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Que es Esencial para la Salvación

Que es Esencial para la Salvación

Alguna vez te has preguntado cuales son los elementos esenciales que hacen a alguien un hijo de Dios?

Podrían ser:

  • Que profesen que Jesús es su Salvador?
  • Que hayan sido bautizados de la forma correcta?
  • Que día asisten al servicio de adoración?
  • Como se visten?
  • Que estén en pro o en contra del aborto?
  • Que crean en la Trinidad o la rechazan?
  • Que se abstengan de alcohol y del cerdo?

Considera cada elemento:

  • Hay personas que han profesado a Jesús como su Salvador pero que al final se perderán?

 De acuerdo a lo que dijo Jesús, muchos de los perdidos reclamaran salvación en su nombre: No todo el que me dice: “Señor, Señor”, entrará en el reino de los cielos, sino solo el que hace la voluntad de mi Padre que está en el cielo. Muchos me dirán en aquel día: “Señor, Señor, ¿no profetizamos en tu nombre, y en tu nombre expulsamos demonios e hicimos muchos milagros?” Entonces les diré claramente: “Jamás los conocí. ¡Aléjense de mí, hacedores de maldad!”(Mat 7:21-23 NIV)

  • Habrán personas en el cielo que no fueron bautizados en agua?

Consideremos el ladrón en la cruz a quien Jesús prometió salvación. El hombre murió sin el bautismo de agua, así también todos los demás del antiguo testamento.

  • Han habido personas que observaron el día correcto de adoración sin embargo no tienen el carácter de Cristo en sus corazones?

Aquellos que crucificaron a Cristo querían bajarlo de la cruz antes de la puesta del sol para que el Sábado no fuera violado.

  • Han habido personas que se visten como Cristiano sin embargo hacen cosas que Cristo nunca haría?

Algunos personas han vestido abiertamente trajes religiosos, ropa diseñada para mostrar su devoción a Dios y sin embargo han molestado y abusado a inocentes.

  • Puede una persona ser pro-vida y actuar en formas que Jesús nunca actuaría?

Algunos han profesado Cristianismo sin embargo han matado doctores por practicar abortos y han bombardeado sus clínicas. Es tomar posición política y abogar por una póliza legislativa particular un requerimiento para la salvación?

  • Tenemos que comprender completamente la naturaleza de la Deidad para ser salvos?

Muchos que quemaron gente colgándolos en estacas creían en la Trinidad.

  • Estaremos perdidos porque comimos cosas que la Biblia decía no deberíamos comer?

David dio alimentos a sus soldados que solo eran permitido para los sacerdotes, sin embargo estará en el cielo. Fariseos que nunca tocaron cerdo tramaron el asesinato de Jesús

Parece ser que estos elementos particularmente pueden ponernos en un estado de miedo? Que tal si no lo estoy haciendo bien? Nos asusta estar en un problema legal con Dios, de tener un acto de pecado imperdonable en nuestra cuenta, de perder la salvación. Sin embargo cuando el miedo es la motivación principal para nuestro comportamiento, que nos pasa a nosotros? Nos volvemos inseguros, lo que resultara en conflictos con otros Cristiano que practican su fe diferente a nosotros.

Nos oponemos, acusamos, los rebajamos, y buscamos probar que los “otros” están equivocados. Como resultado, el cristianismo cae en división, desacuerdo y hostilidad.

Pero el Cristianismo que Cristo enseñó  fue de unidad, una experiencia en la que las divisiones desaparecen y la gente entra en un compañerismo amoroso a pesar de las diferencias. Jesús quebró las barreras divisorias: Él le habló a mujeres, tocó leprosos, comió con recolectores de impuestos y socializo con prostitutas; Él visitó a los Samaritanos, defendió y aceptó a los pobres, y quebrantó las reglas del sábado que las autoridades religiosas habían impuesto, para hacer el bien, como curar intocables.

Qué es lo diferente entre Jesús y la Cristiandad divisiva que vemos hoy?

Jesús amó perfectamente, operando solo sobre el protocolo (ley) del diseño de Dios para la vida. El no enfoco la vida con la perspectiva de concentrarse en las reglas, en cambio, porque entendió como la vida está construida por Dios para funcionar – en un círculo de amor sin fin – El sirvió abnegadamente  aun a aquellos que estaban quebrando las reglas.

Jesús vino para guiar a la humanidad de vuelta en armonía con el diseño de

Dios para la vida, lejos de las reglas cumplidas por temor y hacia un comportamiento donde el amor es la motivación. El entendía que actos de pecado te alejan del diseño de Dios – causando dolor, sufrimiento, y muerte – así que evito  comportamientos, y reglas religiosas, que lo podrían sacar de la armonía con el diseño de Dios. Él con frecuencia quebró reglas religiosas con la finalidad de traer a otros en armonía con el diseño de Dios.

