BOW: Faith- the Call to Obedience

​Thoughts on Davidic Kingship.

Being Born of the Water is the initial process of becoming a new creature through sanctification.  In the New Testament, this process is set out in a triad of actions - Faith, Repentance and Baptism. Some see Faith as a simple mental commitment to God, and the greater the mental exertion the greater the faith.  As we shall see Faith is really much more than mental exertion. At the foundation of faith is belief that results in action.​

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The Process of Perfection
Our Process of Perfection looks like this:

                                                                     Individual Salvation
                                                                             Born Again
                                                            (Redemption / Sanctification)
          Born of the Blood / Born of the Water > Keeps the Commandments > Born of God/Spirit

                                                                       Married Exaltation
                                                                     Going Onto Perfection
                           Becoming Perfect > Reaches the Full Stature of Messiah > Sees God the Son


Faith Results in Obedience
To Israel, the idea of God is an undisputed fact.  So in the mind of an Israelite, to have faith is to have a  belief, a hope or a trust that God will keep His promises to bless us if we live His law.  Paul’s discourse of faith at Hebrews chapter 11 bears this out -


                                         By faith Abel offered a greater sacrifice than Cain
                                      and it was counted to him for righteousness - verse 4

                                 By faith Noah prepared the ark to save his house - verse 7

             By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go to receive an inheritance - verse 8

                         
                                                 
                                   - No wonder the Hebrew language is an action-oriented tongue -
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Indeed, Obedience is the evidence of Faith.  A person who doesn’t strive to live the commandments of God essentially has little Faith. 

Moreover, the greater the obedience - the greater the faith.


             Most will have faith to accept Yeshua as Messiah and are redeemed from eternal death.

                           Some have greater faith and obey God’s commands and are sanctified.

              Some have even greater faith, are perfected, suffer extreme distress and are exalted.



​Obedience Precedes Perfection
The Apostle Paul sets out our Process of Perfection in a mini-model in the 5th chapter of Hebrews when he teaches that -

"Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;" Hebrews 5:8,9

So our mini-model of the Process of Perfection looks like this -​

Faith

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Obedience

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Perfection

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Proxy Saviors