In the lake of fire, many will remember the times they felt uncomfortable reading the Lord’s commandments, but chose to follow their leaders, who preached disobedience as if it came from God. On that Day, the excuse “I didn’t know” will fall, because the powerful and eternal Law of God has always been written and accessible. Jesus never taught, in the four gospels, that obedience to the Father would be unnecessary for gentiles. There is only one plan of salvation, and Christ confirmed it by forming apostles and disciples in complete obedience. Jews or gentiles, we must live as they did, keeping the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. Salvation is individual: obey while you are alive. | “The assembly shall have the same laws, which will apply both to you and to the gentile who lives with you; this is a perpetual decree.” (Numbers 15:15)
If the doctrine of “unmerited favor” came from the Father, when the rich young man asked Jesus what he should do to be saved, Jesus would have said that nothing could be done, for trying anything would be seeking to deserve salvation, which would result in condemnation. However, Jesus did not give this absurd answer. Instead, He said that the young man needed to do three physical things: obey the Law of God, detach himself from wealth, and follow Him. The idea that the gentile does not need to obey God’s laws to be saved finds no support either in the Old Testament or in the words of Jesus. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. The end has already come! Obey while you are alive. | “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it.” (Luke 8:21)
The Law of God was given to Israel by God Himself, and part of it was literally written by Him with His own hands , this alone reveals the weight, holiness, and eternity of these commandments. Faithfully following each one of them has always been the basis of the relationship with the Most High. We, gentiles, are no exception: when we decide to obey the same Law that God gave to His chosen people, the Father receives us as part of Israel, recognizes our faithfulness, pours out His love on us, and then leads us to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still alive. | “The assembly shall have the same laws, which will apply both to you and to the gentile who lives with you; this is a perpetual decree.” (Numbers 15:15)
Even before the coming of Jesus, any gentile could already attain salvation by joining Israel and gaining access to the sacrificial system. There was never a time when other peoples were outside the plan of the Most High; what never existed was a separate plan. The way to access the Lamb never changed: both Jews and gentiles always needed to seek to obey the powerful Law of God to benefit from the Blood that purifies. The apostles and disciples, who learned from Jesus, obeyed all the commandments: they kept the Sabbath, rejected unclean meats, were circumcised, did not shave their beards, wore tzitzits, and obeyed the other laws given to the prophets. There is still time; obey God while you are alive. | The gentile who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who remains firm in my covenant, I will also bring to my holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
We live in a present that already has a future determined by God, a future without afflictions, without suffering and without tears, reserved only for those who do the opposite of what Adam and Eve did. Only for those who obey the Creator’s commands. The proponents of the doctrine of “unmerited favor” are leading millions to the lake of fire by teaching that man can repeat the error of Eden, live in conscious disobedience and, still, ascend with Jesus. It is a deadly lie, created by the serpent after the ascension of the Messiah and which today dominates most churches. The truth remains: only those who obey the Father are sent to the Son. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still alive. | “Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
Something very strange happens among the gentiles: they claim to believe in Jesus, but follow a plan of salvation that has nothing to do with what He actually taught in the four Gospels. The true teaching of Jesus was clear , salvation comes from the Jews, that is, it comes from the laws, the promises, and the people that God set apart for Himself with an eternal covenant. We, gentiles, if we want to be saved, must follow the same laws that the Lord gave to His people. This is not a new doctrine: it was exactly how Jesus lived and what He taught daily to His apostles and disciples, who faithfully obeyed all of God’s commandments. Do not follow the majority , obey while you are alive. | The gentile who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who remains firm in my covenant, I will also bring to my holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Many feel secure by attending church and using the name of Jesus in songs and prayers, but this does not prove that the Blood of the Lamb is upon them. Jews or gentiles, God has always set apart His own by the same criterion: whoever fears the Lord seeks to obey His powerful and eternal Law. This obedience does not save, but it reveals who truly wants to belong to the Most High. Then the Father blesses that soul and leads it to the Son for forgiveness and eternal life. Jesus taught obedience to the apostles and, like them, we have to keep the commandment of the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority , obey while you are alive. | Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord! will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven (Matthew 7:21)
We believe that Jesus is the Messiah sent by God because He fulfilled all the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. Details about the birth, life, death, and message of Jesus were revealed, including the most important: He would bear the sins of all who believe in Him. In none of these prophecies is it said that part of His mission would be to exempt gentiles from obeying each of the laws given to Israel, the people set apart by God. No man, whether inside or outside the Bible, received authority to change even a comma of God’s eternal Law. This is the greatest test of faithfulness in your life: to follow the prophets and Jesus, or to follow those who came after Him? | “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it.” (Luke 8:21)
Many in the church create doctrines without basis in the words of Jesus and spread them as truths, just because they sound good. One of these inventions is the lie that gentiles do not need to obey God’s laws, because no one would be able to, and that is why Jesus died. However, none of this is mentioned by the Lord’s prophets regarding the role of the Messiah, and in none of the gospels does Jesus affirm such a thing. Jesus came as a sacrifice for the sins of those who love the Father, and prove that love by seeking to follow all the laws that God gave to the chosen nation, sealed by a perpetual covenant. The Father does not send to the Son those who rebel against His laws. | “You have commanded your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
Being blessed by God has always been linked to faith and obedience to His holy Law. What the church teaches about faith does not correspond to what God taught us through His prophets and Jesus. True faith is not related to positive thinking, as many believe. Faith only brings blessings, protection, and salvation when it is manifested in physical actions, in what the person does, not in what happens in their mind. When someone overcomes shame, the fear of others’ judgment, and the whispers of the devil, and begins to follow all of God’s commandments, as Jesus and the apostles did, the blessings will surely come. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. The end has already come! Obey while you are alive. | “If only they always had in their hearts this disposition to fear me and to obey all my commandments. Then all would go well with them and with their descendants forever!” (Deuteronomy 5:29)