Jesús sabía que un comportamiento modificado no podía salvar a nadie, porque el problema no es meramente el quebrantamiento de las reglas. Él sabía que el problema que el pecado causa es un corazón egoísta y guiado por el temor – una condición que nos pone afuera del diseño del amor de Dios. Jesús sabía que los seres humanos necesitaban ser renovados, regenerados, recreados; necesitaban nacer de nuevo, que nuestro corazón de piedra fuese removido, y puesto un corazones de carne, necesitamos tener el corazón circuncidado por el Espíritu Santo.

Jesús sabía que necesita bamos experimentar la verdad del amor de Dios para poder regresar a confiar en Dios. Para que así podamos elegir abrir nuestro corazón y experimentar el poder sanador del Espíritu y después vivir ese amor en la manera que tratamos a otros.

Así como la bíblica enseña:

  • El amor no perjudica al prójimo. Así que el amor es el cumplimiento de la ley. ( Romanos 13:10 NIV).
  • Hacen muy bien si de veras cumplen la ley suprema de la Escritura: «Ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo»( Santiago 2:8 NIV)
  • “Ama al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con todo tu ser y con toda tu mente”—le respondió Jesús—. Este es el primero y el más importante de los mandamientos. El segundo se parece a éste: “Ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”.De estos dos mandamientos dependen toda la ley y los profetas. (Mateo 22: 37-40)

Solo regresando a la verdad de nuestro Dios creador, quien creo la vida para que funcionara bajo el protocolo del amor, y rechazando la mentira de que la ley de Dios funciona como las leyes humanas, un sistema de reglas impuestas que requiere penalidades impuestas, estará nuestra confianza en Dios restaurada.

Entonces, cuando los corazones se abren en confianza en Dios, el Espíritu vendrá a morar en nosotros y un milagro sucederá. El temor será reemplazado por el amor, el egoísmo será reemplazado por altruismo, la crueldad será reemplazado con bondad, la vergüenza y culpabilidad serán erradicadas por la paz y el contentamiento, las callosidades le darán paso a la suavidad, la rudeza se convertirá en amabilidad,  el impulsivo se convertirá en paciente, y la división se evaporara cuando la gente renovada en amor experimente genuina unidad de corazón, de principios, de motivos, de carácter – gente que celebra la riqueza de la diversidad en cultura, raza, nacionalidad, estatus social, educación y habilidades.

Cual es el elemento esencial que hace a una persona un hijo de Dios? Ser renovado en el corazón para amar como Dios ama y vivir en armonía con la forma que nuestro creador construyó su universo para funcionar. Todo esto se hace posible solamente a través de nuestro Salvador Cristo Jesús, quien tomó nuestra condición terminal sobre el mismo con el propósito de vencer el pecado, erradicarlo y restaurar la especie humana de regreso al ideal de Dios.

Le invito a rechazar la mentira de la falsa ley humana que ha infectado el cristianismo y que hace parecer que estamos en un problema legal con Dios y que Dios es un dictador cruel que requiere castigar a los que quiebran las reglas. En vez, adora nuestro Dios creador quien creó su universo para operar en amor y quien entiende que  todos nosotros estamos luchando con una condición de corazón y mente con la que nacimos, una condición que necesita sanación, no castigo, y quien envió a su hijo para obtener el remedio que curará y restaurara a todo el que confíe en El.

Te invito para que entres al Universo de amor de Dios!


Timothy R. Jennings, M.D (doctor médico), es un psiquiatra certificado, con una maestría en psicofarmacología, orador internacional, miembro distinguido de la Asociación Psiquiátrica de América y de la Asociación Psiquiátrica del Sur (Estados Unidos). Es el presidente y fundador del ministerio “Come and Reason” (Ven y razonemos juntos) y ha servido como presidente de la Asociación Psiquiátrica del Sur y Asociación Psiquiátrica de Tennessee. El Doctor Jennings es el autor de varios libros, incluyendo The God-Shaped Brain (El Cerebro moldeado por Dios), The God-Shaped Heart (El Corazón moldeado por Dios), y The Aging Brain (El Cerebro Envejeciendo).

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Testimony 37

Hearing Dr. Jennings’ presentations in person came at a pivotal moment in my spiritual journey that began about nine months ago, when the fault lines inherent in my belief system began to crack under questions that most reasonable people end up asking about God and His nature. These were questions I couldn’t find answers to, and they shook my faith. I was unable let it go any longer and be satisfied. My Christian experience became distant. I was afraid; the fear in me rose like thorns, pushing me away from Jesus. And then someone heard my questions and introduced me to this ministry, and my life has totally changed.

