Way to Salvation.

One is born into this seen world, and we all become adolescent (we reach adulthood).

As soon as you can discern between good and evil your life journey heads for hell, because all man is born into sin and mankind’s nature is sinful.

The Jewish custom is, when you are twelve years old you have reached adulthood.

All men have sinned and the wages of sin is death (hell). Romans 3:23: everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence. (And come short of the glory of God.) ; (Fall short of the glory of God)

What is sin?

The word sin: In Greek is "HAMARTYA" and means "Bow and arrow". It means literally to shoot an arrow, and it falls short of the target as is in Romans 3:23.

Sin can also be interpreted as "your will above God’s will or His Word". Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousness [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

You can choose between life and death.

Your choice could mean life, but making no choice does not mean that you get to go free. By doing nothing, you actually choose the way to (death) hell.

There is only two choices namely,

1. God - (life)
2. Satan - (death).

So choose carefully!

If you are aware of politics you will know that, come elections, you need to vote for the party of your choice. If you do not vote then your vote automatically falls to the ruling party. You cannot complain if you do not agree with the policies of the ruling party, because you voted for that party by not voting.

John 5:24: I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes {and} trusts in {and} clings to {and} relies on Him Who sent Me has (now possesses) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life.

If a man commits a murder and the judge sentences him to death, do we condemn the judge, obviously not? It is the murder (sin) that we condemn and judge. God’s principles work the same, we cannot judge God because we do wrong, but it is the wrong we do that judges us.

God gave us the law (Bible) by which to measure ourselves, to see if we are sinning or not. God’s Word (Bible) will keep us from sin, or sin will keep us from God’s (Word).

Think before you act.

Do not let sin get a hold of you. The Word tells us to deny sin. How do we do this? We rob sin of its power by denying the thought of sin when it enters our mind. We must bring sin into the light (the Word, Bible) and we must confess that it is sin.

We need to repent from sin and we must be set free from its power.

Isaiah 59:2 tells us that "but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear. (It is because of your sins that he doesn't hear you").

It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him.

If you feel guilty, there is a gape between you and the living God.

God sent Yeshua - Jesus from the spiritual realm to become flesh to die on the cross in the physical world.

Yeshua was born of a virgin, 100% man, as God in the flesh.

Yeshua became flesh to save the world by showing us by His life, how to overcome and by dying in our place (for He had no sin).

John 1:29: The next day John saw Yeshua (Jesus) coming to him, and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

From what does Jesus saves mankind?

God sent Jesus to die on the cross to save us from the wrath of God (our sin nature) and of eternal condemnation and death (hell).

God gave us Yeshua - Jesus (the Word) to save us from ourselves.

John 1:1-5: In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. Through him all things were made, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity. And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

In three steps we can Repent:

In the diagram we can see that there are three baptisms out of deaths road. It’s the cross’s way in three easy steps. The Cross becomes our parth across.

(1) Repentance (Baptism in the Body of Christ washed in the Blood of Jesus)

(2) Baptism in Water.

(3) Baptism Holy Spirit.

We must get rid of this thing called unbelief and sin, because sin brings division between man and God, and sin brings death (Hell) and disbelief makes that you do not take the faith steps necessary to overcome the evil one.

Romans 5:8: But God has shown us how much he loves us---it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!

John 3:5-6: I say to you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. That which is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of Spirit is Spirit.

Acts 2:38-40: Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yeshua (Jesus) Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are far away, whom the Lord our God may call to himself. With many more words he continued to testify, and to plead with them saying.

"Be saved, from this corrupt generation!"

God loves you as you are and He wants to save your soal, if you give Him a chance.

Illustrations from 2000 + Bible illustrations (E-SWORD)

Imperfections

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."

The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?" That’s because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them." "For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.

Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house." Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.