Jubei's assesments of the Gospel

This is a writing I was going to present earlier this year, but I got sort of side tracked and didnt post much for a while.

The Holy Spirit

The holy-spirit is the law of God which proceeds from God unto Man, it is to be our focus. It is the intended purpose established by God of the thing created for his service as evidenced in that thing which receives the word of God. You can’t operate in gods kingdom without the direction of the holy ghost being in us to provide us the ability to do gods work. By the way, Gods work is not to simply beautify the edifice but it is to provide influence unto the world. The Holy-ghost encompasses all portions of the law of god given to mankind, and all gifts given to mankind, whether you obey them or not, whether you implement them or not.

The Holy spirit is Love, but love of what? Love of the word of God, the desire to perform the will of God with love. You see obedience does not always indicate love, a servant obeys because he must and he does not regard the desires of his master but he expects recompense for his obedience, but a friend obtains the same desire as the one requesting that thing to be done. The two agree, this shows a love in the agreement of the two to perform the activities of the master in both master and servant having expressed love on for another.  It is through the love of God’s word or law that we are established in the holy-ghost because our focus is in agreement with his desire.

If we obey Gods word in agreement with God then we are in relationship with God himself and this is made available to us through his established flesh “the son of God” Jesus Christ. Witnessed in the manner of “Shekinah”. It is the “only” established presence of God provided for man that he will ever view and it has a particular signature manner that it is present.

Consider the question, are the Holy-spirit and the Shekinah of God two separate things?

We consider the shekinah of God the visible presence of God himself in a person place or thing, in that the “shekinah utters”. The holy-ghost being the subject or focus of that utterance as on the day of Pentecost and that which is witnessed of those who completed salvation by mannerism of the apostles and disciples and deacons teachings. So the if “shekinah” is a manifestation of the holy spirit, in this the shekinah and the holy spirit are the same thing, because they both agree just as a master and servant has done, With the presence of God, speaking his intention into the being of a finite flesh.  

Talents are gifts of the spirit when used by the spirit 

The difference between talents and gifts, talents are those attributes of mankind that are existent before the influence of the holy-ghost was present. If one person can sing well, that is a talent. Using those talents to profess gods kingdom is not quite a gift of the holy-ghost, it is a talent of mankind provided by the creator of your soul. The talent becomes a Gift of the spirit when God uses it to propagate his focus (spirit) unto his people for his purpose.

The gifts of the holy-ghost are those which are presented to the spirit of god through our induction into the kingdom and are used by god to assist us in performing the work of god through god’s will. If you are placed in an situation in which you are to witness to someone and you do so, this is a gift of the holy-ghost, to be able to share the work of Christ with others. Singing as unto the lord is a talent until that song provides help unto the saints, comfort unto the saints and encouragement unto the saints, then it is a gift but it is only a gift of the spirit because it is “used” by the spirit as you provided, for him to use. You see a gift of the holy-ghost assists those influenced by the holy-ghost and lights the path of those looking for God. The ministrations of the holy-ghost were outlined by Paul in Corinthians as they were instrumental in the Apostles.

People state that the ability to speak in other tongues is a “gift” of god. Well it can be if you are able to preach or witness to others in a language other than your native one. But that is also a talent, but like I said until it is used to glorify the kingdom, it is a talent. Praying in other tongues is the exercise of receiving the law of God. This is the gift of Gods imparting and establishing a relationship by accepting your heart as an acceptable sacrifice. Hasidism or in other words it is used as prayer to focus one upon the relationship between God and their soul.

The priests  of the tabernacle, when they received the Shekinah readily accepted the process and looked forward to hearing the law of God unto the people every chance they could. Yet the holy-ghost would not maintain cohesive relationships with the prophets. They would be influenced, speak prophecy then it would leave them and they would be right back to the state upon which they were in before they were influenced. Now that the veil is ripped and we are entreated of the very things that the priests were privy to, and people are influenced to call it a “minor gift”, but in my summation personally, anyone that states that any gift of God is minor is not worthy of anything major.

