Pastor Jenkins, in Romans 10 continues to expand on the subject of what is required to receive salvation? He puts forth the question: are you saved? If you are, it is by grace through Yahshua’s great act of redemption. Everyone who have accepted Yahshua know He is the Open Door to salvation (grace), which leads us to eternal life. Yahshua knocks at our door (heart), but it’s up to each of us to open the door and invite Him in. He is the perfect gentleman, and only comes in when invited.
So, how do we know we are saved? The answer is found in verses 9-10, which says” v9: That if thou shalt confess with thou mouth that Yahshua is the Messiah, and shalt believe in thine heart that Yahweh hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. V10: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is mad unto salvation.
These verses reveal what the requirements are for salvation (being saved). If you meet the qualification to the above verses, you are saved. Why not start speaking it out of your mouth, "I am saved" because the more you hear yourself speaking it, you will become more and more comfortable in your walk with Yahweh. Of utmost importance, whatever, you do, DON'T let Satan your enemy convince you otherwise. Remember, he is your adversary, and is the father of lies.
So, be encouraged and read Yah's word everyday so that you may become more and more acquainted with your new Master--be blessed.
Memory verse: Romans 10:9
Pastor Jenkins message today comes from 1st John 1. Yahweh says in 1st John 1:9: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness.” So, our part in this equation is to commit ourselves to believing, obeying, and acting on the word of Yahweh. Every person must come through the same way; as there are no short cuts. Neither your mother or father’s faith can save you—you must come to Yahshua and do what is required to receive Eternal life through Him.
We are saved by grace once we accept Yahshua into our hearts, and at that point, we have new Life and Light living in us. Therefore, we are no longer living in darkness as we once did because we’ve made the decision to follow Yahshua way of living.
Living a changed life comes from receiving Yahshua into our hearts and starting our walk down the pathway of righteousness. We are no longer the same because we’ve come out of kingdom of darkness and our past life is no more. Those sins are forgiven because we have the Greater One living in us.
Put your trust in Yahweh and know without a doubt, He has heard your prayer and now you are a new creation, old things are passed away, and all things are become new.
Memory verse: 1st John 4:8
Pastor Jenkins’ message today from 1st Timothy chapter 1 is entitled “Hear and Obey the Savior." For those who make it a practice of hearing, believing, and obeying Yah’s word are the children of Yahweh.
To hear means concentrating on what’s being said. Many of us hear, but do we really hear with our hearts, so we can obey?
To obey means acting on what we’ve heard/learned. It’s not just hearing but obeying that brings us to the place in Yahweh through faith that we need to be. Don’t be surprised when someone says to you “you are different, I can’t put my finger on it but there’s something different about you.” That’s a shout of “halleluyah” to Yah because what’s happening on the inside of us is showing forth on the outside. We don’t have to tell people we’ve changed; it should be evidence in the changed life we now live.
So, keep on praising Yahshua, and watch Him work in your life in ways you’ve never imagined. WON’T HE DO IT—YES! HE WILL.
Memory verse: 1st Timothy 1:15
Pastor Jenkins refreshes our minds through Psalm 32 of what it means to be saved. Many of us have read or are reading Yahweh’s word, but don’t quite understand its true meaning because we have not yet received Yahweh’s Holy Spirit (also referred to as our Helper, Comforter, Counselor ).
The question is do we trust Yahweh’s word that we are saved once we have accepted/received Yahshua into our heart through His great act of redemption on the cross? If so, you are saved; if not -- just know it’s not over because you still can be saved. It’s your choice because everyone has free-will choice.
Through Yahshua’s death, everyone now has the opportunity to live a changed life, but it’s up to us to take advantage of His offer of forgiveness. He didn’t die for Himself; He died for all of us – because we couldn’t change ourselves. We were born in sin and shaped in iniquity. That’s why it’s such a joy to know we can totally depend on Yahshua to honor His word, even when we think we’re not worthy. Yahshua didn’t look around to see who was worthy. He already knew mankind was not worthy because of Adam’s sin. But Yahshua loved us so much, He still went to the cross for you and me. So, it doesn’t matter what sins we’ve committed, we are a changed person now, so don’t let anyone including yourself pull you back to your old self (lifestyle).
We have Yahweh’s Holy Spirit to guide, lead and direct our lives going forward as we travel down this road call “life”. Why not thank Yahshua for not seeing us as we saw ourselves before we made the best change of our lifetime? So, be encouraged and continue studying the word of Yahweh.
Memory Verse: Genesis 21:2
Pastor Jenkins pulls our ear to hear the true way to pray to Father Yahweh through His Son Yahshua our Savior.
How many of us know how to pray the prayer of faith? If we are honest with ourselves, we may be wondering if we are, in fact, praying the way this Chapter tells us. Let’s look at what and how it tells us to pray. First, we must accept/receive Yahshua into our hearts--for without having done so, He doesn’t hear our prayer, and our Enemy Satan will convince us -- if we’re not careful -- that Yahshua is not going to answer your prayer, so you just as well stop praying. But Satan is a liar, because The Word says, he’s the father of lies and there is no truth in him. We must believe what the word says, without exception.
Here, in this message, we are told as believers we have confidence in Yahweh through Yahshua that if we ask ANYTHING in His Name, He hears us; and if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him. So, it is critically important to spend time reading the Bible and taking to heart all that is said. He’s a just Elohim and He honors His word. After becoming acquainted with Yahweh's word, start talking to Him as you would another “person”. You don’t have to try impressing Him by using big words, just be yourself and talk to Him about everything.
There’s nothing to hard for Yahweh to change—after all, He’s given us His greatest gifts, Yahshua; His Holy Spirit; and forgiveness for our sins (eternal life). So, stay connected to the Only One Who can bring you out of darkness into His glorious Light, and also change us into the people He died for us to be.
Memory verse: 1st John 5:3