Every primary doctrine, doctrines that have to do with the salvation of souls, must be filtered through the words of Jesus to be true. What is being preached to the gentiles about salvation is not based on the Gospels and, therefore, is false. Jesus never taught that His Father’s Law was canceled or altered to make salvation easier for gentiles. For centuries, our Jewish brothers who lived up to Jesus followed God’s laws in the Old Testament, including Jesus Himself, His relatives, friends, apostles, and disciples. There is nothing wrong with us; if they can do it, we can too. And not only can we, but we must, if we want the Father to send us to the Son. | “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)
Only those who seek to obey all the commandments of the Father testify that they truly believe in the Son and are part of His flock. True faith is always manifested in obedience, it was this way since Eden, it was this way in the days of the prophets, and it remains this way after the coming of the Messiah. This was also the profile of all the apostles and disciples of Jesus: simple men, but deeply committed to living out every commandment revealed by the Father. They followed the Son because they first honored the Father. Whoever wishes to be part of Christ’s flock must live as they lived, on the narrow path of obedience. Salvation is individual. 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 [Old Testament].” (John 17:6)
Jesus was clear with His apostles and disciples when He said that He was the only source of truth. He stated that everything He spoke, and even the way He spoke, came from the Father. At no time, in the four gospels, did He say that the truth would also come from men who would appear years after His return to the Father. The plan of salvation heard in most churches did not come from the lips of Jesus, but from flawed human beings, like all of us. The truth of Jesus is to believe that He was sent by the Father and to obey all the holy and eternal commandments of the Father, without exception. Do not follow the majority, follow Jesus. 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)
The plan of salvation taught in most churches wrongly claims that gentiles do not need to follow the laws God gave to His people in the Old Testament, for they were exempted from obedience with the coming of the Messiah. Jesus never taught disobedience to the commandments of the Father. This heresy was fabricated by humans inspired by the serpent, years after the ascension of Christ. The purpose is the same as in Eden: to convince souls to disobey the Creator and lead them to the lake of fire, prepared for Satan, his fallen angels, and rebellious men. The apostles and disciples, who learned from the lips of Jesus, faithfully obeyed God’s laws. 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 him to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Tragically, many gentiles will face eternal death, even believing themselves to be Christians. They found Jesus, but rejected the process established by God since the beginning of humanity. The Father determined that salvation begins with obedience: man must please God by fulfilling the commandments He gave to His prophets in the Old Testament. Only then does the Father recognize him as part of Israel, His chosen people, and send him to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This is how the apostles and disciples of Jesus attained salvation. Outside of this process, there is no reconciliation or eternal life. 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)
To say you have a relationship with Jesus but consciously ignore the wonderful commandments of Jesus’ Father is to live a dangerous illusion. The true relationship with the Son begins when the Father recognizes us as obedient to His will. Jesus does not receive the rebellious, but those whom the Father sends, and the Father will never deliver to the Son a soul that despises His laws given to the prophets in the Old Testament. The love of the Son is reserved for those who love the Father in actions, not just in words. Obedience is the link that unites the Father and the Son to those who desire salvation. 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 God of the Scriptures calls us to obedience. If your Christianity consists only of emotions, fleeting sensations, tears, or chills, you are placing your hopes in a man-made god, a biblically-shaped idol, but completely disconnected from the living God who demands faithfulness to His holy Law. The Father never taught that emotion saves; He taught that obedience saves. Jesus lived this way, the apostles lived this way, and any gentile who desires eternal life must live this way as well. True faith does not rely on feelings, but on practical, daily, and courageous obedience. 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 in Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
One of the main reasons that will lead millions of gentiles to the lake of fire is the almost irrational instinct to believe that the crowd must be right. Salvation is individual, and this is a blessing, because if it were collective, no one would ascend, since the majority stray from the narrow path that leads to the door of salvation. It is rare to find, even within the church, a soul that desires to please God to the point of obeying the laws He clearly commanded us. Once again, 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 him to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
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)
