7. We believe God sent Jesus to redeem us from our
sinful nature and give us His righteousness.
When the apostle Paul was talking about the Jewish law he said,
"But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When He was hanging on the cross, He took upon Himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in Scripture, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." (Galatians 3:13) Living Bible Translation
8. We believe we must repent, or have a change of mind, be born again,
be baptized in water and the Holy Spirit to enter the Kingdom of God.
The Scripture on repentance, baptism, and the Holy Spirit is found in Act 2:38. Jesus covers the "born again" requirement in John 3:3-8.
9. The Holy Spirit now lives in me and I am a new
person and will have life everlasting.
"By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us,ecause He has given us of His Spirit."
(1 John 4:13)
Your mind is transformed. I like to equate it to a lowly worm becoming a beautiful butterfly.
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."
(Romans 12:2)
In order to be like Jesus and our Father God, your mind has to be changed. It's an inside job that only God can do, not you. Ask God to do it, believe that He can, and He will do it. You are helpless to change yourself to be like Jesus. How can you? Complete helplessness is the attitude God wants from us. Knowing the truth alone does not do the work in you. The flesh, by obeying the law, can't create the spiritual. This is Old Testament thinking. It's by faith you are saved, not by doing any work on your own.
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