Many in the church seek God in prayer, asking Him to reveal the plan for their lives, for they feel lost, stagnant, and without direction. However, the basis for discovering God’s plan lies in obedience to His laws. When God sees that someone is seeking to follow His laws revealed to the prophets of the Old Testament, even in the face of opposition, everything changes between him and God. The Lord begins a personal relationship with that person and reveals the purpose for their life. God reveals nothing to those who know His laws but ignore them; but to those who obey, He pours out blessings, protection, and sends them to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. | “The Lord guides with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his requirements.” (Psalm 25:10)
Every night, when going to bed, the good and faithful servant rests with a peaceful heart. He gives thanks for another day lived under the protection of the Most High, but his greatest joy is knowing he is one day closer to heaven. His longing is not for earthly things, but for the presence of God. This peace comes from obedience, from the certainty of having done everything the Creator commanded. He lives as the apostles and disciples lived, faithfully obeying all the commandments revealed by God in the Old Testament and by Jesus in the four Gospels. The faithful servant does not fear the future, for he meditates on the Law of the Lord day and night. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked… But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1-2
When Jesus sent the apostles to the nations to make disciples, He did not command them to create a gospel adapted for the gentiles, but to preach what already existed among them: faith in the Messiah and faithfulness to the Father’s laws. Both Jesus and the apostles followed all of God’s commandments revealed to the prophets in the Old Testament: they were circumcised, kept the Sabbath, wore the tzitzit, kept their beards, and did not eat unclean foods. What the gentiles are learning in the churches is not the teaching of Jesus, but something invented by men inspired by the serpent. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. The end has already come! Obey while you are alive. | “Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
The two most important things God did to restore the relationship with the human race after the fall were, first, to give us His laws so that we would understand what He requires of us, and second, to send His Son as the final sacrifice for the sins of those who wish to be restored. The sending of the Messiah was prophesied and accompanied by signs so that we would know He was the one sent by the Father. But as for God’s laws, all are eternal, and there are no prophecies about any messenger, inside or outside the Bible, with the mission to cancel, alter, or adapt them. The truth is: no gentile will ascend without seeking to follow the same laws given to Israel, laws that Jesus Himself and His apostles followed. Do not follow the majority because they are many. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
Worthiness is for God to decide, for He searches the hearts. One thing is certain: whoever insists on not deserving salvation will surely reap what they have sown. God did not leave us without guidance; He gave us specific laws so that we may be sent to Jesus and receive forgiveness and salvation. The person who thinks: “I do not deserve to be saved, I will not follow God’s laws, but even in disobedience, Jesus will save me” lives in an illusion, with no support in what Jesus taught in the Gospels. Salvation is individual. No gentile will ascend without seeking to follow the same laws given to Israel, laws that Jesus Himself and His apostles followed. Do not follow the majority because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “This is the will of God: that I should lose none of those He has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.” (John 6:39)
The soul will never find peace with God while living in open disobedience to the orders He gave us through the prophets in the Old Testament, the same ones that Jesus and His apostles faithfully followed. Trying to bypass the Father and seek the Son for peace is useless, for Jesus made it clear that no one comes to Him unless sent by the Father. A person may let themselves be deceived by the serpent and believe, for a time, that they have found peace in disobedience, but soon they will realize the reality, and the problems will return. The Lord will never refuse peace, blessings, and salvation to any soul, but it must surrender completely to Him, in total faithfulness to His laws. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. | “The Lord guides with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his requirements.” (Psalm 25:10)
When the rich young man asked Jesus what he should do to inherit eternal life, the Master did not answer: “Nothing! Just believe that I exist.” Of course not! This is the lie that has spread through the churches, a gospel without obedience, without effort, and without commitment. Jesus was direct: ”Keep the commandments.” Salvation was never for those who merely believe, but for those who live in obedience to the Father’s laws revealed by the prophets in the Old Testament and reaffirmed by the Son in the four Gospels. The Father sees who obeys, and only these are sent to the Son for blessings and salvation. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
Based on the doctrine of “unmerited favor,” many in the church think: ”No one deserves to be saved, so I won’t even try to obey God’s commandments; I’ll keep ignoring His laws.” However, the reality is that Jesus never taught such nonsense. People love to use this phrase because it conveys an image of humility, but deep down, they do not want to follow the narrow path that leads to eternal life. They may deceive others, but they do not deceive God, who searches the hearts. The gentile who wishes to be saved by Christ must follow the same laws that the Father gave to the nation chosen for His honor and glory. The Father sees the faith and courage of that gentile, despite the difficulties. He pours out His love upon him, unites him to Israel, and leads him to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. | “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:44)
At the Final Judgment, millions of Christians will panic when they realize they were deceived by a gospel without obedience, which never came from the lips of Jesus. They will blame their leaders, but it will be too late, because each one chose to ignore the powerful and eternal Law of God, even though the Lord revealed it through His prophets in the Scriptures. In none of the four gospels did Christ teach salvation for gentiles without obedience to the Father. There is only one plan, and for more than three years the Savior trained apostles and disciples to obey God in everything. 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 must have the same laws, which will apply both to you and to the gentile who lives among you; this is a perpetual decree.” (Numbers 15:15)
There is nothing more important for a human being than to follow each of God’s laws exactly as they were given, without changing even a comma. When a person adjusts or ignores a commandment based on what they read or heard, whether inside or outside the Bible, they have already fallen into the same trap as the serpent that deceived Eve. God is testing the gentiles today, just as He tested the Jews in the past, to see whether or not we obey the holy and eternal Law that He gave to the nation He set apart for Himself with an eternal covenant, sealed by circumcision. The Father does not bless or send rebels to the Son. We have already reached the end. Obey while you are alive! | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
