As many people know, about 2000 years ago, the only completely innocent man died for everyone (Heb. 4:14-15, 1 Pet. 2:22). He suffered persecution, beating, whipping, and was nailed to a wooden cross, proving God’s love for you (Rom. 5:8-10). Then, this man whose name is Jesus defeated death in being righteous before God, so God was just and raised Jesus from the dead (Heb. 2:14). Because of this, Jesus is the only way to Heaven (John 14:6, Acts 4:12). See, His words will judge the world on the last day (John 12:47-48), and only His words are spirit and life (John 6:63). Jesus gave these words to His Apostles who wrote them in the Bible and His words will never pass away (John 15:20, 17:8, Matt. 24:35). The Bible is written so that you can know that you have eternal life and so that you can be complete and equipped to do every good work (1 John 5:13, 2 Tim. 3:16-17). These words are the truth (Eph. 1:13, 1 Thess. 2:13).

   These words are essential to “the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15). Jesus said that He would build His Church as He called it “My church”, which He bought with His own blood (Matt. 16:18, Acts 20:28). The Church is Christ's and it should bear His name (Rom. 16:16). Jesus built His Church, and like a building Jesus is the cornerstone and the Apostles and prophets are the foundation (Eph. 2:20). Each Christian is a stone in the house of God (1 Peter 2:5). Jesus Christ is over His House, who we are (Heb. 3:6). Christ has all authority over the House of God, so we have no right to modify the House of God (Matt. 28:18-20). Jesus gave His words to His Apostles, so that we know how to conduct ourselves in the House of God, and no one can add and or take from them (2 John 9, Rev. 22:18-19). Jesus Christ built His Church with elders in each congregation to oversee and pastor the congregation (Acts 14:23; 20:17, 28). These elders must meet specific qualifications (1 Tim. 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, 1 Pet. 5:2-3). Jesus also built His House as His temple for worship (1 Cor. 3:16-17, 2 Cor. 6:16). These congregations must be gathered together for the Assembly, which is when the whole congregation was gathered together (1 Cor. 14:23). The Assembly is not to be forsaken (Heb. 10:24-25). In assembly and all times, Christians must also worship in spirit and truth, by a right heart and by God’s Word, and not by the traditions of men (John 4:24, Matt. 15:9). The Assembly in the Bible gathered to partake of the Lord’s Supper, a meal established by Jesus, and these Christians were to pray, sing, learn from teaching, and give to the collection (1 Cor. 11:20-34; 14:15, 26; 16:1-2). The Assembly was on the first day of the week, which is the day that Jesus was resurrected, and it is called the Lord’s Day (Luke 24:1ff, Acts 20:7, Rev. 1:10). These are some things essential to the House of God. When the Church was started, those who being baptized were being saved and added to the Church (Acts 2:41, 47). See, those who are of God's House are saved having obeyed the Gospel (1 Pet. 4:17).

   What do the words of Jesus teach us about how to be saved from sin and how to have eternal life? Our good deeds cannot save us and get us into eternal Paradise (Eph. 2:8-9), and still Christ is the author of salvation to all those who obey Him (Heb. 5:9). We must work out our salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). How can we obey Jesus and be saved from our sins? Jesus’ words teach you to believe and confess that He is the resurrected Lord and God (Rom. 10:9-10, John 8:24, 58; 1:1, 1:14). Jesus also said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven” (Matt. 7:21), so there is more to do to be saved than just believing and confessing Christ. Jesus teaches that one who loves Him will keep His commands (John 14:21, 23-24). With obedience, people are saved by the Gospel: the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus (1 Cor. 15:1-4, 2 Thes. 1:7-9). One obeys the Gospel in re-enacting the Gospel by dying to sins, being buried in baptism, and being resurrected in living a new life (Rom. 6:3-6, Col. 2:12-13). Jesus’ words teach the necessity for you to change your mind to stop practicing sin (repent) and be immersed (baptized) in water in Jesus’ name to wash away your sins (Acts 2:38, 22:16). Jesus said, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved” (Mark 16:16). Know that there is only one baptism to obey, which is to be immersed in water (Eph. 4:5, 5:26, Acts 10:47-48). Is this the Gospel that you obeyed? “Arise and be baptized and wash away your sins” (Acts 22:16). Consider no baptism that has been added to Jesus' words like any baptism into a church that was not established by Him and does not bear His name.