The sacrifice of Jesus is a gift from God to His faithful children, who love Him and show this love by striving with all their strength to obey His holy and eternal laws. Every human being is born in sin and needs Christ, but God does not send everyone to Christ, only those who please Him. The only way to please God is through fidelity to His instructions. No drop of the Lamb’s blood will be applied to those who live in declared disobedience to the laws that the Lord gave to the prophets in the Old Testament and to Jesus in the Gospels. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it.” Luke 8:21
Many Gentiles in churches know the laws of God revealed in the Old Testament, but still do not obey them. They feel safe ignoring the commandments because they have accepted the false doctrine of “unmerited favor”. With this false hope, they conclude that obedience is optional, something extra, since, for them, salvation is assured, whether they obey or not. The truth, however, is that at the final judgment they will have a bitter surprise, for this idea is not taught by Jesus in the Gospels. We are saved by pleasing the Father and being sent to the Son, and the Father is pleased with the Gentile who follows the same laws given to the nation set apart for His honor and glory. | “My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it.” Luke 8:21
Be careful how you read the Psalms! God did not inspire them to be admired as poetry, but as life instructions for the true children who wish to please the Lord and receive blessings, protection, and salvation from Him. When someone reads that the happy man is he who delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on it day and night, but he himself ignores the laws that God gave to the prophets and Jesus, he is, in fact, attracting the opposite of what he read. And he is also accumulating evidence against himself for the final judgment. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.” Psalms 119:4
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 earn 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 God’s Law, detach 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. Obey while you are alive. | “My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it.” Luke 8:21
You don’t need to be a theologian to conclude, without any doubt, that the most popular doctrine in most churches is false. Its catastrophic results speak for themselves. The doctrine of “unmerited favor” has led millions of souls into the fatal error of believing that they can, indeed, ignore the holy laws that God, our Creator, gave us through the prophets and Jesus, and still inherit eternal life. The sad reality is that this will not happen. Salvation is individual. No Gentile will rise 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. | “Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.” Psalms 119:4
Almost always, people who say that no one can obey God’s laws have never even tried. They like this phrase because it sounds convincing and seems to free them to continue in sin. But this argument does not fool God, who knows the true reason they do not follow His commandments. The truth is that no one will be blessed by God or saved by Jesus if they do not seek to follow all the laws He gave to the nation He set apart for His honor and glory. The Father observes the dedication of those who follow His laws, blesses them, and leads them to the Son. Any excuse for not obeying God is futile. | “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12
Of the twelve men Jesus called to follow Him, all were Jews. Jesus could have called at least one Gentile, as a sign that in the future the majority of His followers would be Gentiles, but He did not. He wanted to make it clear that there is no relationship between Him and those outside of Israel. Any Gentile can follow Jesus and achieve salvation, but first, he must unite with Israel. To unite with Israel, one must follow the same laws that the Lord gave 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 with Israel, and leads him to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense because it is true. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servant… who holds fast my covenant, these I will bring to my holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
The possibility of Jesus’ Father sending a declared disobedient to His beloved Son to benefit from His blood is absolutely zero. Unfortunately, millions of souls in churches do not see something so evident and prefer to cling to the illusion offered by the false doctrine of “unmerited favor,” believing that they will rise with Christ even while living in open disobedience to God’s laws, given to the prophets in the Old Testament. Jesus never taught this, nor did He commission anyone to teach it. What Jesus taught is that no one comes to the Son unless the Father sends him, and the Father only sends those who seek to follow His laws given to Israel, laws that Jesus Himself and His apostles followed. | “And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.” John 6:65
In Jesus’ days, there were followers of various religions in Jerusalem, but Jesus never showed interest in them, for the Messiah came only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Nothing has changed today. In none of the gospels did Jesus imply that He would create a new religion for the Gentiles, separate from the religion of His ancestors. The Gentile who seeks salvation in Jesus must follow the same laws that the Lord gave 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 with Israel, and leads him to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense because it is true. | “These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 10:5–6
The harsh truth is that millions of souls love the doctrine of “unmerited favor” because, though illusory, it gives them a false permission to love this world and still be welcomed into heaven. Unfortunately, Jesus never taught that such a possibility exists. If they truly want to inherit eternal life, they must set aside this fanciful gospel and cling only to what Jesus actually taught. What Jesus taught is that no one comes to the Son unless the Father sends him, but the Father does not send declared disobedients to Jesus; He sends those who seek to follow His laws, given to Israel, laws that Jesus Himself and His apostles followed. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.” John 6:65
