Thanks and Praises be to the Lord our God and His Christ Jesus our Lord for the great mercies and love He has bestowed upon us by the death and resurrection of Lord Jesus and His shed blood on the Calvary Cross. In Him is eternal life and the hope of a blessed future for the righteous and those who love Him. Grace and peace from the Lord Yahweh on all who read this.
My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ as well as all those who are reading this article: I would like to share today about true faith that is required of believers to be saved.
As an introduction to those who have not yet come to the saving Grace of the Lord Yeshua (Jesus), I would like to outline the essentials of faith in the Gospel and the plan of Salvation of God.
Plan of Salvation from God
Adam and Eve, our very first parents, fell into the first sin of mankind when they believed the devil (satan) and took of the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This sin is their willful and direct disobedience to God’s command and thus resulted in the downfall of mankind. They gave in to the lust of the flesh (they saw that the forbidden fruit was good for food), lust of the eyes (the forbidden fruit was pleasing to the eyes) and the pride of life (they wanted to be as knowledgeable as God) and were utterly deceived. This disobedience led them to become hostile to God in the flesh (nature) and this hostile nature was inherited by all mankind after them.
Sin multiplied as a result, and death reigned against all humanity. But God our Creator did not leave us helpless in this dire state. Instead, He planned for His people a way of Salvation. Because sin is deserving of punishment, He offered up His only begotten Son Jesus Christ (Yeshua) to take on the punishment due us. Through the death of the Lord Yeshua, God’s Love and Mercy was manifested to the full, seen and witnessed by many who then related the story to the rest of the world. All who will believe in God’s Son Jesus Christ and be baptized in His Name will be saved and will be reconciled to God to the state before Adam and Eve fell. It is this faith that will save the lost: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9 KJV)
This is the glorious Salvation and redemption of Man set out by God for those who will put their hope in Him and come into the knowledge of His Love and Mercies through His Son Jesus Christ.
What is true faith that leads to Salvation?
Lord Yeshua answered this plainly: If ye love Me, keep My commandments. (John 14:15 KJV)
When one truly comes to the faith in Jesus Christ and know of His Love and Mercy and great sacrifice for humanity on the Cross, that individual will irresistibly love the Lord for the great things He has done. All who have true faith in the Lord will come to know Him and love Him more and more each day, and thus their faith is strengthened. It is this faith that leads to love and then it results in sanctification as the believer puts all his or her mind and heart into deeds that please God.
That is why the Lord said those who love Him will keep His commandments. It is the same for parent-child relationship. If you truly love your parents, you would most certainly obey them and please them. Even the thought of rebelling against them will make you feel disgusted with yourself and unhappy. But God is much more than a Father, He is the only One who can give you Eternal Life and who created you by putting you into your mother’s womb. Your every breath comes because of His sustenance, and everything good you have in your life is His blessing to you. His only requirement is that you love Him to the greatest measure you can as a human, because He loves you to the greatest measure He can.
It is no wonder that the greatest commandment of God is to love Him with all your heart, your soul and your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5) Those who obey such a commandment are occupied with serving the Lord and doing His commandments: It is these people who will be justified by their faith, because they love the Lord fully from their hearts and they show the world that they are salt and light through their daily actions in obeying the Lord. They love what the Lord loves, and hate what the Lord hates. They are the true doers of the Word, and not mere hearers. They are the ones whom the Lord Himself will welcome into His Kingdom, and will be glorified and sanctified with Him.
Do you have such faith in God and His Christ?
blessedbeour’ElYahweh 