Saved from Eternal Death

Acts 2:38 tells us in order to be saved (from the curse of eternal death) that we are to repent (return to God, turn from our sinful ways) and be immersed (mikveh/baptised) so that we may receive the Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit).

Being immersed is not about converting to a religion but is symbolic of ritual purity, cleansed from sin (stop being in rebellion against YHWH). First, repent. Second, be immersed. Now we are prepared to receive the Ruach haKodesh.  It's a process.

Messiah told his apostles that after his death and resurrection he would send them The Spirit of Truth, the Comforter to dwell within them (being filled with the Ruach haKodesh, which the 12 apostles did receive during Shavuot/Pentecost).  It is this Spirit of Elohim that eventually reveals the Truth of His Word to us as we continue to read and study Scripture.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

And may our Master Y'shua the Mashiyach himself, and Elohim our Father who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and a good hope through His grace, comfort your hearts and establish yourselves in every good word and in every good work.

1 John 5

Whoever believes that Y'shua is the Anointed One is born of Elohim.  And whoever loves the Father also loves him who is begotten of Him. And by this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and follow His Commandments.  For this is the love of Elohim, that we keep His Commandments: and His Commandments are not burdensome. Whoever is born of Elohim overcomes the world: and this is the victory that our Faith overcomes the world. Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Y'shua is the Son of Elohim... Y'shua came by the water and blood... and the Spirit testifies because the Spirit is Truth.  And there are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water and the blood - and these three are in union.

1 John 5:17

All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin which is not of death.  And we know that everyone who is born of Elohim sins not; for he that is born of Elohim keeps himself and the evil one touches him not.  We know that we are of Elohim and all the world is reposing on the evil one.  And we know that the Son of Elohim has come and has given us knowledge that we might know the One True Living Elohim, that we might be in the True One, in his Son Y'shua the Mashiyach.  He is the true Elohim, and the life eternal... keep yourselves from idolatry.

A quote from Andrew G. Roth in the Aramaic English New Testament:

The True One and the True Elohim refer to the full scope of YHWH's redemptive plan. Not just that YHWH can save, but through whom He chooses as His vehicle for salvation: Y'shua our Master.  It is only with the full understanding of not just the prophecies in the Tanakh, but how they manifest and are revealed through Y'shua, that the full measure of YHWH's Love becomes manifest and can transform our souls.  This is a central theme in John's letter, he teaches that without love, the truth is not within us. John is not only talking about brotherly love but more specifically about a wonderfully, deep, trusting and devoted love within our Master YHWH.

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Repent - Be Immersed - Receive the Spirit of Truth

 Keep His Commandments

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