I can tell you that this new, “present truth” message is far grander and life-changing than when I shifted from being an agnostic and then a nominal Christian. It has radically altered my worldview, because it reveals a God that makes sense. It is a revolution. I believe that Dr. Jennings’ message is the final message that must go to the world. If any message could be called “righteousness by faith,” as abused as that term is by the right and the left, this is that message, because Jennings’ biblical message identifies a God who is different, whose character isn’t an impossible contradiction.

I walk this path now without fear. I see people differently, and the Holy Spirit burns in my heart. Many call Dr. Jennings’ message false and compromising, but it isn’t false, because I’ve seen the fruits within my mind and body. It is not compromising, because in this message is the only road to holiness that makes any sense. No longer do I behold a pagan god who is always angry and suspicious. Instead, I behold a God who is freeing and loving, always working for our good, and giving me every reason to love my enemy even to my own death, just as Jesus pleads with us. God is good.

Anthony L., CA, USA

 

Testimony 27

Your teachings about our heavenly Father have changed my life. Thank you sooooooo very very much! I know He’s doing some serious healing in my heart and life and I look forward to each new day to learn something new about Him and to just hear you speak about Him. Thank you, forever.

Nancy S.

 

Testimony 65

I have been tuning into your weekly study classes for a while now and wanted express my appreciation for the teachings that ha been a huge blessing in opening up the true message of the word. Viewing scripture under an imposed law theory always, without fail, raised more questions, concerns, and conflicting scripture interpretations that were discouraging at the very least. Looking at scripture through the design law lens has brought more truth to light for me personally and an understanding of our Heavenly Father that places Him “above all others,” where I am now more than thrilled to witness and serve Him.  I “stumbled” across this ministry a year or so ago and would only watch a few minutes at a time. But the more I listened and the longer I paid attention, the more my spiritual eyes were opened to the ever present truths of scripture. The comprehension of the great controversy and it’s origin by the lies perpetrated and perpetuated throughout the Bible on the attack of God’s character and government is truly priceless. Keep up the Good Work! Your servanthood is desperately needed in such a time as this!

Jeff D., Reading, MA, USA

 

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Thank you! I love listening to the Come And Reason Ministries Bible study classes and am using some of your notes to get the lessons together that I will be teaching. You always have such good quotes and Bible texts and pull things together to make good sense.

T. C., IN, USA

 

Testimony 43

Two years ago I stumbled upon your book, “Could It Be This Simple,” and then found “The God-Shaped Brain” videos on YouTube, your bible study class, and the ‘Come And Reason’ mobile app. I shared your book with a friend and after nine months of showing love, patience, and kindness this person has been changed by the love of God, too. The same love that healed me, I now express to other women in tangible ways, such as to a Baptist woman with high anxiety and childhood trauma. She was extremely happy and relieved when I shared about the so-called “judgment of God” and burning in hell. She had no desire to serve a God that was so harsh. I have repeated the phrase dozens of times to her. “What we believe has power over us, but we have power over what we believe…”

This message that you are sharing has changed my life. I will continue to serve other women and bring this message of God’s healing love to their lives by sharing your books, YouTube videos, and The Remedy Bible app. Keep up the good work. Don’t be discouraged. God is doing a mighty work in and through this ministry!

Jill L., Midwest, USA

 

Testimony 38

Since November 2015, when I started studying Gods word from this God Is Love point of view, my life has been transformed. My troubled marriage of 15 years has been healed and my husband and I are truly happy for the first time in 15 years. Now When I read the word of God I understand it so much better and I can’t help but see Gods love radiating through the pages to humanity. Gods word is living and active and I am blessed beyond measure to be having this amazing experience. God has given me a beautiful understanding of Jn 3:16 that amazes me more and more each day. Thank you again for your ministry.

Helen D., London, England

 

Testimony 30

God lead me to your book “The God-Shaped Brain” while I was searching for another book about the brain and then to your interview about your book on HeartWise Ministries [where] I found out about [Come And Reason Ministries]. I’m now devouring the webcasts of your Bible studies. I have been so greatly blessed and I thank God so much for your courage to speak the Truth in love no matter what. Listening to you contrast the two opposing systems (laws) and digging deep to unearth the hidden treasures in the Bible makes me so incredibly happy and I feel very blessed to be part of your Bible Study Group although I live far away. I am just so excited that there is a group of people that is spreading the Truth about the character of God and it saddens me how few realize what our Father in Heaven is really like.

