The soul that desires to please God and ascend with Jesus must have this phrase as a principle of life: “I may not understand everything in the Scriptures, but I know that my Creator gave me laws to obey, and with all my strength, I will seek to follow them all faithfully. Let God do with me what He wills, but His laws I will obey.” This was the spirit of Job, who said: ”Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.” God never abandons this type of person; He gently guides them to still waters and sends them to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “You have commanded Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.” Psalms 119:4
The teaching that it is possible to have access to Jesus without being part of Israel, the people that God set apart for Himself with an eternal covenant, has no support in the words of Jesus in the Gospels. This teaching is not new but began as soon as Jesus returned to the Father. The serpent’s goal was to create a religion with traces of what Christ taught, but without the connection to Israel, because by doing so, it could achieve what has always been its target since Eden: that humans do not obey God’s laws. Any gentile can join the Israel of God by following the same laws that God gave to Israel. The Father sees their faith and courage, unites them with Israel, and sends them to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. | The gentile who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, and thus becomes His servant… and who keeps My covenant, I will also bring them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Nowhere in the Old Testament were we told that God gave us His Law without room for error, or that any deviation, no matter how small, would be unforgivable. We can see this clearly by observing that none of the great biblical characters were perfect, and God did not abandon them for their failures. The idea that obeying the Law requires perfection is a lie from the serpent, created shortly after Christ’s ascension, to divert gentiles from obedience to God. Jesus, the Lamb of God, was sacrificed to forgive those who fail but sincerely seek to follow the laws given by the prophets. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked… But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. Psalms 1:1-2
In the region where Jesus lived, there were millions of gentiles from various parts of the world. If He had come to create a religion for the gentiles, there would have been no shortage of candidates. However, Jesus never addressed them, nor invited them to follow Him, because He made it clear that He came only to teach and be the perfect sacrifice for His nation, Israel. 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, even in the face of 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 gentile who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, and thus becomes His servant… and who keeps My covenant, I will also bring them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
When God made the eternal covenant with Abraham and sealed this covenant with the sign of circumcision, He stated that all the nations of the earth, not just the Jews, would be blessed through this covenant. It is a mistake to think that Jesus came to found a new religion for the gentiles. From His birth to His death on the cross, Jesus remained faithful to Israel and never suggested that gentiles would be saved apart from Israel. The gentile who wishes to be saved by Christ must follow the same laws that the Father gave to the chosen nation for His honor and glory. The Father sees the faith and courage of this gentile, despite the difficulties. He pours out His love on him, unites him with Israel, and leads him to Jesus for forgiveness and salvation. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense because it is true. | The gentile who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, and thus becomes His servant… and who keeps My covenant, I will also bring them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
The devil may be cunning to us, human beings, but not to God. For centuries, the serpent has been brainwashing churches, diverting the attention of gentiles from the truths that the Lord has given us through His prophets in the Old Testament. The reason is simple: it was through these prophets that God delivered His laws to the human race, so that by obeying them, we may be blessed and sent to the Lamb for forgiveness and salvation. By downgrading the prophets, the serpent also downgrades the Law given to the prophets, thus achieving his eternal goal: that men do not obey God. 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 just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!” Deuteronomy 5:29
Millions of gentiles in churches imagine it to be a small and inconsequential thing to live in open disobedience to the holy laws that God gave to the prophets of the Old Testament and to Jesus in the Gospels. They have been swayed by the inclinations of the flesh and have gladly accepted the false doctrine of “unmerited favor,” because it is through this teaching that they deceive themselves, thinking they will be welcomed with open arms into heaven, even though they blatantly ignore God’s Law. Jesus never taught such a doctrine, nor did He entrust any man, within or outside the Bible, with this task. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “You have commanded Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.” Psalms 119:4
Many forget that the story of the fall and restoration of the human race did not begin after Christ’s ascension but started in Eden and passed through the prophets until it reached the Messiah. The plan of salvation taught to gentiles in churches practically ignores all of God’s teachings through His Old Testament prophets and Jesus in the Gospels. This grave error is not by chance but is part of the devil’s plan to achieve his eternal goal: to make humans not obey God’s laws. By downgrading the prophets, the serpent also downgraded the Law given to the prophets. Do not be deceived; no gentile is sent to Christ without seeking to follow the same laws given to Israel, laws that Jesus Himself and His apostles followed. | The gentile who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, and thus becomes His servant… and who keeps My covenant, I will also bring them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
There are no words to describe the absurdity of a person expecting God to meet their needs and bless them while showing God that they have no interest in obeying His holy laws. This sad reality is one of the inevitable fruits of the false doctrine of “unmerited favor,” taught in many churches for centuries. People suffer needlessly because they do not seek to obey God. Do not follow this lie just because the majority has accepted it. Be faithful to God’s laws, and He will transform your life and send you to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. | “We receive from Him whatever we ask because we obey His commandments and do what pleases Him.” 1 John 3:22
The Scriptures recount several cases of people who were especially blessed by God. Human beings like us, who were healed from serious illnesses, delivered from powerful enemies, and greatly prospered. They all had something in common: they were faithful to God’s laws and pleased the Lord with their lives. Many in the churches also seek God’s blessings but do not receive them because they have listened to false teachings. They learned that God blesses those who do not obey His laws revealed to the prophets of the Old Testament and to Jesus. Do not accept this lie just because the majority has accepted it. Seek to be faithful to God’s laws, and He will change your life and send you to the Son. | “We receive from Him whatever we ask because we obey His commandments and do what pleases Him.” 1 John 3:22
