If you think a ministry is from God because of the preachers’ appearance, good music, or the number of churches, you are more naive than you think. How do you expect the devil to present himself? Deception never comes with an ugly appearance, but with aesthetics, emotion, and success. The true messenger of God is recognized by one simple and non-negotiable thing: he teaches exactly what God commanded: to obey His commandments. This was the case with the apostles of Jesus, who learned directly from Him and lived in full faithfulness to every commandment revealed to the prophets of the Old Testament. Any ministry that leads away from obedience does not come from heaven. 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 in Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
The only spokesperson who came directly from the Father was the Son. Jesus clearly stated that everything He spoke came from the Father. His words must be our filter for all doctrines regarding salvation. Any doctrine that arose after the ascension of Jesus is only true if it agrees with what He taught. The doctrine of “unmerited favor” does not fit the words of Jesus and is therefore false. It does not matter its origin, how long it has existed, or its popularity, it remains false. What Jesus taught is that it is the Father who sends us to the Son. And the Father only sends those who follow the same laws given to the nation He set apart for Himself with an everlasting covenant. God does not send declared disobedient people to His Son. | “Ah! My people! Those who guide you mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.” (Isaiah 3:12)
Jesus exposed the false religion of the Pharisees, who traded the commandments of the Most High for doctrines of men. Today, the same is being done in churches, by teaching a plan of salvation for gentiles without obedience to the powerful and eternal Law of God. If there were a “special way” for gentiles, Christ would have taught it, but none of the four gospels bring such heresy. What we have is the example of the apostles who learned from Jesus how Jews and gentiles should live. They obeyed the whole Law: Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, beard, and all the 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 foreigner living among you; this is a lasting ordinance.” (Numbers 15:15)
Who praises only wants good, right? Wrong! Since Jesus ascended to heaven, the enemy has exalted the cross in a distorted way, praising it so that the gentiles ignore the work of the Father, which came before. Thus, many believe they can honor the Son while despising the laws of the Father, a deadly contradiction. To benefit from the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, the Father searches hearts and only sends to the Son those gentiles who seek to faithfully keep His commandments, revealed to the prophets in the Old Testament. All the apostles and disciples kept God’s laws and followed Jesus. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | “I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me; and they have obeyed your word [the Old Testament].” (John 17:6)
If a Christian feels low on faith, the first thing to do is to evaluate their faithfulness to God: have I been faithful to the powerful commandments of the Father and the Son? Faith does not disappear without reason, it weakens when the soul begins to ignore what God commanded in the Old Testament and what the Messiah Himself confirmed in the four Gospels. Obedience rekindles faith, restores courage, opens the doors of blessings, and puts the heart back on the path of salvation. Whoever decides to honor each commandment of the Most High sees their faith grow because the Father draws near, strengthens, sustains, and sends that soul to the Son. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | “We receive from Him whatever we ask because we obey His commandments and do what pleases Him.” (1 John 3:22)
We have never been as close to the end of this world as we are now. The signs are many and are everywhere, and the speed with which they happen, one after another, leaves no doubt that the end is upon us. God is sounding the final warnings about the need to faithfully obey the holy and eternal Law that He gave us in the Old Testament to be sent to Jesus and attain salvation. For centuries, God has endured the church’s disregard for His Law, but now the shaking and the harvest begin. No Gentile will be taken to heaven if he does not seek to follow the same laws that Jesus and His apostles followed, for there is no other way. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
Although there are many who call themselves Bible experts, the truth is that we know very little about the spiritual world. God wanted it to be this way and, for this reason, gave us simple instructions about salvation through His prophets in the Old Testament and through Jesus in the four Gospels. Daily, the apostles and disciples of Jesus heard His teachings and saw His example of life. They obeyed all of God’s commandments, without exception, just as the Master did. If we truly want to be saved, as they were, we must obey all the commandments of Jesus’ Father. Do not follow the majority, follow only Christ. | “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it.” (Luke 8:21)
Since Jesus returned to heaven, God has allowed the devil to spread lies about salvation as a test for us. Just as Adam, Eve, and Israel were tested by obedience, so we Gentiles are being tested now. The only way to know if we are on the right path is by obeying all the commandments that God revealed through the prophets who preceded the Messiah and by the Messiah Himself in the four Gospels. Any teaching that arose after Jesus returned to the Father must be rejected, for it comes from the serpent, whose purpose has always been the same since Eden: to lead souls to disobedience and, ultimately, to eternal death. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | God led them all the way in the desert to humble them and test them, to know what was in their hearts and whether or not they would obey His commandments. (Deuteronomy 8:2)
At Meribah, when there was no water for the people, God ordered Moses to speak to the rock and water would come out, but he disobeyed and struck the rock, ignoring the Lord’s clear instruction. As punishment, he did not enter the promised land. Every commandment of God must be obeyed strictly if we want blessings and not punishment. Many churches lie, claiming that Gentiles do not need to obey God’s powerful and unchanging Law for salvation. But, whether Jews or Gentiles, we can only be sure of salvation if we live as Jesus and His apostles lived, obeying all the commandments: the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, wearing tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. Salvation is individual; obey while you are alive. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
The only guarantee we have of pleasing God and rising with Jesus is to live in absolute faithfulness to His holy Law, revealed in the Old Testament and confirmed in the four Gospels. No other path leads to salvation. Even so, many leaders continue to teach the absurd lie that people will rise without needing to obey the Lord. Flee from this heretical teaching! Both the Father and the Son were clear: among all that was revealed, nothing is more valuable than obedience. Without obedience, the soul will never be sent to the Lamb of God, for the Father does not deliver rebels to the Son. 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)
