<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> Repentance From Dead Works

 THE JOURNEY
 TO BRIDESHIP

BEING BORN-AGAIN
1.) How can you be a Christian
if you are not born-again?
2.) Nativity: New birth/creation
3.) What is a Christian?
4.) Rahab; Universal story of salvation
5.) The Day the King's son
died
6.) 3 Little Words: I knew the truth

THE SEPARATED
ONES: THE CHURCH
SPED ALONG BY:
       THE CHURCH
       THE WORD
       THE TRINITY

TO ANTICHRIST SIDE >

Denying the voices of sin:
             1.) The World
             2.) Demonic
             3.) The Flesh

Seeking to Partake of
              The Divine nature

     PRIESTHOOD OF
     BELIEVERS:

            1.) Perfect and Holy
               2.) Impart the Word
               3.) Ministering to God

      A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD/
      A PECULIAR NATION
        
       New Testament Sacrifices:
          1.) Praise
          2.) Prayer
          3.) Alms/Good Works
          4.) Our bodies
          5.) Our minds
          6.) Our self
          7.) Our earthly hopes
          8.) Earthly cares/things


THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRIST
     1) Repentance from dead works
     2) Faith towards God
     3) Laying on of hands
     4) Doctrine of baptisms
     5) Eternal judgment
     6) Resurrection of the dead

SEVEN PILLARS OF KNOWLEDGE
     1) True nature of salvation
     2) The Jews: God's chosen seed
     3) Fruits and fellowship
     4) Gifts of the Spirit
     5) Our part of the cross
     6) Eternal Judgment
     7) The Rapture

   NOW WE    TRAVEL    TOWARD:

PURIFIED PERFECT


     1. WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
       1) Believing
       2) Yielding
       3) Living
       4) Obeying
       5) Trusting
       6) Standing
       7) Walking


 THE BRIDE
  1.) INTRODUCTION
  2.) PROVING THE BRIDE
  3.) GOD'S QUEST FOR THE BRIDE
  4.) TRUE SERVICE - TRUE RELIGION
  5.) Overcoming
  6.) Waiting

      BEING READY FOR THE BIG DAY
      RAPTURE-READY


      The born-again Christian must never be content with just being spiritually alive without purpose or consideration toward growth and maturity, any more than it is reasonable for a person in their fleshly existence to expect to remain an infant or never mature to adulthood. It is God’s desire for all that are allowed to live and walk in His saving Grace to mature and become a disciplined follower of Jesus Christ. But the reality of things are such that some, even most, born-again Christians follow at such a great distance behind Jesus that He has to continually yell at the top of his lungs just so they can hear Him. Others follow here and there as it suits their purpose, swerving off the path into the woods or taking illicit excursions to unseemly places. Some don’t even care to follow, thinking it is no concern of God’s, now that they are saved from going to Hell. They are quite happy to believe the fallacious doctrine of ‘once saved always saved’ and that God is content with having them be content with just being ‘saved’. They feel that if he wants them for some reason he can look them up on face book or get in touch with them somehow. He knows where they live. Others think that God needs their good judgment on matters and their wise help. How has God ever gotten along without their wise counsel. They run ahead of Him, telling Him where to go, what to do, why He should do things, or what is needed. They think He should be happy to get their counsel on important matters. But get real. He's not.
   These things only amount to 'leading' Him, which it is not hard to see is a really ridiculous thing for someone to do who claims to be a follower of somebody.
       Then there are those, real disciples, who follow so closely that they are following in His footsteps one step behind, so close they can hold His hand and hear His most quiet and intimate whispers. They cleave to Him and do not let the World, their Flesh or Satan cleave them from Him. Regardless of your distance, whether you need to get closer and stop fooling around, or whether you are close enough to touch the hem of His garment and look into His eyes the big question will always remain – did you seek the righteousness of God today and forsake your own ways and your own forceful Will? Did you? Did you repent from self.

REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS
ALTAR OF BURNING FLESH
SEEK FIRST KINGDOM OF GOD
STORY OF TWO FIRES


 


     Just as our journey to Brideship with Christ begins with being born anew by the Spirit into the kingdom of God, among our first baby steps will be a definite kind of repentance, of doing a complete about face. The young Christian is called upon to turn. The sooner the better. We are urged by Word and Spirit - Spirit and Word - to turn from our own ways, which we may think are tried and true, but actually are far from it. The young Christian ought to turn whole-heartedly to God. Novice Christians can never hope to get their feet under them in order to commence their adventurous walk unless they, with their full heart and spirit, are willing to submit to the flowing will of God which is being broadcast mercifully now in their newly created supple and airy heart.
   Do not be alarmed, however. We may not readily or easily submit everything in our spirit and life. Deliverance from ourselves and our past lives often takes extraordinary measures by God. This requires experience and faith and a maturity. Regardless, we must be willing to submit to God in everything we do. Well, actually, in all things. There is no substitute for a speedy and honest devotion to repentance before God. Repentance flings opens the gates of freedom from self and lets us walk away from our old life, into the new. We are urged in the Scriptures to flee corruption and sin and follow after the abundant good things of God, like righteousness, faith and love. If we are willing to throw open the prison gate of selfishness and worldly desire and repent from our cherished ways, we shall be able and successful in learning how to walk through that gate and it into the 'marvelous light of God's dear Son'. If not we will be confined to our crib, many disturbing dark nights of the soul and the chilling cold of this present evil world. Repentance is the key, but not just to escape, also to come into those good things of God. God has given us a way out, the means of full escape. If we do not repent of our own works, from thinking they are purely and fundamentally good at any time, then we shall be unable to embark on the journey that God has planned for our life by faith. The Bible terms this crucial spirit of repentance: REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS. The following segment of articles under "SANCTIFIED/REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS", is designed to help Christians understand this ever important set of heart and action of our Will.
     Another way of perceiving this activation of our new beginning is that it is akin to coming out of the woods, or out of the dark, because unlike a new born babe in the flesh, we have a former life with former knowledge with which we must contend and be freed from its errors, misconceptions and general perverse ways. The born-again Christian must come out of this darkness, walk into the light, the light into which he and she has been called. Their own dark misunderstanding and ignorance must be forsaken for the vain things which they are. We usually come into this new world of God's kingdom with a lifetime of baggage and a full repertoire of worldly mischief and tedious misconceptions about who God is, imposing on Him the idea of who we think He is supposed to be, or ought to be. It is vital that we repent of these things also.
     Essentially, we must turn from ourselves. To repent of our own works means to drop our own ways without reservation or equivocation; as if they were a glowing red hot iron branding our bare hands. We may recognize that we have even long meddled in the affairs of God without understanding or true knowledge, even becoming a hindrance to Him. We may have been like a little child wanting to help their parent but without discernment, skill or ability. We only have gotten in the way. Now God calls. He says to His new born to turn with vigor and trust, turn to Him with full assurance of faith that He will give light and warmth and they can grow strong. They can begin to walk in the new path set before them by THE WORD and THE HOLY SPIRIT under the instruction of God Himself.