Expert: Kit Goins - 10/12/2006

Question
Believest thou this?

 
THE WATER…THE SPIRIT…THE BLOOD
John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, Verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of Water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
1John 5:7,8
For there are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.
And there are three that bear witness in earth,
the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood:
and these three agree in one.
In the Old Testament the Day of Atonement revealed
the future Salvation through Jesus Christ.
Once a year, the High Priest (Aaron) would lay his hands
on the head of a living goat called the "scapegoat."
This act was to pass all the sins of Israel for that year
onto this sacrifice.
The sacrifice (death) of this scapegoat would have been meaningless
if the sins were not passed onto it first.
In the same respect…
The sacrifice (death) of Jesus on the cross,
would have been meaningless if all the sins of the world were
not passed onto him first.
John the Baptist was a decendant of Aaron the High Priest....
He was the last Earthly Priest representing mankind…
whom met with Jesus the Heavenly Priest at the Jordan River.
As in the Old Testaments' "shadow of things to come"
John the High Priest passed All the sins of the world
onto Jesus (the sacrifice) at this WATER Baptism.
John1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.
The sacrificial requirement of passing all sins onto Jesus
had been correctly accomplished…
Jesus would now proceed on to the cross,
where he would accept the judgment for ALL sin…IN OUR PLACE !!
God sent his Son to save us from ALL sins.(past, present, and future)
Jesus came to save us from ALL sins.(past, present, and future)
When Jesus cried out: IT IS FINISHED !!
Was it not finished?
Did he not save ALL of those who by FAITH
accept his WATER, SPIRIT, and BLOOD sacrifice?
Was it not completely sufficient?
All we have to do is understand how this great salvation was accomplished
and by FAITH accept it as the TRUTH and BELIEVE !!
Remember the sacrifice (death) of Jesus would be meaningless
If he didn’t take ALL the sins with him.
Satan wants us to forget the WATER part of Salvation
and only preach the Cross…
so we will still have sins in our hearts !!
He doesn’t want us to KNOW and BELIEVE….
That we are RIGHTEOUS in Jesus eyes
when we believe by Faith (no Doubts)
in the transfer of ALL sins at this WATER Baptism !!
Would it be necessary to continue to ask for forgiveness over and over
if by FAITH you accept Jesus' salvation of WATER, SPIRIT and BLOOD ?
If we fail to BELIEVE in the WATER aspect of Salvation
and that our sins are gone…
Sin would actually still be in our Hearts
and we are infact denying
that we BELIEVE…
Jesus took ALL sin (past, present, and future) on himself at that point...
If we dont believe this by faith and only preach the cross.........
Does our FAITH represent all necessary aspects of true salvation ?
Let’s take a look at the most important Holiday for Israel… "The Passover"
This was a special day to remember and thank God,
for the Exodus from Egypt.
God told Abraham that if he and his descendants
Would enter into his covenant and be circumcised,
He would become their God and they would become his people.
Circumcision was the "cutting off" of the foreskin,
signifying…the cutting off of sin and becoming Gods people.
Only those who were circumcised
were allowed to eat the meat of the Passover.
Just as the sacrifice (death) of Jesus on the cross
would have been meaningless…
if the sins of the world were not passed onto him first…
Participating in the Passover…
with out being circumcised, and being Gods’ People…
would also have been meaningless.
In the new Testament we find that… spiritually….
Rom 2:29
Circumcision is that of the heart.
If we want to be Gods people…
we have to be spiritually circumcised…..
cutting off sin, thus becoming Gods’ people.
We do so by FAITH,
and believing in the Water, the Spirit, and the Blood !!
We cut off sin by believing in FAITH
that Jesus took ALL sins to the cross !!
We therefore have no sin in our hearts and we are righteous
in his eyes of God because...
We accepted by FAITH…
the three that bear witness in the earth:
The WATER, the SPIRIT, and the BLOOD.
By FAITH nothing wavering…we must accept the WATER
aspect of salvation, or we will still have sin in our hearts.
If we don’t believe Jesus took ALL sins at his baptism,
and just believe in the cross…
We are essentially eating the Passover...
without being spiritually circumcised.
When Jesus said: It is finished ...
Was it not finished?
If the SON therefore shall make you free,
You shall be free indeed !!
Praise, Honor, and Glory be unto Jesus Christ
The Living Son of the Living God !!
Accept his free gift of Salvation !!
You are NOW, the Light of the world...
Let your light so shine !!
Remembering always...
FAITH without WORKS is DEAD...
By WORKS was FAITH made PERFECT
James 2:12
So speak ye and so do, as they that will be judged by the law of liberty.
Walk in the Spirit…
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING,GENTLENESS
GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE.

William Wilbur
Whom_seek_ye@yahoo.com  

Answer
One little flaw in this statement you have made, exists...

yes Jesus came to save us FROM our sins (in other words, TAKE OUR SINS AWAY, NEVER TO BE DONE AGAIN)...the past present and future, means everyone FROM the past ,present and future..it does not mean all our individual sins that we did in the past present and future.  He didn't come to take us all to heaven...still PRACTICING sin. Why?  Because In heaven there is no sin, The father will not ever allow sin to enter heaven.

What do you think...do we have a license to continue sinning?
NOT SO, as taught in the book of Romans. This is why so many people are going to be deceived...most every church teaches the lie that you stated here. If I was you, I'd quickly re-write this and send it out again, this time...correcting that lie. The way you just taught salvation is the reason why this world is like it is today.... People have got to be taught that not only are we to accept Jesus' blood as payment for our sins, to God...but they must also realise the second half of salvation...the half that so many blind preachers are not preaching...and that is the LORDSHIP of Jesus, the Christ...and OBEYING His commanments as taught in His word.  Mainly STOP SINNING !

One other quick note...being baptised simply means that it is a witness to the rest of the world, that you are now a new person (in Christ)..it is only a command given by our Lord...to express outwardly of something that has already been done inwardly. Man, go "study to show thyself approved unto God, rightly dividing the word of truth..."

In His Service, and Love
Bro.  Kit