Prophesying

I want to look at a word used to sometimes describe speaking the law, or being indwelled with the spirit of the holy-ghost in the Old Testament, that is “Prophesying”. Why? Because many people fall on the passages of 1 Corinthians 14 in which the apostle paul writes that speaking in tongues is a lesser thing than prophesying. And I whole heartedly agree, but putting it in perspective even as the apostle did, prophesying is for the development of the church to reach many while speaking in tongues and praying to god is for the one. And what good does it do the church if only one is aware of Christ btut rather that many understand the kingdom. That does not make the reception of the holy ghost null and void and the validation of God’s presence indwelled in a being is in the form of shekinah, which is in speaking in tongues unto the spirit “Hasidism” , and that’s all were going to get, but lets continue.

Prophesying definitions

1.       To reveal by divine inspiration

2.       To predict with certainty as if by divine inspiration. (Foretell)

3.       To reveal the will or message of God

4.       To prefigure; foreshow

The Aramaic bible chronicles an event which occurs in numbers regarding the pouring out of Gods spirit upon men as the following passages:

Numbers 11

25 And HaShem came down in the cloud, and spoke unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders; and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

26 But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were recorded, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.

27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'

28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses from his youth up, answered and said: 'My lord Moses, shut them in.'

29 And Moses said unto him: 'Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all HaShem'S people were prophets, that HaShem would put His spirit upon them!

The KJV has it as this:

Notice in each rendering the biblical account states that the two men were “prophesying” just as the 70 elders were, it says they prophesied and did not cease.

What does that mean and did anyone prophesy without ceasing prior to this event?

Let’s list the people in the Old testament that prophesied in the manner of shekinah

1.       The 70 Elders (Numbers 11:25)

2.       The two men Eldad and Medad (numbers 11:26)

3.       Saul and the prophets on the hill  (1Samuel 10:10)

4.       The messengers of Saul when they came to meet Samuel (1Samuel 19:20)

5.       All the groups of messengers that were sent by Saul to bring Samuel before him all prophesied (1Samuel 19:21)

6.       Saul when he himself went to see Samuel (1samuel 19:24)

7.       The prophets before the King Jehosephat in front of the gates of Samaria (2chronicle 18:9)

Ordination of prophets – “son of man”

God in defining his ordaining of prophets said that he alone sends prophets but there are those that claim to be from him and are not (Jerimiah 23:21) and In Ezekiel God tells the “son of man” that He breathed his life into a people who comprise the whole house of Israel and that HIS spirit is placed in them bringing them up from the grave.

Ezekiel is a great book outlining the passages in Ezekiel 37:9-14 where he outlines or tells us how he will redeem the whole house of Israel. He says that:

37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

If I were to draw parallels in consistency, I would make mention of the parallels between Ezekiel37:11-14 and Acts 2:38

                        Repentance

37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

                                                Baptism37:13 And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,                        Receiving the holy ghost              37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken [it], and performed [it], saith the LORD.The parallel:

Acts  2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Reference the previous posts regarding repentance and baptism inorder to see the correlation between repentance in our bones are dried, hope lost and we are cut off, by recognizing the state you are in and desiring to repair it, than by being revitalized out of your state by being raised from the grave of sin, and then having his spirit put in you. The only proof that god put his spirit upon anyone or in anyone was “shekinah”, speaking in utterances. God’s spirit put into inanimate objects or in the forms of things was an external witnessing but the internal witnessing is in the utterances. Always has been always will be.  

The message preached by Peter on the day of Pentecost wastThat we are to repent, be baptized in the name of the lord Jesus for the remission of sins, and that we will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.  I say again, the Holy spirit is “PLACED INSIDE YOU” not as some believe existing all around you, it is not the “world soul” but Gods presence.

(reference to the apologist in the synthesis of Neoplatonism into the Christian doctrine, (c140ad-225ad))

Zechariah the prophet states that those that prophesy in his name will be persecuted to the point where they will deny the very god that redeemed them, and that 2/3 of the house will be cut-off but the remaining will be tried vigorously and persecuted and ridiculed unending, and they shall remain to call God their god and he shall call them his people.

