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)
The enemy has deceived millions of gentiles by making it seem that the sacrifice of Jesus dispenses with obedience to the laws that God revealed in the Old Testament. But Jesus never taught this. On the contrary, He showed, with words and example, that salvation begins when the Father is pleased with someone’s obedience and sends them to the Son, whether that person is a Jew or a gentile. Whoever lives ignoring the Lord’s commandments follows a plan of salvation invented by men, not the one that came from the lips of the Savior. All the apostles and disciples faithfully obeyed the Father’s Law. 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)
The focus of God the Father and of Jesus has always been Israel, the nation that God set apart for His honor and glory. All the promises of blessings were destined for Israel. The few times God blessed other peoples, it was as a reward for having helped Israel, as happened with the midwives in Egypt. To deny this is to deny the facts clearly revealed in the Old Testament and in the words of Jesus in the Gospels. Any gentile can join Israel and be blessed by God, as long as they follow the same laws that the Lord gave to Israel. 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. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense because it is true. | “Just as the laws of the sun, the moon, and the stars are immutable, so also the descendants of Israel will never cease to be the nation before God forever.” (Jeremiah 31:35-37)
When Nebuchadnezzar ordered everyone to bow before the golden statue, three young Israelites , Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego , refused. They preferred the fiery furnace to disobedience to God. And for this faithfulness, the Lord delivered them from the fire and was with them. Today, the statue is symbolic: it is the many churches that teach worship mixed with disobedience. Whoever yields to the majority bows to error and moves away from the Father. But whoever remains faithful to God’s laws, even if alone, is sent by the Father to Jesus for forgiveness and blessings. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority , obey while you are alive. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to serve him, being thus his servant… and who holds fast to my covenant, I will also bring to my holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Throughout the entire ministry of Jesus, as He walked with His disciples, there was only one plan of salvation, clear and unchanging, the same taught since creation, for Jews and Gentiles: to obey the Law of God given to His prophets and be purified by the blood of the Lamb. There was no special path for non-Jews, nor a faith without obedience, nor a promise of heaven for rebels. All this arose years later, when the serpent inspired men to create doctrines that were never taught by the Messiah. The truth, however, has not changed over time. The Father continues to send to the Son only those who seek to obey. Do not follow the majority. Obey while you are still alive. | “The assembly must have the same laws for you and for the foreigner living with you; this is a lasting ordinance.” (Numbers 15:15)
When King Saul despised God’s laws, all revelations ceased. Desperate, he ended up seeking a witch, a servant of Satan, for guidance. Nowadays, the same thing happens. Whoever desires revelations from the Lord but ignores His holy and eternal laws given to the prophets of the Old Testament will be deceived by the enemy, just like Saul. There is no point in expecting revelations from God while living in disobedience. However, by obeying His laws, access to the Throne will open, and the Almighty will guide the person and send them to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey God’s Law while you are alive. | “You have laid down your precepts, that we should fully obey them.” (Psalm 119:4)
Jesus referred to His apostles and disciples as His little flock , little because they were not part of the majority, and flock because, like faithful sheep, they followed only the voice of Jesus, their Shepherd. What is taught today in most churches about salvation did not come from Jesus, but from men who appeared years after Christ. The flock of Jesus is made up of those who seek, with all their heart, to obey all the commandments that God gave us through His prophets of the Old Testament. Only these does the Father send to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. Do not follow the majority , follow only Christ. | “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)
The obedient Christian does not follow God’s Law to be saved without Christ. He knows he was born a sinner and needs the Blood of the Lamb to be purified. But he also understands that the Father does not send to the Son those who live in rebellion. Only those who please Him, obeying His powerful laws revealed by the prophets in the Old Testament, are led to the Messiah for forgiveness and salvation. The Blood does not cover the disobedient; it covers the faithful, those who strive to fulfill the Father’s will in everything. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority , 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)
