The Only One Gospel & Congregation according the Bible

 

1 Corinthians 9:16

16 For if I preach the gospel,

I have nothing to boast of,

for necessity is laid upon me;

yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

 

 

Yahweh our God`s part in Salvation

 

• Yahweh our God sent His Son Yeshua (Jesus)

• Yeshua (Jesus) shed His Blood

• Yeshua (Jesus) died for our sins

• Yeshua (Jesus) rose again on the 3rd day

 

 

• Yahweh our God sent His Son

 

John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,

that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

1 John 4:10

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and

sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

 

 

• Yeshua (Jesus) shed His Blood

 

1 Peter 1:18-19

18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things,

like silver or gold,

from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

19 but with the precious blood of Christ,

as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

 

Ephesians 1:7

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood,

the forgiveness of sins,

according to the riches of His grace.

 

 

• Yeshua (Jesus) died for our sins

 

Hebrews 10:10-11

10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of

the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly

the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

 

Hebrews 9:11-12

11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come,

with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands,

that is, not of this creation.

12 Not with the blood of goats and calves,

but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all,

having obtained eternal redemption.

 

 

• Yeshua (Jesus) rose again on the 3rd day

 

Mark 9:31

31 For He taught His disciples and said to them,

“The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men,

and they will kill Him.

And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.”

 

1 Corinthians 15:4

4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day

according to the Scriptures,

 

This far we all agree, right ??

 

 

The Only One Congregation

 

There is one and only Congregation of Yahweh our God.

We will see how it was born and how we can be part of it.

Our God Yahweh or Yeshua (Jesus) have never commanded anyone to found

a church or churches: denominations, organisations or buildings.

The Solomon`s Temple in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) once was the only one building

Yahweh our God did command to build and to go to.

 

 

The Only One Congregation of Yahweh our God

was born when the Holy Spirit was poured on all flesh.

The Holy Spirit is the power of Yahweh our God.

 

Hebrews 12:29

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

 

Link –> The Holy Spirit

 

 

Acts 2:16-21

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.

18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.

19 I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

21 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.’

 

 

Yeshua (Jesus) also told us:

 

Luke 17:20-21
The Coming of the Kingdom

20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come,

He answered them and said,

“The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

21 nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’

For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”

 

So, how can we be part of it ??

 

 

Human beings` part in Salvation

 

• Hear the Gospel

• Believe the Gospel

• Repent of sin and turn back to Yahweh our God

• Reach up to water baptism into Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ)

• Get a gift of the Holy Spirit

• Confess faith openly

• Remain faithful and obey Yeshua (Jesus)

 

 

The Gospel in the Bible

 

Let`s look a little bit closer to the Gospel and how the disciples of

Yeshua (Jesus) used it.

In Acts we can see how the the only one Congregation of Yahweh our God was born,

how the Apostles and early followers of Yeshua (Jesus) evangelized and

how people were saved.

Even today people are saved still in the same way.

 

 

Notice also:

In the New Testament you will NOT find that salvation is about ”accepting” Jesus.

NOWHERE in the New Testament you are called to accept Jesus into your heart.

In the New Testament you will NOT find anything like ”sinner`s prayer”.

NOWHERE in the New Testament you are called to convert to Christianity-

nor Judaism or any other religion.

 

 

Luke 24:49

49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you;

but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

 

Acts 1:8

8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;

and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,

and to the end of the earth.”

 

Acts 2:1-4
Coming of the Holy Spirit

1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come,

they were all with one accord in one place.

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind,

and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues,

as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues,

as the Spirit gave them utterance.

 

 

The necessity of the Holy Spirit among evangelicals

 

To begin with Yeshua`s (Jesus`) disciples and followers did wait to get

the Holy Spirit first.

Without the Holy Spirit we regretfully fill the churches instead of heaven even today.

Without the Holy Spirit we make only converts to Christianity instead of

making someone really born again in to the Kingdom of Yahweh our God.

 

 

Closer analysis of human beings` part in Salvation

 

• Hear the Gospel

 

Romans 10:14

14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?

And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?

And how shall they hear without a preacher?

 

Romans 10:17

17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

 

In Acts 2:5-36 Peter full of faith and Holy Spirit- standing up with the 11- simply tells

people about Yeshua (Jesus), His execution and resurrection.