I think it is a good time to explain a very important piece of historical information.

The Pauline letters and the mystery cults influence upon the church

The Pauline letters to the churches in Corinthia, Ephesus, Phillipi and Galatia were written with the understanding of combating the influence of Mystery religions influence into the fledgling church.

There were a lot of converts of previous similar religions that had commonalities with the Christians in regards to “speaking in other tongues”. They ranged from the wildly animated, to the sensible oracle, and the idea of each was to glean hidden understanding of what was being said, as it was believed to be a sign directly from the Gods or commandments,  given directly to the believers of that god.

What is the significance, well, Glossolalia was evident in the “mystery religions” of Rome and Macedonia, while Shekinah was solely Hebraic. It meant the same thing in essence, that the god of that particular belief would “indwell” in the flesh of the man and cause them to speak in other languages, unknown or known, yet unknown to the speaker as such it was difficult in how it was understood as being a valid indwelling of Gods spirit rather than the spirit or vain ramblings of some other.

One of the reasons for confusion is that tongues were to be used as a tool for soothsaying yet the Apostles taught that God gives his law, desire or instructions unto the person witnessed by the utterances. Since utterances were common in the cults of Dionysius, Apollo and Panaceism and others this was a natural commonality by people who converted into the Christian faith as the Apostles actually provided proof of the validity unto their doctrine through miracles performed while the adherents to the mystery cults could not, Remembering Simon the Sorcerer, he was of these cults and was converted to Christianity by Philip in Samaria.

Yet Paul clarified the point in his writing to the churches on the usage of prophesying and of tongues. He did not intend I believe, for people to use the passages in Corinth’s letter as a means to shutter the need for utterances as a means of witness to the reception of the holy-ghost, but to stifle the usage of it in the church as a means to receive prophetic messages. One of the reasons I have a problem with people saying “I have a prophetic word” is that their word which they speak on thereafter is inconsistent with the gospel of the past present or future. My understanding is that all word is given unto us through grace, and there is no new thing under the sun. No one is going to get anything other than what was already given and that anything given will be referenced in the Old scriptures.

There is a commonality of the spirit (focus) in the utterances, so much so, that those who have received the holy-ghost recognize the spirit of the holy-ghost from those of other origins. How is this done, does someone need to be present in order to interpret the tongues which would then validate the authenticity of the phenomenon? I believe it says that “in the witness of two or three, which was a common manner of verification to the fact of reception. What it means is that those indwelled with the spirit know the sound and the mannerism of the spirit of god in this manifestation that the two or three witnesses present will validate the occurrence. It is a simple matter, the entire nation of Israel knew what they were looking at in Numbers and they knew how to validate what they viewed from the lesson in Deuteronomy, yet now we as Greeks who have a knowledge of inconsistency, have a much more difficult time in recognizing and in supporting the faith in the covenant.

Were dabbling in the less-understood portions of the gospel and off the beaten road of logical conclusion, and moving into an area of faith, similar to the requests asked of Trinitarian logia in regards to the three in one personage of the godhead, So let me make this relevant.

We know from the Old Testament that the “holy ghost” was witnessed in two forms as reasonable instruction given to the children or individuals of the children of Israel and as praying without ceasing as the priests performed in the reception of Gods law. In both of these scenarios God was giving instruction to people or a person. The understanding is that shekinah is the presence of god in a finite “limited” space, be it flesh or animal or plant.

Is the presence of God=GOD? Yes, where ever god is he is.

SO if I say, The shekinah instructs on laws or it is the instruction visualized by men for men in a finite person, place or thing then God must be present in that person place or thing.

Logical conclusion

God gives his law imparting as viewed through the shekinah events. While shekinah is present mostly through musical events or high praise events, it is not limited to these events in order to display it’s potential.

