fear of God is not about being afraid of Him because of what He might do to us (the judgments that come with disobeying Him) the true fear of God means having respect and reverence for Him. it means being afraid of doing anything that might hurt Him that’s why the fear (respect & reverence) of God is the beginning of all wisdom we can only avoid hurting Him if we do His will and if we do His will only, we will walk exactly as He wants us to, and grow in His wisdom🌹

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we wouldn't sin if we didn't have self-will and sinful flesh (anger, pride) our self-will gets tempted (because of the sin in our flesh) and thus we sin so only if we overcome both of these will we stop committing any sin, which would've been impossible if Jesus hadn't done it first He came on earth as a Man, was tempted in all things exactly as we are, but didn't sin once (hebrews 2:17 + 4:15) through this He paved the way for us to overcome exactly as He did and become perfect as He is🌹

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the moment i understood that Jesus was exactly like me on earth, with a self-will and sinful flesh (anger, pride, etc) that had to be overcome to get eternal life, the fight itself became “easier” Jesus entered this path as our forerunner (Hebrews 6:20) so if He hadn’t done it, we wouldn’t have been able, or asked, to do it either BUT He has done it, and thus, we can do it as well and the first steps we need to take are repentance, being born again, and deciding to do God’s will at all times🌹

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"if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord... you will be saved" (romans 10:9) this confession doesn’t mean that i say Jesus is Lord and that’s it, i am saved. no it means that i am recognizing Jesus as the absolute Lord over my life = i am giving up all my ambitions, honor, and absolutely everything else for Jesus and i am living a life of obedience. my only passion in life becomes doing His will at all times this is what it means to confess Jesus as Lord, and the only way to be saved🌹

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God has “predestined (those who love Him) to become conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29) to love God means to obey Him (John 14:15). so it’s those who obey God at all times that are predestined to become like Jesus! the first steps towards obedience are: repentance, being born again, and wholeheartedly deciding that we want to do God’s will only (forever) if we do these + do God's will instead of ours for the rest of our lives, we will become like Jesus!!!🌹

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"obedience of faith" appears twice in romans (1:5 & 16:26), and it is what we are called to do. and if we are not doing it, then we are not really believing. what does "obedience of faith" mean? i believe God's Word → i obey it → i die to my self-will and do God's will at all times → the Holy Spirit transforms my inner life into becoming more Christlike (my attitudes, motives, and absolutely everything else becomes more like Christ) and this transformation is the proof that my faith is real🌹

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the first three steps towards salvation are: repentance, water baptism, and deciding to do God’s will at all times (not just for a moment but forever) repentance = a 180-degree turn from sin. i looked at sin, i liked sin, i loved sin BUT now i have the same passion ONLY for God baptism = a promise we make to God that we will keep our conscience clear doing God’s will at all times = it is only through it that we will overcome any temptation to sin we may face and keep our conscience clear🌹

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"i believe in Jesus" is on everyone’s lips, but in so few hearts it is only those who OBEY Him that truly believe in Him. if you are not obeying God, then you have NO faith obedience means doing HIS will at all times, exactly as Jesus did when He was on earth (John 6:38) and the first three steps towards doing it are: repentance, water baptism, and wholeheartedly deciding to do God’s will at all times (not just for a period, but forever) if we haven't done these, then OUR FAITH = ZERO🌹

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most people are focusing solely on God’s blessings without even considering the conditions that come with them. and by doing that they will never get to experience any of His promises BUT if we fulfill what God asks of us, we don’t even need to spend our time thinking about the blessing. God will take care of that part!! i’ve written more about this in "the fine print"🌹 https://thehiddeni.substack.com/p/the-fine-print

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in Romans 16:25-26, we read that the mysteries of the gospel have now been made known to all the nations by God TO LEAD them to "obedience of faith" what does "obedience of faith" mean? i believe the Word of God and i submit my will to it, even when it is against my own desires. i die to my self-will and choose God’s will because i am convinced that His path is the best this way, my inner life is being transformed and i am becoming more Christlike, which is the proof that my faith is real🌹

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God truly has a plan for each one of us, but it will only start "materializing" IF we repent, are born again, and have a zeal for doing God's will and not ours, at all times, exactly as Jesus did His whole life (john 6:38) God loves us and wants us to be at peace, BUT we have to show Him that we love Him as well for Him to start working in our lives, and the only way to do that is by keeping His commandments (john 14:15), which in other words means to do God’s will at all times🌹

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we are to live by the commandments of the NEW law that has come with Christ Jesus “has made the first covenant obsolete, and whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear” (Hebrews 8:13) the new law: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) + "the Word became flesh, dwelt among us, and we saw His glory" (John 1:14) so the glory of God = Jesus + anything that is unlike Christ is sin following Jesus in all things is the law we have to keep!🌹

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Jesus was a Man exactly like us when He was on earth, so He needed to sit in prayer just as we do, and worship His Father in prayer exactly as we must do BUT Jesus worshipped God THE MOST by always obeying Him. He came on earth not to do His will, but God's will (John 6:38) if we want to worship God, there isn’t a better way to do so than by obeying Him, by doing His will. and the first steps we need to take are: repentance, baptism and deciding to do God’s will at all times🌹

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repentance is a turn of 180 degrees from sin. we turn our back to sin. all our lives we looked straight at sin (gossip, alcohol, pornography, lying, anger, and so on) and God was always behind us BUT through repentance our attitude towards God becomes the one that we had towards sin i looked at sin, i liked sin, i loved sin BUT now i have the same passion ONLY for God sin is even a wrong attitude towards someone, or being angry at our friend/mom/wife, or a dirty thought that we feed etc.🌹

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"Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body.'" (Matthew 26:26) the broken bread = the breaking of the body + flesh Jesus had His own will broken throughout His whole life, as He always did only God's will (John 6:38) while being tempted in all things exactly as we are this is how He didn't sin (hebrews 4:15) "take, eat" = the way of the cross we break our self-will as Jesus did, and do God's will at all times🌹

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