The Students of Yeshua believe that there is a constant force acting against us at all times that will ultimately result in our deaths. In science, this force is known as entropy. Sin speeds it up and submerges you into lower levels of hell. Virtue slows it down and allows you to ascend to higher levels of heaven. The only way to resist entropy is through effort. The lower you are, the more effort you must make.

We believe that we have rediscovered the most correct plan of salvation as originally taught by Yeshua. The plan of salvation was designed to help us live lives of joy, peace, love and abundance and greatly reduces our suffering here on this earth. We believe that the plan of salvation follows these 9 steps.

1. Surrender – Surrender yourself to the will of our Heavenly Father. Swimming against the current exasperates you even more. Admit that your life needs to change. Acknowledge that you are limited in your abilities, knowledge and understand that without the help of God, you are powerless. (Matthew 6:9-11, Mark 13:36 and Luke 22:42)

2. Believe – Believe in Yeshua and his teachings. Open your heart and your mind to receive the Spirit of God. Belief is the genesis of every action. Exercise those beliefs through your actions. If we don’t believe, we will not act.

3. Confess – Admit your faults and take responsibility for your actions. Confess your transgressions to a God and a priest under the protection of penitent privilege. Doing so brings much needed relief to a guilty conscience. Let your conscience be your compass. (Romans 10:9)

4. Repent – Sincerely ask Heavenly Father to forgive you for your sins. Ask him to remove your shortcomings. Make every effort to change your sinful behaviors and sew goodness back into the world. Reach out to those that you have hurt or angered and ask for their forgiveness and make amends to all that you’ve wronged.

5. Baptism – Your soul is fused to your body. There is a corresponding nature between your spirit and your body. What happens to one, happens to the other. Through the ritual of baptism in the physical plane, we are not only proclaiming our faith in Christ Yeshua, but cleansing our soul from the spiritual grime that has collected throughout our lives.

6. Forgive – Forgive those who have wronged you. Holding onto a grudge is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies. To hold a grudge is to hold on to feelings of anger towards another individual. Anger does not know peace or joy. (Matthew 6:14-15)

7. Seek – Seek to build a better relationship with God through prayer and meditation. Seek the wisdom of God through the study of scripture and the sciences. What has been hidden will be revealed. You cannot do what you do not know. If you are not seeking answers, you condemn yourself to the wrath of your problems.

8. Love – Material possessions will never love you back. Treasure your relationships with others over status, resources and pleasure. Give more than you get. Show your love through action. Be patient, kind and gentle towards others. Serve others and not yourself. Keep your poise and refrain from anger. Seek to understand the perspective of others and do not judge them. Seek to unite rather than divide. Be generous with your praise, time and resources. God blesses those who are generous. (1 Corinthians 12:4-8)

9. Share – Share the message of Yeshua and his plan of salvation with others so that they can break free from the slavery of their suffering and live a full life of joy, good health and abundance (Matthew 10:32).

We believe that sin is any action or behavior that leads you towards death, decay and destruction both physically and spiritually and strengthens your tether to the physical world.

God has given us a conscience to help us discern from what is right and wrong and to serve as a compass in helping us find our way back to him.

It’s important to look at the concept of sin objectively and disassociate it from a person’s value. Do we stop loving our children when they break a rule and end up getting hurt as a result? Of course not. Even though we may be disappointed in their actions, our love for our children is unconditional. If we love our children this much, how much more does our Heavenly Father love us?

This doesn’t mean we should never have to experience pain though. Pain is meant to serve as our teacher. It exists to warn us that if we don’t stop whatever it is that we are doing, death is right around the corner. Unfortunately, many of us prolong our suffering because we learn too slow or refuse to learn altogether.

Students of Yeshua do not believe that believing in Jesus is enough to save you. In fact, we believe that this is a false doctrine taught by many apostate churches. James 2:10 says, “You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that – and shudder.”

Imagine that you were to go to the physician and were diagnosed with diabetes. The physician tells you that if you continue to eat an unhealthy diet and live a sedentary lifestyle, you’re likely to experience numerous health complications that could include chronic kidney disease, nerve damage, and other disabling complications that could shorten your lifespan greatly.

However, he tells you that there is good news. If you stop eating unhealthy foods high in sugar, exercise regularly and lose weight, you can reverse this prognosis, cure your diabetes and add years back on to your life.

Now, you know that the physician is right. Will you listen? Will you make the effort to change your behaviors so that you can live a happier, healthier and longer life? Knowing that the physician is right will not reverse your diagnosis and extend your life. You must act on that knowledge.

Jesus is like the physician in this analogy. Jesus tells us what causes our suffering and gives us the only solution to end it so that we can live peaceful, joyful and abundant lives.