THE GOSPEL IN YESHUA THE MESSIAH

CONCLUSION

This is my confession and statement of the Gospel, sometimes in terms a little more understandable according to our knowledge of today than to the knowledge available in the days of the apostles. But it is the full, true and same Gospel which the Lord Yeshua, and Paul [Shaul], Peter [Cephas] and John [Jochanan] preached¹⁰⁹, with nothing missing, or bent, or made to fit anyone’s doctrine. I have written this detailed statement of my understanding of the Gospel and my faith in it, because of the many conflicting teachings which are unsettling the minds of some, confusing others and bringing unstable souls onto the brink of perdition. 

Paul the apostle was afflicted with much grief over brethren who walked at first according to the truth, but then corrupted their ways and confession. I, too, have not been spared such grief. And if such a brother cannot be persuaded with the truth, but persists in his error, then we are not even to receive him into our house, our fellowship, or our congregation, nor even give him any greeting. For he is a stumbling and a snare to weak and unstable souls. If we receive him, we share in his wicked work¹¹⁰.The apostles Peter, Paul and John warned against the coming deceivers, as did Jude [Yehuda]. Yet because of a lack of accurate knowledge of the truth, many souls are being led astray. 

With this detailed - and I believe accurate - statement of the Gospel truth, I want to gird up and assist believers to look to themselves, that we may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward¹¹¹.We must KNOW the truth, that by it we may clearly recognize the deceiver. Some went out from us who were not of us... They went out, that it might be plain that not all of them are of us. He who confesses the Son correctly has the Father. But no one who denies the Son (i.e. one or more aspects of His Person and work of redemption) has Him. This is the spirit of antichrist, that speaks falsely of the Son¹¹². Let us guard ourselves prudently through the knowledge of the Truth, since it is due to LACK of knowledge (of the life-saving Truth) that G-d's people perish¹¹³. 

It is neither circumcision of the flesh; nor subjection to Halacha (rabbinical law); nor being a mortal Jew; nor religious rites; nor a return to the covenant with Noah, that avails anything unto salvation. Our accurate knowledge of Messiah, unwavering faith in Him and close walk with Him alone will reap us in the end the reward hoped for. May this writing make your hope and confidence more certain and help you understand, that coming out of a corrupted church, an alien fold, is the calling of the Chief Shepherd today! All of the Lord's sheep are to come home now into their one fold, His own fold¹¹⁴, that He may guard and keep them from the coming storm¹¹⁵. 

Whoever calls him/herself a disciple but hates Israel, either through active anti-Semitism or mere passivity, is a liar and does not know the Shepherd and King of Israel¹¹⁶.Whoever claims Messiah but remains passive in these last days (see Ob 11), while G-d’s enemies are trying to take possession of His own Land¹¹⁷and fly their flag over the city of the great King¹¹⁸, let such a person know that G-d will reckon him/her among His enemies.And he/she will share in the coming wrath and judgment on account of Zion^119/m.

In these end times, since the House of Israel has been restored to G-d's and her own land¹²⁰, disciples are faced with a decision: to be for or against Israel. Some may not even care. Those who are indifferent or against her have joined the enemies of G-d, and are therefore unworthy of their calling in Yeshua HaMashiach. (If they escape, it will be only through the fire of G-d's undiluted wrath). 

But those who love Israel and understand that the believing Gentile has been made a fellow-citizen and co-heir with her¹²¹, and therefore support, strengthen and defend her, prove themselves to be genuine disciples of the Savior and King of Israel. He shall hide them in the day of wrath because they were jealous for His land and city, His and their inheritance. 

In these days, we can no longer separate Messiah from His people Israel. To share in the One requires to be ingrafted into the other¹²², a fact which must be manifest in words and deeds as proof of the ingrafting. One cannot be part of Israel's Messiah, yet not be part of Israel; just as one cannot love G-d but hate one's brother. UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE! 

So, let us be on our guard, and watch carefully how we walk, and whom we receive, and to whom we listen, that all may be well with us in the day of the Lord's Appearing. 
 

People may have lied to you and told you that "religion is opium for the masses" (a threshed out saying by atheists, who regard themselves as being above the "need" for G-d), and that Yeshua was just another one of the many religious fanatics. That He was a "good" man who believed himself to be a son of G-d, and the Savior of the world but, alas, he was deceived like all the others. He merely created another religion.

I hope, my friend, that this writing is convincing proof to you that Yeshua of Nazareth was not a deceived impostor and religious fanatic, but exactly Who He claimed to be: the Messiah of Israel, Son of G-d and Son of Adam, the Savior of Israel and the world. And of every person, regardless of race and nationality, that would come to Him with a repentant and broken heart, asking G-d for forgiveness and for Yeshua to become his/her Savior and Lord.

Believe me, my friend, when I say that you have not come to this page by accident, but that a loving and most caring Creator brought you here, that you might find your way back to Him and be restored to loving, intimate fellowship with Him. If this is indeed what you have been seeking after, whether conscioulsy or not, and you are tired of, fed up and disillusioned with the life you have been living, even if you attended church, synagogue, mosque or temple regularly, then pray this simple prayer, with all your heart, mind and soul:

"Yeshua, Lord, I believe that you are Who you claim to be, and that you are the Savior of the world, and my Savior. I deeply repent of all of my sins, of the life I have been living away from G-d, and I ask you to please forgive me all my sins, and come into my heart. Please, from this moment forward, be my Savior and my Lord, the Lord of my life. I surrender all to you. And in your Name I ask the Almighty G-d, your Father and now also mine, to please forgive me all my sins, and make me a new creation, with my old life passed away and gone."

"Thank you, Lord Yeshua, for becoming my Savior, and thank you, heavenly Father, for giving me a new and eternal life in Yeshua, your Son. Amen and Amen."

See True Story; also True Christmas for a prayer from a Jewish heart.

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