My core beliefs in Jesus, Scripture, and salvation
Status: Working Notes Faith & Logic Published October 18, 2024
I am a born-again Christian, a follower of Jesus (Yeshua). Saved by grace through faith in Yeshua ha-Mashiach — Jesus the Messiah. I have been baptized into his death and raised with him to everlasting life. I live by the grace of God and the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit), awaiting Jesus’ return.
Jesus, the Word (Logos) made flesh, is the only mediator between God and humanity. He lived without sin, was crucified, died, and was raised as part of God’s saving plan. He is the path to God the Father (Yahweh). Salvation is through faith in Jesus — not through facing judgment alone. Belief in him means repentance and a death to sin, with new life in Jesus.
Repentance is a turn from sin toward God.
“Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.’” — Matthew 18:2-3
"Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord." — Acts 3:19
The resurrection is central. It affirms Jesus’ victory over death.
"And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!" — 1 Corinthians 15:17
The word “Trinity” is not in the Bible. The pattern is one God in three persons: the Father (Yahweh), the Son — Jesus (Yeshua), and the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). Matthew 28:19 is one place the three are named together.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." — Matthew 28:19
Some Jews through the Second Temple period spoke of “Two Powers in Heaven.” Later rabbis marked that idea heretical, in part because early followers of Jesus used it when they confessed his divinity. That is a historical note, not the whole proof.