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John 8:31-32
Then Yahshua said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My
word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free."

Any program that does not include the truth of God which we have been
setting forth here, cannot set men free. If a program teaches men that it is
acceptable to hold to a concept of a “god of their understanding,” and it declares
that any god will do, it is a work of deception. There is salvation in only one name.

Acts 4:10-12
Let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the
name of Yahshua Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God
raised from the dead - by this name this man stands here before you in
good health. He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but
which became the very corner stone. And there is salvation in no one else;
for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men,
by which we must be saved.”

Only in Yahshua, Yah’s Salvation, is there deliverance. Any program that
does not direct people to their need to receive the life of God into their being by
being born again of the Spirit of Christ, has not declared that which men and
women need to hear and understand. They are doing no more than placing a fig
leaf covering over mankind, while leaving them in bondage to sin. They have not
touched the problem of mankind’s stony heart. We must receive a new spirit and a
new heart within us to begin to walk as overcomers in this life.
Receiving the Spirit is so vital to that which Yahweh desires to accomplish in
the lives of His chosen people, that this matter is set forth as the true test of
whether or not we are Christians.

II Corinthians 13:5
Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you
not recognize this about yourselves, that Yahshua Christ is in you -- unless
indeed you fail the test?

Christ dwells in His children by the Spirit who has been given. You may then
ask, “How do I know for sure if I have received the Spirit of Christ?” The answer is
that the Spirit Himself testifies to us that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:15-16
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you
have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba!
Father!" The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of
God...

There are certain branches of Christianity that teach that the proof of having
received the Spirit is that one will speak in tongues, or experience some other