  If Glossolalia is the interpreted definition of strictly speaking in babbling tongue, then a person that speaks a different language that is not understood by the hearer by this definition is considered as speaking in Glossolalia, as well as stuttering of tongue and incomprehensible ramblings of language as they are used as worship to a deity. You see Glossolalia was used as worship, Shekinah is not worship, it is presence in instances besides worship, but we have defined that shekinah is only present as we sing, so we make it synonymous with glossolalia, this is not the case in truth. Shekinah is present in prayings, not worship. There is no Glossolalia (babbling tongue) in praying unto God, well there is a “perception of” but that’s a whole other writing. Needless to say, God does not speak in babblings or as presenting in the form of an inability to understand what is said.

Prophesying and speaking in tongues

Paul stated in his clarification in the writing to the Corinthians the following:

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

-          In this rendering of the KJV, paul has said that Tongues of the “unknown variety are from God, to the individual receiving the blessing, not for everyone else. Why did he have to say this in the first place? Because the mystery religions made an “outward” display when members spoke in Glossolalia, so what is chapter 14 doing? He’s outlining the differences between Glossolalia and Judean reference of Shekinah.

-          Prophesying in the Greek is to predict something through divine intervention or someone through verbal communication reveals the will of a god, or to provide guidance in the manner of understood language of things to come. This being understood, to “speak in an unknown tongue” was defined as being directed of God/gods, but prophesying was for the edification (speaking of divine interventions) unto the church, you see there is speaking to God/gods and Speaking to the assembly of believers the will of God/gods in common language.

a.       Speaking in tongues = Shekinah, edification by God unto the person (Judean)

b.      Prophesying = Edification unto the church

In the Old Testament prophesying was synonymous with speaking in tongues because the Septuagint didn’t make reference of the differences being performed in the translations. When the priests prophesied without ceasing, was this simply speaking the things of God in common language?  We must refer back to what I went over in the Old Testament.

Given the two defined roles in Chapter 14 let’s continue.

Paul then goes on to say a similar thing that Moses said, “I would that you all spake in other tongues” (parallel to numbers) does this mean then that some of them were considered in the kingdom even though they had not spoken in tongues? One could get that idea if he read further, because Paul then said that he would rather they prophesy, because he then says that “Greater is he that Prophesies than he that speaks in tongues….now why would he say that?

Because the subject at hand was the identification of being in the church, as the question of “is it better that the church grow by providing the spectacle of speaking in tongues or by speaking the witness of salvation”? I agree it is better for the church that we interpret the word of god and disseminate the laws of God. BUT, do not at any time think that Paul believed that speaking in tongues was less important to the individuals comprising the church. IF “speaking in tongues” was not important to the people that made up the church, Paul would not have said “I wish that you all spake in tongues”.

It is just as important to the persons of the church as baptism, but not as important to the church as understanding. The church is comprised of many facets of people but mainly it is the vehicle whereby the unaware become aware. These, having gifts of both the natural and spiritual are we to say that only the spiritual gifts of God are allowed in the church? The church exists on earth, the kingdom is of heaven. So then we are to recognize the gifts unto the church by god of both origins, both in talents and those of the spirit, yet we are entered into the gates of the kingdom by the spirit not by the talents in the mannerism of shekinah not glossolalia or by our own inspiration.

Let us look at 1 corinthians 14:5 a little closer, because I know people who use this passage to place into subjection the strength of the reception of the holy ghost.

It reads as follows:

1Corinthians 14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

Aramaic rendering:

1corinthians 14:5 I wish then that you all speak in tongues, more so that you may prophesy. For they are greater that prophesy than those who speak in tongues but without interpretation.* If, however, there is interpretation, then a congregation is formed.

(he already defined that speaking in tongues was for the “personal” now he is stating that which is for the “personal” should not be used as the tool for dispensing the word of god unto the general”) This is not stating that speaking in tongues is not required, or desired, but for the edification of the church prophesying is what is required, this is stating that “shekinah” is not to be used for that purpose.

In the mystery cults of which many converts in Corinthia were originated from it was an distinction between Glossolalia and Shekinah had to be made. The cult of Apollo and Dyonysius in particular held to certain beliefs that imitated the shekinah affect, yet were not shekinah.

·         This is not a support for the practice of “suppressing the presence of God during worship in shekinah, LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR AS CRYSTAL!·         The activities of the mystery cults are as followsA.       