People heard the Gospel.

 

 

• Believe the Gospel

 

Hebrews 11:6

6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him,

for he who comes to God must believe that He is,

and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

 

John 8:24

24 Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins;

for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

 

 

People also believed the Gospel.

 

Acts 2:37

37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart,

and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,

“Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

 

 

• Repent of sin and turn back to Yahweh our God

 

Repentance is a change of heart and mind that leeds us to changes of our actions

and brings us closer to Yahweh our God.

Repent youself and preach also repentance !!

 

 

Luke 24:47

47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in

His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

 

Acts 17:30

30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,

but now commands all men everywhere to repent,

 

 

• Water baptism into Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ)

 

Just remember that you need both:

the water baptism into Yeshua (Jesus) &

the Holy Spirit to be saved !!!!

 

People desired to follow Paul

 

Paul did not baptize many because people desired to follow Paul

instead of Messiah.

But the Bible nowhere tells that Paul did not baptize at all.

Paul did not tell either that there is no need for water baptism-

conversely Paul ordered to baptize many.

Paul also was baptized.

Link –> Paul & baptism

 

 

1 Corinthians 1:13-16:

13 Is Christ divided?

Was Paul crucified for you?

Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 

15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. 

16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas.

Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

 

 

Even Yeshua (Jesus) did baptize !!

 

Yeshua (Jesus) also did not baptize many, but His disciples baptized !!

Yeshua (Jesus) did not tell either that there is no need for water baptism !!

People desired to follow Yeshua (Jesus) and to become His disciples.

Therefore people were immersed into Yeshua (Jesus) and put on Messiah (Christ).

Just like at one time into Moses.

 

But remember that the water baptism alone does not save you !!

You need also to born again and get the Holy Spirit.

 

 

John 3:22

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea,

and there He remained with them and baptized.

 

John 4:1-2

1 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that

Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John

2 though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples

 

Galatians 3:27

27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

 

1 Corinthians 10:1-2
Old Testament Examples

1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that

all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,

2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

 

 

John 3:5

5 Jesus answered,

“Most assuredly, I say to you,

unless one is born of water and the Spirit,

he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

 

So, even Yeshua (Jesus) and His disciples did baptize people.

Yeshua (Jesus) lived as He taught.

 

Let every one of you be baptized in the name of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) !!

And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit !!

 

Now you are also a follower or a disciple of Yeshua (Jesus).

 

The Catholic Encyclopedia II, page 263:

“The baptismal formula was changed from the name of Jesus Christ to the words

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by the Catholic Church in the second century.”

The New Testament knows only one baptism in the name of Yeshua (Jesus):

Acts 2:38, 8:16, 10:43, 19:5/ Galatians 3:27/ Romans 6:3/ 1 Corinthians 1:13-15

 

 

So, people did ask in Acts 2:37:

“Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

 

Acts 2:38

38 Then Peter said to them,

“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ

for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

 

Acts 10:47-48

47 “Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have

received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.

Then they asked him to stay a few days.

 

 

• Get a gift of the Holy Spirit

 

So, why we should repent ??

So, why we should take the water baptism in the name of

Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) ??

 

• for the remission of sins 

• for to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit

• into Yeshua Messiah`s​ (Jesus Christ`s) death

• for to walk in newness of life

• for to put on Messiah (Christ)

 

This promise in the Bible is for all people !!!!

 

Acts 2:38,39

38 Then Peter said to them,

“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ

for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off,

as many as the Lord our God will call.”

 

Romans 6:3-4

3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus

were baptized into His death?

4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death,

that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,

even so we also should walk in newness of life.

 

Galatians 3:27

27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

 

 

Born again of water and the Spirit

 

John 3:5

5 Jesus answered,

“Most assuredly, I say to you,

unless one is born of water and the Spirit,

he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

 

Acts 19:2-7

2 he said to them,

“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

So they said to him,

“We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

3 And he said to them,

“Into what then were you baptized?”

So they said, “Into John’s baptism.”

4 Then Paul said,

“John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance,

saying to the people that they should believe on Him

who would come after him, that is,

on Christ Jesus.”

5 When they heard this,

they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 And when Paul had laid hands on them,

the Holy Spirit came upon them,

and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

7 Now the men were about twelve in all.

 

 

What happened next ??

