Series one: In this 3 part teaching I will expose the errors, share the truth, and help you to re-evaluate are you saved.

What is Salvation?
The dictionary defines the word salvation as “the deliverance from the power and effects of sin.” In a general sense, salvation is “preservation from harm, ruin or loss.” Relating the first definition, which is biblical in nature, to the second definition, which is generic in nature, we see that salvation is the deliverance or preservation from the power of sin, which causes harm, ruin or loss. Salvation and redemption are synonymous terms in biblical Hebraic thought. We will discuss redemption later in this series.

What is spiritual Babylon?

It is any religious system that is a blend of truth and error. The word Babylon means mixture, and the devil will create religious systems that have some truth and a lot of pagan, heathen beliefs that taint, poison or just water down the truth of YHVH Elohim. YHVH’s bride must be walking in pure, untainted and undiluted truth—not a mixture of truth and error, or hot and cold. He will vomit lukewarm believers out of his mouth (Rev. 3:16). The Hebrew roots movement is a return to pure stream of Bible truth and walking in the Spirit of YHVH Elohim where we will obey only his word without the added pagan traditions and practices that have crept into traditional churchianity. Are you ready to go to the next level in your spiritual walk? Are you ready to walk closer to the fire of the anointing of YHVH Elohim? To do this we have to turn away from traditions of men by which the word of YHVH is made of none effect. (Mt. 15:6-9; Mk. 7:7).

So what is sin?

Very simply, Scripture (the Bible) defines sin as “the transgression of YHVH’s (God’s) law” (1 John 3:4). What is YHVH’s law? Again, quite simply, it is the Word of YHVH as recorded in his holy or set apart (kodosh) Word, the Bible or Scripture. Man is commanded to live by every word found in Scripture (Deut. 8:3; Matt. 4:4). Man is to hear and do the Words of YHVH (Deut. 6:4), place YHVH’s words in his heart (Deut. 6:6), teach them to his children (Deut. 6:7), and to make them the basis for all that man does and thinks (Deut. 6:8). The words or laws of YHVH Elohim are summed up as loving YHVH and loving one’s neighbor (Deut. 6:5; Lev. 19:18; Mark. 12:30; John 14:15). The cornerstone of those laws is found in the famous Ten Commandments or, more correctly, the Ten Statements/Words of Elohim, which are recorded in Exodus 20. They are:

• I am YHVH your Elohim.
• You shall have no other gods before me.
• You shall not take my name in vain
• Remember the Sabbath day to keep it set-apart.
• Honor you father and mother.
• You shall not murder.
• You shall not commit adultery.
• You shall not steal.
• You shall not lie.

You shall not covet your that which belongs to your neighbor.
The first five constitute loving YHVH Elohim, while the last five constitute loving one’s fellow man. These ten statements are but the beginning of YHVH’s laws as outlined in Scripture, which if man break, man is guilty of sin. There are 613 such laws in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and more than 1050 in the Apostolic Scriptures (New Testament). This may seem like a lot of laws for man to have to follow, but in reality, it is nothing compared to the hundreds of law books that constitute the laws of most nations on earth. Whole law libraries are established to contain them all!
As civil governments have established laws to maintain order among the inhabitants of a society, and as all societies impose penalties upon its citizens for breaking those laws, the same is true of YHVH’s divine laws. I find believers have no problem following man laws, but YHVH’s instructions (law) are a curse or done away with. Scripture teaches that the results of sin is death (Ezek. 18:4; Rom. 6:23) and that all men have sinned (broken YHVH’s laws) (Rom. 3:23). Because a divine death sentence is upon every man, eternal death is the harm, ruin or loss, from which man needs deliverance, redemption or salvation. If salvation is deliverance from death, then those who are saved will have eternal life or immortality. Therefore, those who are saved from death, the result of sin, will be given immortality (Rom. 6:23).
How can man receive salvation from the wages or penalty of his sin—the violation of YHVH’s divine laws?
Steps to Salvation
The Bible states that man has a sin problem (Read Romans chapters 1 through 3.), and that man must take certain spiritual steps of faith to rectify this problem.
We need our past sins forgiven, by faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ), the son of Elohim who took man’s sins upon himself and died in place of man so that man could pass from death to life (John 3:16). When men turn from their sins and place their faith in Yeshua, Scripture promises that man will experience a glorious spiritual relationship with our Father in Heaven and to have eternal or everlasting life. (Rom. 3:21-5; 6:23)
We need the divine Spirit of Elohim living within us to overcome the power of the flesh to change our sinful ways. (Rom. 6-8)
We need the further need to be spiritually grafted in or connected in covenant relationship with other Believers in Yeshua, which Scripture calls the nation of Israel or body of Yeshua. (Rom. 9-11; Eph. 2:11–19)
We need to study YHVH’s divine Word or Scriptures, so we know what actions we should do. (Rom. 12-13)
We need to commit to being a disciple and to put our love into action, by growing spiritually so that we can help others to find their way out of the same spiritual pit of sin and death from which we have been delivered or saved. (Rom. 14-15)

Aspects of Salvation: Subsections of Salvation
As YHVH’s law or Torah (which defines what sin is) is an over-arching concept comprised of various component parts (testimonies, statutes and judgments), so is the concept of salvation (the deliverance from the penalty of breaking YHVH’s laws ), which is comprised of various component parts. Let’s examine those parts:
Justification:
Justification is the process by which sinful humans beings are made acceptable to a righteous and sinless Elohim. Justification is by grace (unlike all the other religions of the world which are works-based) (Rom. 3:24). Elohim extends the grace, and it is man’s responsibility to exercise believing faith and receive it. It is not based on man’s works, and he cannot earn it (Eph. 2:8-10) and it is only by YHVH’s grace (i.e., the divine empowerment of Yeshua living inside of the Believer through the power of the Spirit of Elohim that one can stay justified before YHVH.
Paul says that through Yeshua Elohim is reconciling the world to himself not imputing their sins (violation of Torah) to them (2 Cor. 5:19). This reconciling covers all our past sins (Rom. 3:25) which we have confessed, repented of and turned away from (Ps. 32:5; Prov. 28:13; 1 John 1:9).
When Elohim justifies, he charges the sin of man to Yeshua (the Savior and Redeemer) (2 Cor. 5:21). Justification is based on the righteous, Torah-obedient life of Yeshua and is a free gift to men and results in eternal life (Rom. 3:21).
Justification saves us from the wrath of Elohim (Rom. 5:9) against sin (violation of Torah – 1 John 3:4) and results in our being at peace with him (Rom. 5:1) and we now have access to his grace (Rom. 5:2). The word justify according to Webster’s Dictionary, means “to show to be just, right; to free from blame or guilt.”