God’s promises are not for those who know what was promised; they are for the faithful. Many Christians ignore the commandments revealed in the Old Testament, but claim the promises as if disobedience had no consequence. God is not deceived. Whoever rejects the Law rejects God’s own process for His blessings and will not be brought to the Lamb for forgiveness and salvation. Jesus did not teach a gospel without obedience; He trained apostles and disciples to obey the Father. 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. | “Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!” (Deuteronomy 5:29)
Man cannot choose whether he is born rich or poor, dark or blond, healthy or sick, but the most important choice of all has been given to him: to decide his final destiny. Each soul can choose between obeying the powerful commandments that God revealed in the Old Testament and that Jesus and His apostles obeyed, or following the broad path of disobedience that leads to eternal death. The Father observes each one’s decisions and only sends to the Son those who choose faithfulness. 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)
Some use the behavior of the church after the ascension of Christ as justification to ignore clear commandments of the Most High, such as the Sabbath, circumcision, the beard, and the tzitzits, as if human rebellion had the authority to “update” God. But the Creator does not change and His Law does not change. Jesus lived in perfect faithfulness, and His apostles and disciples, taught by Him every day, followed exactly the same path. What happened years later does not define the plan of salvation; it only reveals how many allowed themselves to be deceived. The standard remains Christ. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still alive. | “Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1 John 2:2-5
In some churches they are teaching that we should abandon various laws of God because the early church supposedly did so after Jesus returned to the Father. How can anyone accept this argument? At what point did God instruct His people to copy the rebellion of ordinary men? The Most High gave us the Messiah as a model, not the wayward as a reference. And Jesus, along with the apostles and disciples who learned directly from Him, obeyed every commandment revealed in the Old Testament, without exception. We do not follow rebels; we follow Christ. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still alive. | “Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1 John 2:2-5
There is a huge difference between preaching about Jesus and preaching what Jesus preached. What He instructed in words and example, in the four gospels, is nothing like what many churches teach to the gentiles. Christ never even hinted that there is salvation for any human being, Jew or gentile, without obedience to the Father’s Law. The apostles and disciples, who learned directly from the Master, show us how Jesus wants us to live. They were faithful to the whole Law: the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, the beard, and all the other commandments. Salvation is individual; obey while you are alive. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who holds fast to My covenant, I will also bring him to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Many forget that the story of the fall and restoration of the human race did not begin after the ascension of Christ, but started in Eden and passed through the prophets until it reached the Messiah. The plan of salvation taught to the gentiles in churches practically ignores all of God’s teachings through His prophets in the Old Testament and through Jesus in the Gospels. This very serious error is not by chance, but is part of the devil’s plan to achieve his eternal goal: to make human beings disobey God’s laws. By belittling the prophets, the serpent also belittled the Law given to the prophets. Make no mistake, 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 foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who holds fast to My covenant, I will also bring them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
You have not yet experienced true peace and the blessings of God until the day you decide to obey His powerful Law revealed to the prophets in the Old Testament. This is the turning point, when obedience to the Lord becomes more valuable than the approval of people. Yes, this path may bring rejection, even from the church and family members, but it is also the path in which the Father is pleased and pours out His presence in a real and constant way. It is when He sees your faithfulness, even in the midst of rejection, that He unites you to Israel and sends you to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | “Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!” (Deuteronomy 5:29)
Jesus never said He came to take unrepentant sinners to heaven. He came to call those who recognize their sins and decide to abandon them. For God, to repent is to stop living in disobedience. Whoever knows the Lord’s commandments, given to the prophets in the Old Testament and to Jesus in the four gospels, but does not strive to keep them exactly as they were given, has not yet repented. The Father does not send conscious disobedient people to the Son. To repent is to prove to God, with actions, that we desire to please Him. Do not follow the majority, obey God’s Law while you are alive. | “You have commanded your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
This life is just a short period of testing and decision, a very brief interval compared to the eternity that awaits us. Here, while we breathe, each human being decides where they will go when the last day of the test arrives. There will be no appeal, no second chance, no change of course after death. It is now, while we are still alive, that we choose to obey the powerful commandments that God revealed through the prophets before the Messiah and through the Messiah Himself, or to follow the broad path of disobedience that leads to eternal death. The apostles and disciples loved the Son and obeyed all the Father’s laws. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still alive. | “They rebelled against me. They disobeyed my laws and did not keep my commandments, which give life to those who keep them.” (Ezekiel 20:21)
A common mistake is to think that speaking or singing about Christ is enough to be saved, as if God applies the Blood without looking at the person’s life. Jews or Gentiles, the Father delights only in those who seek to obey His powerful and eternal Law, because this shows faith, reverence, and a real desire for eternal life. Such a soul is received by the Father, blessed, and sent to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. Any message that separates salvation from obedience is a deception of the serpent. Jesus prepared obedient disciples as an example for all of us. They kept the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. Salvation is individual; 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)
