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The Life and Deeds: Shaping Eternity:

God's Nature: Righteousness - God is divine, righteous, and the Holy Spirit, since He is always perfectly righteous. The terms 'righteous' and 'unrighteous' imply actions, deeds. Therefore, 'good deeds' are termed righteous, while 'bad deeds' are unrighteous.

Humanity's Choice: Righteous or Unrighteous - Accordingly, humanity is either religious or unreligious. Human life is marked by deeds until the end. This raises a question: what proportion of our deeds are righteous and unrighteous? God never engages in unrighteousness; therefore, He desires righteousness for humanity

The Mutual Exclusivity of Righteousness and Unrighteousness - Thus, a mix of both righteousness and unrighteousness cannot be the path for humanity. Righteousness is Godly, while unrighteousness is evil. Just as one cannot ride two boats simultaneously, similarly, righteousness and unrighteousness cannot coexist.

As the scripture reminds: "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." (Matthew 6:24, NIV)

The Ultimate Choice - To be righteous, unrighteousness must be sacrificed, and vice versa. God never commands unrighteousness but frees us to choose between righteousness and unrighteousness. Now, it is time to heartfeltly ponder: which of the two—righteousness and unrighteousness—have we chosen most in our life?

Choice is yours’: Righteousness or Unrighteousness:

The Ultimate Decision - Only when we wholeheartedly accept God as our master, we love and follow His religion. Otherwise, we continue on the unrighteous path. Although being religious, there always exists a risk of falling into unrighteousness. Indeed, embracing unrighteousness is absolutely unacceptable.

This is why God commanded Adam, in the Garden of Eden, to deed righteousness and refrain from unrighteous deeds, as the scripture reveals: "And the Lord God commanded the man, 'You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it, you will certainly die.'" (Genesis 2:16-17, NIV)

The Cost of Unrighteousness - When humanity engages in unrighteousness, their soul dies and becomes unfit for righteous deeds. Therefore, it's crucial to revert to righteousness after unrighteousness, resuming righteous deeds and following the Ten Commandments that the Lord published through Prophet Moses at Mount Sinai.

Consequences of Disobedience - Until Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, they were religious and worshiped God. Disobeying God's command came at a great cost: they were driven out of the Garden of Eden, symbolizing their church to worship God, and were deprived of worshiping God due to their unrighteous deeds, as recorded in the scripture: "So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken." (Genesis 3:23, NIV)

Essentials to Worshiping God:

Love God wholeheartedly - To worship God, it's necessary to move from the wilderness to the Garden of God's love – wholehearted love is essential.

God created and placed humanity in the Garden of Eden (Garden of love) for enduring righteousness, refraining from unrighteousness, and worshiping Him. Their unrighteous deed drove them out of the Garden of God's love into the wilderness, rendering them unfit to worship God. To worshiping God, essentials is to love God whole heartedly, as the scripture reminds: "God is love." (Psalm 103)

May we choose righteousness, aligning with God's divine nature, and reject unrighteousness, embracing the path of life.

Jesus and John the Baptist: Unity to Deliver Righteousness:

John's Baptism of Repentance - John the Baptist, within the boundaries of his church by the Jordan River, administered the Baptism of Repentance by water, also known as the 'Baptism of Water' and 'Baptism of Repentance', to the multitude coming from the wilderness. This baptism aimed to:

- Cleanse them from ancestors' and personal sins
- Guide them back to the Garden of God's love (Garden of Eden), their true church for worshiping God

Jesus' Baptism of Water: A Call to Love - Jesus' Baptism of Water was an effort to publicize this sacred ritual, emphasizing the importance of loving God and mankind to truly worship God. As recorded in Scripture:

"Jesus replied, 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Matthew 22:37-39, NIV)

Jesus’ Baptism: Symphony of Garden of love:

The Garden of Love: A Sanctuary for True Love - True godly love can only flourish within the Garden of Love (Garden of Eden), not amidst worldly lust, chaos, and strife in the wilderness.

Jesus' Baptism: A Sacred Ritual - Jesus, by embracing the 'Baptism of Water' from John the Baptist, declared this ritual sacred. At his church by the Jordan River, John administered baptism to cleanse the multitude coming from the wilderness, ending their exile and reuniting them with God.

Entering the Garden of Love - This allowed them to enter the Garden of Love, where they could love God and their neighbours wholeheartedly. As God is absolute love, He desires the same for humanity.

Entering the Garden of Love - This allowed them to enter the Garden of Love, where they could love God and their neighbours wholeheartedly. As God is absolute love, He desires the same for humanity. The Call to Repentance - Jesus tirelessly instilled this love, as recorded in Scripture:

→ "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:48, NIV)

→ From that time on, Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." (Matthew 4:17, NIV)

→ "I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish." (Luke 13:5, NIV)

Jesus’ Eagerness for Unity:

From Unrighteousness to Righteousness - Thus, we understand Jesus' eagerness to guide us from unrighteousness to righteousness and from exile in the wilderness back to the Garden of Love.

A Call to Introspection - Administrators of the 'Baptism of Water' within fragmented churches worldwide must ask:

"Are we truly helping humanity enter the Garden of Love, or have we confined them within man-made physical church boundaries?"

Considering the Consequences - As they seek answers, they must consider:
- If their administration had successfully guided multitudes into the Garden of Love, would there be:
- Discrimination
- Separatism
- Infighting
- Criticism
- Blame-shifting?

Unity in God's Oneness - Instead, all would unite in God's oneness, as Jesus prayed:
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me." (John 17:20-21)

To be Continued…..

==> Stay tuned for our next article, where we'll uncover how 'Understanding Baptism Requires understanding God’s Religion ' that transforms our faith journey.

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