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The words of the Holy Bible are as relevant today as they were in any previous generation and contain everything that is needed for an individual to gain the hope of the salvation that God has promised in the Holy Bible. The New Testament complements, enlarges and emphasizes the Old Testament so much so that the two cannot be separated, because both have the same message for every generation to the present. That message is not a hidden message or mysterious communication, but a plain and simple plea from God - as a would a doting father to his child - to reverence Him by compliance to His word together with a sincere private admission of personal sin against Him complemented with a life-long repentance in heart and mind. The Holy Bible teaches that repentance is practice of an active belief in Jesus Christ throughout ones life by exercising the mind in the spirit of the words of the Holy Bible in order to bring about a constant change in personal attitude over time which eventually leads to a permanent change in character (a miracle in itself), and the Holy Bible contains everything that is needed to do it. There are no mighty miracles, mysterious rituals or odious works to be done except topractice a simple, active and convicting faith in the promises of God contained in the Holy Bible by keeping the commandments of Christ and increasing reverence for God (as an increasingly dependant child does on a loving and kind Father) Who readily forgivesrepentant sinners but not those who repeatedly rebel against Him and deny His Son’s truth claims.