In 14:6-8 he states this very fact, saying the following:

1 Corinthians

The chapter goes on to identify that the concern was of the” growth of the church” and how the perception and understanding of what was being presented would be taken and understood. It was important to the Apostles to present the Gospel of Christ with the utmost distinction from the mystery cults (pagans) in such that the activities yielded distinctive results only found in Christianity.

Another frequently misused interpretation of tongues is the following:

In 14:10 paul says that there are so many different voices in the world, we rightfully presume that he is speaking of people, languages and such, and that if the church does not provide a manner of interpreting the gospel to these people they won’t understand the church nor will the church be able to provide their needs.  So the practice they were implementing of openly displaying and trying to extol the spiritual gifts are good but the church cannot grow based upon the unknown language that accompanies shekinah.

 The one of the most misunderstood verses in this chapter is this one:

 

People constantly quote this passage in their assertation as incorrectly being interpreted in the gospel concerning modalist origin proceeding churches. Stating that Paul is saying that if you speak in another tongue without knowing what your saying that it is not worth anything to anyone.

NO, what Paul is saying is that let all of those who are speaking in tongues at this church request for the praying to be clearly spoken, without garbled language.  He already told us what Interpreting was, presenting the gospel to others for the edification of the church, taking what is not understood and making it understandable. Not what is UNKNOWN into the KNOWN, because that which is UNKNOWN is unknown to the person receiving it in the first place regarding tongue interpreting.

Verse 14:14 proves my point, he says that those who pray in an UNKNOWN tongue don’t even understand what they are saying, why because it is an unknown tongue, not to the hearers perception but to the speaker of the praying.

In 14:15-18 Paul expounds on his point, saying that if we pray and sing and speak in our own language the things of god, and one comes in and does not understand our language speaking in tongues wont assist and it cannot be used to invoke gods power that he will give understanding unto the people who do not understand the language of the presenter, interpreters must be on hand. 

14:15 had a lot of people trying to figure out this speaking in tongues thing baffled for a while, because on the one hand Paul said it is greater for people to prophesy rather than speak in tongues, then on the other hand he’s saying that He speaks in tongues more than any of them. Which is it speak in tongues often or not often? ( it is that Speaking in the mannerisms of oracles, in order to hear some hidden meaning is to be metered it is something that you do in privacy unto yourself to receive your own word)

In 14:19 he stresses that teaching in “unknown” tongues is not something that should be done…NOT that the teaching of tongues, but teaching “in” an unknown tongue and not a language. (were they using the speaking in an unknown tongue as a means to try and convey the message to those that didn’t speak the native language?)

14:20 he admonishes them for forcing themselves to not understand what he’s saying, rather than to just let understanding  take root. My guess is that there were some who intentionally set out to display the glossolalia in the mystery cults as a rational state of professing the gospel, and using the excuse that they were using the holy spirit as the tool to teach people that did not speak the common understood language of the church the doctrine.

*skipping 14:21 as it is prophecy of the events spoken of at this time frame.

14:22 He states that “Tongues are for a sign…now what does this mean? Is he stating that praying in tongues is an indicator of a type which points to the presence of God? Or that Tongues are in a sense for show, used as evidence of that persons walk with God? Can a person show the signs of God’s presence without being accepted by God for work in his kingdom? 

If we remembered the house of Cornelius of which those people are witnessed to having “spoken in tongues” prior to being baptized in the name of the lord. What are we to say? What even of those who being baptized in the name of the father son and holy-ghost are we to say that these even have no part in the kingdom? God forbid

The kingdom of God is Gods to add to or lessen unto it.

I will state that tongues are the signature identifier that the presence of God exists in flesh. This is called “shekinah” Now as some state there are three confirmations of shekinah, the shekinah dwells among, the shekinah rests upon, and the shekinah indwells.

