FOUNDATIONS | WEEK 21

📖 What Is Salvation According to Paul?

Is Paul’s definition of salvation different from Messiah’s?

No. It aligns.

In Epistle to the Romans 11, Paul describes salvation using the image of a tree just as Yahusha used the vine and branches in John 15:

• Natural branches (those originally in covenant-not a bloodline)

• Wild branches (Gentiles grafted into the same covenant relationship)

Some natural branches were broken off because of unbelief.
Gentiles were grafted in by faith.

But then comes the warning:

If you do not continue… you also will be cut off.

When a church espouses a doctrine contrary to the Savior and Paul, that doctrine proves to be one manufactured by man. Test it.

Salvation Is Not Static

Paul makes something clear:

• Being grafted in is not the end

• Continuing in faith matters

Those who were cut off:

• can be grafted in again through belief

This is consistent with:

• repentance

• restoration

• covenant renewal

One People, One Covenant

Paul does not describe two separate systems.

He describes:

• one tree

• one root

• one covenant people

Gentiles are not treated as separate, but as those brought into what already exists.

This reflects a consistent principle seen throughout Scripture:

one standard for those within the covenant community

Paul writes:

"...that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins."

Romans 11:25-27 KJV

The Gentiles come into their fullness being grafted into the olive tree–The Kingdom. This is not an age of the church (a word not even found in the Hebrew Bible), which such dispensation quickly fails any valid test as all 7 characteristics are active in all ages. As the Gentiles are grafted into YahsarEl (Israel very poorly rendered–The People of Covenant), ALL YasharEl (those in covenant) shall be saved. That includes Gentiles and has since the Exodus according to Moses and even in Abraham's days where all of his household including Gentiles were saved, and before there was ever an Israel.

Alignment with Messiah

This mirrors Messiah’s teaching in Gospel of John 15:

• Abide → remain

• Do not abide → removed

• Bear fruit → continue

The pattern is the same:

• relationship

• continuation

• evidence through fruit

The Role of Belief

Paul identifies the key factor:

• Unbelief → separation

• Faith → connection

And importantly:

• both can change

This reflects real choice—real response. We were created with Free Will and that principle cannot be overruled by any church doctrine.

Final Thought

Salvation, as Paul describes it, is not disconnected from Messiah’s teaching.

It is:

• entering into relationship

• continuing in that relationship

• remaining in the covenant

The call is not only to begin—but to continue.

Yah Bless.

Note: We are well aware, and used to teach, the string of fragments used out of context in order to redefine salvation against the Biblical language itself. One must ask why Yahusha's, the Savior's Words, are hardly even included in this extremely poor exegesis. He provided a chapter especially defining salvation himself. When Paul provides chapters on the topic as well, why is it we are given single verses when context should matter? We don't placate such ignorance here. Now, before one begins the "what about this fragment out of context," we challenge everyone to read the passage first. Otherwise, we do respond strongly to comments made in ignorance when the text is right there for one to read. We teach and we do not tolerate control lines planted to stop your growth. Those attempting such debate rooted in ignorance to agitate will be muted here. Our channel, our rules.

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