to our lives again and forgive our sins and guilt. As YHVH our Elohim forgets our sin, so should we. YHVH wants us to repent of our past sins and become obedient from the heart. He does not require penance. After immersion we should start a new life. We should study Elohim’s word with a view to improve our lives and overcome those sins which so beset us. We should start doing as Rav Yaa’cov explained in Acts 15: 19 – 21, saying: “Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning (or rather returning) to Elohim from among the Gentiles (who are called by Elohim’s name as he said in the last part of verse 17), (20) but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood. (21) For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.” Rav Yaa’cov was telling us that repentance is a process, and here after Yahshua’s death, resurrection and ascension to heaven, he was still authenticating the Jewish synagogue as a place where we will eventually learn to obey Torah fully, until we also come to realize that in accordance with the promise YHVH made with Abraham, we as male offspring of Abraham, should also be circumcised, if we want to live in the Promised Land eternally as Elohim’s spiritual children and fellow heirs of Messiah. Today you may do this by obtaining Torah teachings from a ministry like ours, where we send out Torah teachings for use by distant members, during Sabbath services. It is by studying and being taught Torah that we will eventually come to learn that we have to be both circumcised in the heart (immersion) and the flesh (applicable to male believers only). We read a prophesy about the millennial rule of Messiah in Ezekiel 44,YHVH saying in verses 6 - 9: ‘And you shall say to the rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, “Thus says YHVH Elohim, ‘Enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel, (7) when you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house, when you offered My food, the fat and the blood; for they made My covenant void – this in addition to all your abominations. (8) And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners to keep charge of My sanctuary. (9) Thus says YHVH Elohim, “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.’

We read Yahshua’s promise to those whom YHVH is busy calling out of the churches of the world in the last part of Revelation 1 verse 5 and 6, saying: ‘To Him who loves us, and released us from our sins by His blood, (6) and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His Elohim and Father; to Him be the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amein.” When our Father Abram was circumcised as a sign of the covenant between him and YHVH, his name was changed to Abraham. Since then all Israelites and their children were circumcised at the age of eight days old. However, many of us (Israelites), who lost our identity, became like Gentiles and stopped having our children circumcised, because we erroneously came to believe that the Torah was done away with. The quote from Ezekiel above, should make us think: If we who believe that we are already a kingdom of priests, think we are circumcised in heart and refuse to be circumcised in the flesh, is that not rebellion? Can we truly have a circumcised heart, and yet refuse Elohim’s commandment for a fleshly one, too? It is just a matter of which comes first. We have seen that Abraham was circumcised in heart first. His obedience and faith in YHVH preceded his fleshly circumcision. However, because circumcision is of the flesh, it has nothing to do with our salvation, but everything with living in the land of Israel and as we have seen in Ezekiel 44, our being kings and priests in the coming kingdom of Elohim. Immersion and the laying on of hands are only the beginning steps on the narrow road to eternal life. Prior to arriving at our final destination, there is yet a long way to go. We will still have to face many trials and tests on our way. These trials will help us build the character required to last into eternity. We read what Rav Yaa’cov said about this in James 1: 2- 4, as follows: ‘Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, (3) knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. (4) And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.’ Like a small child we have to learn to walk. At first we fall often as trials and temptations come our way. But whilst practicing righteousness, we will eventually become mature believers. Our main goal should be to seek the kingdom of Elohim and His righteousness first. We need to pray and study regularly to ensure that we stay on course. The kingdom of Elohim will be a literal kingdom ruling the earth, replacing all other governments. If we continue overcoming in this life, we will rule with Messiah as kings and priests for a thousand years, and on into eternity. As long as we continue to seek Elohim’s will He will allow His Set-apart Spirit to work in our lives, thus guaranteeing our eventual salvation.

To summarize then, Jews who were circumcised at eight days old and remain Torah observant until death, or when Messiah comes, are guaranteed eternal life because of obedience to YHVH and His Torah. But for us as returnees from the house of Israel, the only way to eternal life is through Yahshua. Let us therefore consider our calling as we are admonished by Rav Kepha in 2 Peter 1: 10 & 11, saying: ‘Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; (11) for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Master and Savior Yahshua Messiah will be abundantly supplied to you.’ Think carefully about it!

[1] Isaiah 42: 21, ‘YHVH was pleased for His righteousness’ sake to make the law great and glorious.’

[2] Acts 5: 32, “And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Set-apart Spirit, whom Elohim has given to those who obey Him.”

[3] Yahshua’s name means the salvation of YHVH.