The popular belief based upon witness is that in two of these instances the shekinah does not perform the functions of the other , in other words, as the shekinah dwells among, it is that presence which is felt amongst the flesh as an inspiring guide, as the shekinah rests upon, it is a witness unto confirmation that is viewed as “Selection” based upon the vision of it being upon Jesus at the time of his birth or as it was seen resting upon the tabernacle, or leading the people by day and by night. It is not an interactive entity but rather a sign or indicator of gods intention in active visage direction the focus of his chosen. The final as the shekinah indwells is indicative of the priests prophesying in the old testament and the apostles speaking in tongues in the new receiving the decisions of God unto his chosen.

The truth of the matter is that throughout the Old testament the shekinah has been consistant in each evidentiary vision or sign. In the burning bush unto moses, God’s presence consumed an inanimate object, emitting sound in the form of a voice coming from it and as we all know that this was God himself speaking through the bush, the shekinah as it was called was a visible form seen by moses, was this different from the fourth man in the fire experience in the oven in Daniel? Or the man Jacob wrestled with or the three men that visited Abraham to tell him of sarah’s child to come? They were all the same, so how is this similar to the experience of the holy ghost resting? It is in the work of all three presented facets of the shekinah we find the collective agreement.

Remember when we speak of the holy-ghost we are using it as “bearing witness” unto our establishment in the kingdom of god. So, lets look at the events as they stand.

The Prayer of Hasidism  - Hasidic prayer, ecstatic prayer form of worship in contemplative mannerism.

Those that bear witness to Hasidic prayer are:

1. The outpourings on ordinary people.
2. The highly sophisticated treatments of devotional psychology in the works of Hasidic masters  (book called “the Hasidic masters of contemplative prayer”)

Hasidism views all life as “rendering service” which is mans only reason in life to to render service unto God. Prayer, study, fasting and adherence to the commandements of God are viewed as instrumentally fundamental to this cause. They are the means by which a jew/saint is to fulfill his sacred task. This thought is found amongst the tribe of Levi or the tribe set aside to render service unto God.

If we are to say that All of the tribes shall have their place in heaven and only those tribes of whose name is synonymous with the apostles are there, then the tribe of Levi is included as a separate stone and separate gate. The saints would then fall under the service of the levites, having theyre portion in God established. Therefore a person must render service unto God through Hasidic revelation in the kingdom not that we become Hasidic, but that the requirements must be consistent in some shape or form. This includes the following establishments of the stone or gate peoples unto levi:

1. Do not perform the service unto god in ritualistic manner (mind)
2. Perform tasks with inner devotion or else the reward for the task may not be acceptable unto God. (Body)
3. There is no higher act then to assist another in discovering the presence of God within his own soul. (witness - Soul)

The core of Hasidim is to desire to be at oneness with God or to return to the original state of Oneness with God. “PRAYER” is the most important manner and tool used to focus the intimate relationship of the Hasidic believer between God and soul.

God is said to have accepted not study or meditative literal understanding of Gods word but rather the devotion of prayer and the desire within to reconcile the soul to God.

The Ecstatic qualities of prayer was said to be manifested unto witnesses:

1. trembling in prayer
2. running and dancing
3. Strange and seemingly inhuman noises
4. Violent movements of the body
5. Turning cartwheels or performing activities contrary to rational behavior

Yet even in all this there is a difference between ecstatic Hasidism and mystical ecstasy even noted among the early Hasidic jews.

Hasidism was considered a “revival” or that which comes about to represent a prior manner of performing ritualistic and stale to a new audience in a much more vibrant manner. Sort of “preserving and renewal” all at once. 

The difference between the shekinah resting upon, dwelling among or indwelling I find in the definition of the expression “Change”. 

Change

What is change?

Defined by some as a distinct and abject refusal of continuance in a current heading and planning by way of either “reversal” of progression or direction.

Biblical state, Change is a persons decision to alter their existing course of life to a new one. It includes  the idea of “repentance” or of adjusting ones manner of thinking from one of destructive lifestyles to one more constructive.

Sinner à Saint ?

How does a person change from sinner to saint? Is there a prescribed ritual of e vents that must occur or is it simply a persons desire to change their mind from one focus towards another?

Sinner à Christianà Saint  or  Sinnerà Saint

Are there three gates one must traverse in order to reach heaven or two or one or none?

What are the causes of change?