 

Acts 2:40-47
A Vital Congregation Grows

40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying,

“Be saved from this perverse generation.”

41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized;

and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship,

in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

43 Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done

through the apostles.

44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common,

45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all,

as anyone had need.

46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from

house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

47 praising God and having favor with all the people.

And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

 

 

Criminal on the execution stake

 

People sometimes claim that the criminal on the execution stake was not baptized-

his flesh anyway was on the execution stake.

Yeshua (Jesus) had however power on earth to forgive sins !!

Without water baptism.

 

Link –> And the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins.

 

 

And therefore Yeshua (Jesus) said to him:

“Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

 

Actually, the Bible does not tell that he was or was not baptized.

But John the Baptist baptized many people already before Yeshua (Jesus).

Even Yeshua (Jesus) and His disciples baptized people.

Obviously the criminal was not baptized on the execution stake,

but does that prove he had never been baptized beforehand?

Also, the New Covenant was not yet in place-

the Old Covenant was until Yeshua (Jesus) gave His life.

The Gospel of the New Covenant requires us to believe that Yeshua (Jesus):

 

• has died

• been buried

• and been raised

 

The criminal could not have believed this, because it had not happened yet-

Yeshua (Jesus) was still alive.

 

 

Link –> Acts 8:29-39

 

Mark 16:15-16

15 And He said to them,

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved;

but he who does not believe will be condemned.

 

 

Works do not produce salvation- never.

Salvation always produces works of faith.

 

 

 

James 2:24

24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

 

 

• Confess faith openly

 

Acts 8:37

37 Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.”

And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

 

Romans 10:9-10

9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart

that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness,

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

 

 

• Remain faithful and obey Yeshua (Jesus)

 

John 15:10

10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love,

just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

 

2 John 6

6 This is love, that we walk according to His commandments.

This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning,

you should walk in it.

 

 

Constantine the Great

 

There are no known church buildings prior to the time of Constantine (306-337 AD).

Practically in the Council of Nicea (325 AD) was born Constantine`s new state religion

Christianity for Constantine`s purely political ends.

Constantine`s Christianity was mostly a blend of old pagan religions and traditions

and a little bit of Bible and the names Greco- Roman  Iēsous (Jesus/ Greek: Ἰησοῦς)

and Christians. 

 

 

With this union between a new religion Christianity and government,

Constantine also made the early Catholic Church an important political force.

 

 

But Constantine never told anyone about our Jewish Messiah Yeshua- never.

 

Neither did his religious Christian priests.

Constantine only expanded his new religion Christianity and Greco-Roman Jesus.

Later Constantine`s followers expanded Christianity in Crusades carrying the

mark of a cross- and over 60 million people were killed. 

Like Isis today: convert or die…

 

 

Home churches

 

The New Testament speaks of a large congregation in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem)

meeting together in a public space, for example the outer court of the temple

(Acts 2:46) and in smaller groups in houses.

During the apostolic era and for the next 2 centuries,

the church met primarily in the private homes of its members.

 

 

Typical local congregation

 

This necessarily meant that the typical congregation was smaller rather than larger.

In the countries that persecute and kill followers of Yeshua (Jesus),

the Congregation of Yahweh our God self-evidently is in the biblical order-

under ground and they gather together simply in their homes.

Everything in the New Testament was written to churches that met in private homes.

These smaller fellowships foster the intimacy and accountability that characterized

the early church.

The relationships the New Testament describes work best in congregations where

everyone knows each other.

 

 

Christian churches

 

The Christian churches have long before put the Bibles aside.

But what else can we expect from a religion ??

For the most part, the churches are dependent on members or supporters,

taxes or tithes.

In other words, they need money to run theirs organisations or

at least the preacher must live wealthy.

For that reason their sermons must be suitable for as many as possible.

But Yeshua (Jesus) said:

“you cannot serve God and money” (Luke 16:13).

 

 

Did you know ??

Yeshua (Jesus) is God’s Son but not God.

Most (English) Bibles have God’s name at

 

Psalm 83:18

18 May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh*—
are the Most High over all the earth.

*(or Jehovah)

 

Revelation 18:4-5

4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out of her, my people,

lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

 

 

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