The faithful servant does not make decisions based on what he thinks is right, but on what the Lord commanded through the prophets and Jesus. He discards his own understanding and accepts the Law of God without questioning, because he recognizes that, even when something seems right, his mind is fallible, but the Creator is perfect in everything. The gentiles whom the Father sends to the Son for forgiveness and salvation have this attitude. Even if the majority ignore the laws of God revealed in the Old Testament, he chooses to go against the tide and obey the Father’s laws with all his strength. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. The end has already come! Obey while you are alive. | “You have commanded your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
If the doctrine of “unmerited favor” were true, none of God’s commandments would make sense: why would God require anything from us if, for Him, obedience made no difference at all? This teaching common in churches has no support in the Old Testament, and even less in the words of Jesus in the Gospels. Worthiness is something for God to decide, for He searches hearts and knows the motivation of each one. Our part is to seek to obey all of God’s laws. If we do this with dedication, the Lord will see our effort, bless us, and lead us to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey the laws of the Lord while you are alive. | “Do not add to or take away anything from the commandments I give you. Simply obey the commandments of the Lord your God.” (Deuteronomy 4:2)
When the Great Judge sits and the truth comes to light, millions of Christians will understand too late that trusting their leaders was fatal. They had the Scriptures, knew the Father’s commands, but preferred the easy way, accepting the false doctrine of “unmerited favor” as a license to ignore the powerful and eternal Law of God. The weeping will be great, but there will be no review of the sentence. In none of the four gospels did Jesus present a plan of salvation for gentiles without obedience. For years, He trained apostles and disciples to obey God in everything. Jews or gentiles, we have to keep 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)
Never in the history of the human race has anything like this happened. The gentiles claim to worship the God of the Scriptures, but do not even bother to hide that they do not obey His laws. And they go further: if someone decides to follow the Father’s laws, they are accused of rejecting the Son and, therefore, are considered condemned. As if Jesus had died to save the rebels. Do not fall for this deception! The Father only sends to the Son the gentiles who follow the same laws given to the nation He set apart for Himself with an eternal covenant. The Father sees the faith and courage of this gentile, despite the challenges. He pours out His love on him, unites him to Israel, and leads him to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense because it is true. | “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” (John 6:37)
Jesus mentioned specific sins, such as adultery, murder, and hatred, in the Sermon on the Mount to show that He did not come to abolish the laws that His Father gave to the prophets of Israel. If the holy and eternal Law could simply be canceled, Jesus would not have needed to come, for sin would not exist. Jesus came and died for the sins of those who truly love God and prove that love by striving, with effort and faith, to follow all the laws He gave to the chosen nation with the eternal covenant of circumcision. For the gentile who consciously rejects these laws, there is no forgiveness or salvation. We are at the end, 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)
In the time of the prophets and kings, people from various nations passed through Israel. To these, God did not allow participation in the temple sacrifices. But some were impressed with the God of Israel and wished to participate in the same faith. To benefit from the atoning sacrifice, they would have to join Israel, obeying all the laws that the Lord gave to the nation. None of this has changed. The gentile who wishes to be purified by the sacrifice of Christ, the true Lamb, still needs to join the Israel of God, obeying the same laws revealed by the prophets in the Old Testament, exactly as the apostles and disciples obeyed. Do not follow the majority, 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)
When God gave His commandments to the prophets of the Old Testament, it was clear that the purpose was to instruct all human beings about what He requires of us to restore the relationship that was lost in Eden. Whoever seeks to obey God from the heart has their sins washed by the Blood of the Lamb; whoever ignores Him retains God’s wrath upon themselves. At the final judgment, right after hearing the terrible eternal sentence, many Christians will say: “Oh, how foolish I was! I was warned, but I ignored it. What would it have cost me to obey all of God’s Law in those few years on earth?” Obey while you are alive. | “The Lord guides with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his requirements.” (Psalm 25:10)
The inclusion of the gentile among the people of God did not begin with the coming of Jesus, as many think; since ancient times, gentiles have joined the children of God, always by the same principle: submission to the Creator’s laws. The blood of the Lamb purifies every soul that surrenders to the Creator through obedience to His laws. That is why no one, Jew or gentile, should expect access to Jesus while despising commandments that are written and were lived by the apostles and disciples: keeping the Sabbath, abstaining from unclean meats, circumcision, not shaving the beard, wearing tzitzits, and obeying the other laws of the Lord. Salvation is individual. 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 him to my holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Since Eden, it has been clear that the serpent’s goal is to lead human beings to disobey God. Today, in the church, almost everyone ignores the commandments that God gave to His prophets in the Old Testament. How can there be any doubt that millions have accepted the same lie that Eve accepted? The majority live in open disobedience to God’s Law, but insist on saying that God is happy with them, that the Creator no longer requires obedience from people, and that they certainly will not die. 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. The end has already come! 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 them to my holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
For centuries, the church has made little of the true people of God and, at the same time, uses the Messiah as if He had founded a new religion for gentiles. God did not set apart for Himself a “nation of gentiles”; He set apart Israel. The gentile is not saved by a separate plan, but by joining the people of the covenant, obeying the powerful and eternal Law of God. In none of the four gospels did the Son teach salvation without His Father’s Law. For more than three years, the Savior trained apostles and disciples to obey 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)