Kessy B., Australia

 

Testimony 21

I am absolutly on fire with the message at Come and Reason! I can’t get enough! I’ve read your book, blog, and articles. I’ve listened to your Bible study podcasts, your radio show, and your series – all excellent! It wasn’t until the past couple of years that I have I like I’m becoming “healthy,” with more to share with others than just beasts and commandments! I used to be a Bible worker and preached when the pastors were gone until I had had enough. I didnt realize at the time what the problem was, but i know now… the message wasn’t properly focused. Now my flame is rekindled. All of your little examples are so perfect in explaining something “complicated” and making it easily understood! Now I’m trying to shape it into a life changing evangelistic series! Thank you!

M.T., USA

 

Testimony 59

I’m a native Ghanan, but am currently in France for my master’s degree. Prior to this, during my final years at undergraduate studies in Ghana, I was introduced to your ministry and I’ve been immensely blessed by what you share, especially about the Design and Imposed Laws. God richly bless you for that.

One of the first things I did when I arrived in France was to buy all four of your books. They not only helped me, but those I shared them with. I shared the message with an atheist student and I marveled at how God worked mightily in his life. Today this person shares the Love of God with others and debunks theories of who God is not. I want to share what you present in your “Heavenly Sanctuary and Investigative Judgment” pamphlet, because the message brought rest to my soul and I live today as a healthy person.

God bless you so much and your ministry.

Michael A., Ghana

 

Testimony 32

The message [of Come And Reason Ministries is] for all Christians (and those who may become Christians) and not just Adventists or any other group. It is difficult to imagine why any [anyone] with intellectual and spiritual honesty could find fault with the way you explained the healing substitution concepts and the truth about God’s character, though I know some will reject and criticize. On behalf of those in our group near Tacoma, WA, thank you and your staff for all of the hard work and for sharing the Gospel in this manner. God’s message of healing love will be carried to the whole world and then Jesus will come – He promised it.

Terry U., Tacoma, WA, USA

 

Testimony 47

I can’t even begin to thank you and your ministry enough for introducing me to the Truth about a loving and merciful God! I have my daughter and her in-laws to thank for sharing with me “The God-Shaped Brain” as well as your website. I listen to the Bible study class lessons on my daily walk. May God continue to bless your thirst-quenching ministry!

Liz H., Port Angeles, WA, USA

 

 

Testimony 42

I am just writing to say that I have been so blessed by the teachings of Come And Reason Minitries recently. I watched last week’s bible study lesson on Youtube and am thankful that the error in the printed lesson guide you use was pointed out and this week’s study was of equal benefit, if not more so. My understanding of God’s nature has been very confused of late and I am so grateful for clarity in this matter. I have never really fully understood previously how a good God can cause bad things to happen and now I realise that He doesn’t, it’s a natural consequence of sin. May the almighty Father and His Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, continue to bless your ministry.

Laura P., United Kingdom

 

Testimony 57

You have helped make sense of thirty two years of confusion. The material you freely provide reorganized so much of my life into such a beautiful pattern that has always been hinted at from within, but misguided with my training and what I was experiencing externally. My filipno parents, who were converted from Catholicism to SDA, were sincere and did their best to raise me the right way and I have deep respect for them. However, being immigrants and not understanding the language made for a difficult transition as I was growing up, which also applied to my spiritual growth as I learned the patterns of religion. I have been listening to as many bible study classes and reading blog posts as my time in a work truck will allow, searching for the practical applications of where spirituality and reality meet, and I thank you for helping me find that. You have helped me reach a point in which I can truly say that I love God, that I believe He loves me, and, like David, I delight in His law. God bless.

Emmanuel V., Calgary, AB Canada

Testimony 70

I have been watching you for many years and have learned to love God with all my heart. I was raised by a loving Christian mother that had been lied to about who God really was, so our religious upbringing was hell fire and damnation. As soon as I was old enough and moved out, I not only left the church, I ran as fast as I could to get away from it. Sad to say, it wasn’t until the past couple of years that I learned and understand who my Father really is and how much He loves me. I understand God’s Design Laws (which make sense) and when I’m teaching my church Bible study class, I’m able to really put to use the things I’ve been learning and Holy Spirit is leading. Thank you for introducing me to my Father of true, pure love. Everyday with Him is new and exciting. One thing that breaks my heart is that I didn’t know Him sooner. God Bless you and your ministry!

Judy Phelps, Reno, NV, USA

Testimony 14

We really appreciate your views on the judgment and they make good sense considering our free choice.

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