In very simplistic terms, we teach that to be saved from damnation and resurrected to life eternal and inhabit the New Earth requires faith, and only faith, in the atoning blood and the resurrection of Jesus Christ...to go to Heaven for a time for rest until all things of God are in place requires the baptism of Jesus Christ.
In deeper terms....
1. As a result of sin, a person is separated from the LORD GOD's presence.
2. The only thing that can remove sin is death.
3. Jesus Christ died for sin once, and as a result, those accepting him as their Savior, are promised salvation for life eternal.
4. This salvation guarantees that when a person faces the Judgment of the LORD GOD on that great Judgment Day, he will be able to redeem the sacrifice of the blood of Christ for his sin, and allowed to continue on to the New Earth.
5. This promise of this redemption is accepted by faith. This faith in redemption does not make the person free from sin in their life.
6. To be free from sin in this life, requires a believer to follow the doctrine of Jesus Christ.
7. Two parts of this doctrine of Jesus Christ are the baptism by water and the baptism by the Holy Ghost.
8. Water baptism is the process in which death is brought to a believer. When a faithful believer goes under the water baptism, he is dying and going to his grave. As a result of his death, sin loses it's power, and no longer has the ability to stay with that person, and it is destroyed.
9. As the believer rises from the baptismal waters, he is receiving the same resurrection in faith, that was accomplished through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The faithful man is born again. He is no longer the man that died in sin, but a new man resurrected into the Kingdom of God.
10. The baptized faithful will never again experience death. Death occurs one time for the release of sin, and those believers who have died through baptism are cleansed of their sin, and will never again go to their grave. Those faithful, who do not receive the baptism of Jesus Christ, are not released from sin until death comes to them. If they have not been baptized, then they must experience natural death in their grave to be released from sin.
11. The baptisim of the Holy Ghost is given to the born again man, to burn up any sin that comes his way, and lead him on the path that the LORD GOD Wills to to walk.
12. Those baptized believers are taken to Heaven for rest for a time, until the New Earth and the New Heavens are established in His Time.
13. On the New Earth, the baptized believers, and those who had faith in their redemption through the shed blood of Jesus Christ (now freed from sin as a result of death, and resurrected through the promised redemption) will be joined together once again.
So....in a very brief synopsis....
To receive rest in Heaven for a time, requires you to be cleansed of sin through the death of water baptism and resurrection to life eternal through faith in Jesus Christ.
To receive the promise of life eternal and the ability to walk on the New Earth, requires you only to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, believe in his resurrection, and have faith in the redemption of his sacrifice before you die in natural life and go to your grave, until resurrection on the great Judgment Day.
For more detailed study of Baptism with Scripture references
For more detailed study of Faith with Scripture references
David "Bucker" Becker
In deeper terms....
1. As a result of sin, a person is separated from the LORD GOD's presence.
2. The only thing that can remove sin is death.
3. Jesus Christ died for sin once, and as a result, those accepting him as their Savior, are promised salvation for life eternal.
4. This salvation guarantees that when a person faces the Judgment of the LORD GOD on that great Judgment Day, he will be able to redeem the sacrifice of the blood of Christ for his sin, and allowed to continue on to the New Earth.
5. This promise of this redemption is accepted by faith. This faith in redemption does not make the person free from sin in their life.
6. To be free from sin in this life, requires a believer to follow the doctrine of Jesus Christ.
7. Two parts of this doctrine of Jesus Christ are the baptism by water and the baptism by the Holy Ghost.
8. Water baptism is the process in which death is brought to a believer. When a faithful believer goes under the water baptism, he is dying and going to his grave. As a result of his death, sin loses it's power, and no longer has the ability to stay with that person, and it is destroyed.
9. As the believer rises from the baptismal waters, he is receiving the same resurrection in faith, that was accomplished through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The faithful man is born again. He is no longer the man that died in sin, but a new man resurrected into the Kingdom of God.
10. The baptized faithful will never again experience death. Death occurs one time for the release of sin, and those believers who have died through baptism are cleansed of their sin, and will never again go to their grave. Those faithful, who do not receive the baptism of Jesus Christ, are not released from sin until death comes to them. If they have not been baptized, then they must experience natural death in their grave to be released from sin.
11. The baptisim of the Holy Ghost is given to the born again man, to burn up any sin that comes his way, and lead him on the path that the LORD GOD Wills to to walk.
12. Those baptized believers are taken to Heaven for rest for a time, until the New Earth and the New Heavens are established in His Time.
13. On the New Earth, the baptized believers, and those who had faith in their redemption through the shed blood of Jesus Christ (now freed from sin as a result of death, and resurrected through the promised redemption) will be joined together once again.
So....in a very brief synopsis....
To receive rest in Heaven for a time, requires you to be cleansed of sin through the death of water baptism and resurrection to life eternal through faith in Jesus Christ.
To receive the promise of life eternal and the ability to walk on the New Earth, requires you only to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, believe in his resurrection, and have faith in the redemption of his sacrifice before you die in natural life and go to your grave, until resurrection on the great Judgment Day.
For more detailed study of Baptism with Scripture references
For more detailed study of Faith with Scripture references
David "Bucker" Becker
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2 comments:
This is quite an extrapolation! 'Burning up' any sin that comes your way? do you have ANY scriptural basis for this?
“11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire: 12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” (Matthew 3:11-12 AVRLE)
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