2005.02.D.04 Is There One Way to Salvation Created by James3 on 9/7/2019 11:10:57 AM Is There One Way to Salvation
Greetings
Some time ago there were various messages on this list about the covenant and salvation.
The question arises "is there ONE way to salvation?"
Many argue that there is only one way and that is "Jesus Christ".
However, an accurate translation of the words which are commonly translated "Jesus Christ" would be "Yahooshua the anointed of Yah" which in turn could be interpreted as "Yah is salvation through the anointing of the Spirit of Yah that was upon the man Yahooshua".
In other words, "Yah is salvation" and there is no other saviour.
Isaiah 45:21 "Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD}? and there is no Mighty One {God} else beside me; a just Mighty One {God} and a Saviour; there is none beside me." (KJV adjusted)
Hosea 13:4 "Yet I am Yah the eternally self existing thy Mighty One {the LORD thy God} from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no mighty one {god} but me: for there is no saviour beside me." (KJV adjusted)
So the ONLY way to salvation is through faith in the Almighty, relationship with the Almighty, love for the Almighty and obedience to the Almighty.
This is available anywhere to any human being.
However, walking this out in practice is enormously challenging and, for this reason, the Almighty has entered into covenants with human beings to provide guidance and make it easier.
There is no reason why the number of agreements or covenants the Almighty enters into with mankind should be limited, why should the Almighty be constrained?
So there are potentially many different journeys / mechanisms / contracts / covenants with different human beings some more effective than others, some easier than others and some more fully honoured by their human partners than others.
It is my understanding that the covenant through Yahooshua, built on the covenants with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel), Moses, David, etcetera is the most powerful covenant available. It is a covenant that offers us the highest probability of a successful outcome BUT it is NOT the only covenant.
If another man or tribe or nation has another covenant why should we judge that people?
We sin if we judge the covenant or journey of another to be inferior to the covenant and journey that we have been given. If we do this we make ourselves superior to others when we should be GRATEFUL and accept that because we have a better covenant we have greater responsibility and will be judged more severely -- to him whom much has been given much will be expected:
Luke 12:48 "But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." (KJV)
Who are we to dictate whether the Almighty may speak to another man and enter into a contract (covenant) with that man, whether Moses, Yahooshua, Muhammed or any other man?
IF there IS only one way, how sure are YOU that you have got it right?
Mercy and grace dictates that the Almighty will make a way for all who love Him even if that way may not be apparent to us or may not appear the way we think it should be.
We are best advised to regard all men in this age as fellow traveler's on the journey of life, to seek to learn what we can from them and to share what we can from them and do the best we can to discern the way of life for it is strait (difficult) and narrow.
Matthew 7:13-14 "13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (KJV)
Warm regards and blessings
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