The Bible is full of promises from God to those who obey Him. There is no promise for those who ignore His laws. However, if the doctrine of “unmerited favor” were true, then God’s promises would not be for those who seek to obey Him, but for those who do not earn it: liars, slanderers, violent people, and all who do not strive to deserve God’s goodness and salvation in Christ. In reality, many Gentiles in the church ignore God’s Law based on this false doctrine. What they do not realize is that they are being deceived by the serpent and tested by God, just as happened with Adam and Eve in Eden and with the Jews in the desert. Obey while you are alive. | God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. Deut 8:2

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