Enoch, Moses, and Elijah: three men whom God chose to take to heaven before the final judgment. The Lord observed their lives: their faithfulness to the laws, sacrifices, faith, and dedication. To say that the way they lived did not influence God’s decision to take them is absurd, but that is what the false doctrine of “unmerited favor” suggests: that nothing man does contributes to his salvation. The popularity of this doctrine lies in the false security that someone can keep enjoying the world, without obeying God’s laws, and still go up with Christ. This will not happen! We are saved by pleasing the Father and being sent to the Son, and the Father will never send declared disobedient people to Jesus. | “The Lord guides with unfailing love and constancy all who keep His covenant and obey His requirements.” (Psalm 25:10)
If anyone really had the power to abolish the powerful and unchangeable Law of God, they would have to be greater than the very God of the Scriptures , and that is impossible, because there is only one God, the Father of Jesus and our Father. When leaders say that the Law was annulled, whether for Jews or Gentiles, they teach something that neither the prophets who came before the Messiah nor the Messiah Himself taught. The apostles and disciples, who learned from the lips of Christ, were faithful to the commandments of the Most High: Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, beard, and everything the Lord commanded. 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)
Nowhere in the Old Testament or in the words of Jesus in the Gospels is it written that men only needed to obey God’s Law until the Messiah was sent and died for sins, as some churches teach. What qualifies a soul to receive the benefit of Christ’s sacrifice is precisely the pursuit of obeying God’s Law. Without this, there would be no criteria, and all souls would be saved. What Jesus taught is that it is the Father who sends us to the Son. And the Father only sends those who follow the same laws given to the nation He set apart for Himself with an everlasting covenant. God observes us and, seeing our obedience even in the face of opposition, He unites us to Israel and delivers us to Jesus. | “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)
When God made the covenant of faithfulness with Abraham, He ordered that all the men of his household, his descendants, and the Gentiles be circumcised as a physical sign of this covenant. Whoever was not circumcised would not be part of the covenant and would be without the promised divine protection. Jesus, His relatives, friends, apostles, and disciples were all circumcised according to this command of God. Nowhere in the Gospels did Jesus suggest that Gentiles were exempt from this eternal law because the Messiah came into the world, nor did He authorize any man, inside or outside the Bible, to change this commandment for the Gentiles. Just like Abraham, be approved in this test of faith and do not follow the majority just because they are many. | 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 them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Gentiles have always been part of the plan of salvation, but it was through the descendants of Abraham that the Lord designed this eternal plan. God did open the doors, yes , but He opened them **through Israel**, the people He set apart for Himself with an everlasting covenant. Any Gentile can join the people of God and be welcomed, but will have to keep the same commandments that the prophets, the apostles, and Jesus Himself kept, because the Father did not establish different laws for different peoples. The way has always been the same: obey what He commanded and then be sent to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still 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 them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
God is not lacking Gentiles in heaven. Those He has already sealed are sufficient, for God, being the omnipotent Creator, does not need any human being. If the Gentiles accepted this fact, something surprising would happen in the churches: they would lose that inflated self-esteem, humble themselves, repent of years of open disobedience, and begin to seek to faithfully obey all the laws that God gave to the prophets of the Old Testament and to Jesus in the Gospels. The Lord would heal them and send them to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just 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 them to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
So that no one would have an excuse at the final judgment, saying “I can’t,” Jesus lived and taught His apostles and disciples to faithfully obey every one of the commandments the Father revealed in the Old Testament. Not a single order from the Father was ignored by Jesus or by those who followed Him. All of them kept the beard as commanded, observed the Sabbath, did not eat unclean meats, were circumcised, wore the tzitzit, and fulfilled all the other commandments. And if the apostles and disciples, simple and flawed men like us, managed to obey God’s powerful Law, we Gentiles can too, we are neither better nor worse than they were. Do not follow the majority, 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)
The church environment is extremely hostile for the gentile who decides to obey the laws that God gave to Israel, the people He set apart for Himself. This gentile becomes a pioneer in a strange land, for almost no one around him follows the narrow path of obedience. But in heaven, God the Father and Jesus consider him great, because his faith and courage are also great. While many prefer the approval of men, he seeks to please the Creator, despite the obstacles. Therefore, protection and blessings continually accompany him, the Father honors those who honor His Law. 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)
There is a great deception in the churches: thinking that the biblical promises are for everyone, regardless of the life they lead. They ignore God’s powerful and eternal Law revealed to the prophets in the Old Testament, but continue quoting the promises of deliverance and prosperity from the same books. God never spoke this way. He has always blessed those who honor Him. It is obedience that opens the door to blessings and leads to the Lamb. Jesus trained apostles and disciples in obedience to the Father and, like them, Jew or Gentile, we must keep the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord to inherit eternal life. Salvation is individual; obey while you are alive. | “Oh, that their hearts would always be inclined to fear me and to keep all my commandments. Then it would go well with them and their children forever!” (Deuteronomy 5:29)
The key to solving all of life’s problems is to see each situation as it really is: a physical challenge that requires a spiritual intervention. God is spirit and we are primarily physical, therefore, the instructions He gave us to receive healing, peace, direction, protection, and salvation are also physical: His powerful commandments. When we obey each law revealed by the prophets before the Messiah and by the Messiah Himself, our physical life touches the spiritual world where the answers we seek are found. It is obedience that opens doors, that moves the heart of the Father, and that connects us to divine help. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still alive. | “If only they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, so that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” (Deuteronomy 5:29)
