Mystery of Redemption

The theory of truth, unaccompanied by the Ruah Ha'Qodesh, cannot quicken the soul nor sanctify the heart. One may be familiar with the commandments, statutes, judgements and promises of the Most High YAHUAH 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and even dedicated to keeping them; but unless the Ruah (Spirit) of Aluahiym sets the truth home, the character will not be transformed.

Without the enlightenment of the Ruah (Spirit), mankind will not be able to distinguish truth from error and they will fall under the masterful temptations and deceptions of the Adversary.

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Most believers have at least some understanding of the necessity of YAHUSHA's death on the cruel stake. They realize that YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 came to pay the penalty for sin on our behalf and that His death has made it possible for us to be reconciled to YAHUAH 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and restored to a right standing with Him.
 

Most believe that YAHUSHA's death on the cruel stake has granted us eternal life, and whilst it is true, this however is not the entire truth . . .

 

Whilst YAHUSHA's death on the cruel stake has made it possible for us to gain access to the promise of eternal life, His death as a man of flesh has not insured nor guaranteed our attaining it.

It is only guaranteed to those who also partake the Baptism of the Ruah (Spirit) of YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏, which He sacrificed for us before the foundation of the world! 
 

In other words, YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 certainly  "died for all men" (1 Jn. 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:14; 1 Pet. 3:18) -- yet not "all men" are going to be saved. There are going to be many professing believers who shall never enter into His Kingdom (See Mat. 7:21-23). Many of these people will have believed (and even accepted) that YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 died for their sins but will remain unchanged by that fact -- they will refuse to be transformed into His likeness by the only way provided and He will declare to them:

"I never knew you, depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness"
 

The truth is that "Justification by faith" alone is simply not enough.

It would be enough if you were to die immediately after your acceptance of YAHUSHA's substitutionary death on your behalf (like the thief on the stake), but this is never going to be enough for those who continue living or who will be alive at His Second Coming. 

There has to be something more in the life of the believer than Justification alone.

 

YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 said that we must be "born again from above." He taught that there must be a new life created within us . . . transforming us into His own divine image.

There must be a power from above to come and work from within . . . a new life from above, before mankind can be changed from sin (lawlessness) to set-apartness.

That power is the Ruah (Spirit) of YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏. His enabling grace can invigorate and quicken the lifeless faculties of the soul, and attract it to YAHUAH 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 -- to Set-Apartness.
 

"We must grow in the grace until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of YAHUAH 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, into a perfect man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏."

(2 Peter 3:18; Ephesians 4:13)

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This process of growth -- having YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 dwelling within us that we are transformed to become like Him, is called SANCTIFICATION and is an absolute necessity for our receiving Eternal Life!
 

BOTH Justification (the forgiveness of sins on the basis of our faith in YAHUSHA's death on the cruel stake) and Sanctification (the actual removal of sin from our characters by means of His Spirit) are essential for our salvation and perfection.

Our Justification was accomplished on the cruel stake, when YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 took our sins upon Himself and paid the penalty for our transgression. This particular work of YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 is "laid to our account" or "imputed" through the simple act of accepting YAHUSHA's sacrifice on our behalf -- without any work of our own being involved.
 

Our Sanctification, however, is not the work of a moment -- it is the daily work of a lifetime. It is still YAHUSHA's work none-the-less, but it is accomplished in the life of the believer throughout their lifetime.

 

It is the on-going process of YAHUSHA's work in our minds and in our hearts that transforms us into His image and enables us to live a life of obedience to the law of YAHUAH 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and thus obtain complete victory over sin. This work of Sanctification is "imparted" to us (not just laid to our account) -- that is, it is implanted in us in a way that is both very real and very powerful!
 

The righteousness by which we are justified is imputed. The righteousness by which we are sanctified is imparted. The first (justification) is our entitlement to enter the Kingdom; the second (sanctification) is our fitness or compatibility to enter the coming Eternal Kingdom of Righteousness. Both are YAHUSHA's doing: our ENTITLEMENT to enter the Eternal Kingdom of Righteousness [Justification] and our FITNESS for it [Sanctification] are found in the Righteousness of YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏. HalaluYAH!
 

How YAHUSHA ‎𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 accomplishes both of these things is explained through the Mystery of the INFINITE SACRIFICE -- through YAHUSHA's double-fold sacrifice in literally yielding up His life for us.

 

In partaking our Humanity and then dying on the tree in our place, He has accomplished the first (Justification).

 

In sacrificing His Ruah (Spirit) for us, and then giving it to us; He accomplishes the second (Sanctification).