None of the prophets in the Old Testament, nor Jesus in the Gospels, taught that Gentiles have a separate path to salvation. The idea accepted in many churches—that Gentiles are exempt from following the laws of Israel—is not only incorrect but also illogical. Why would God treat Gentiles differently from Israel? Do we, as Gentiles, have some inability that prevents us from being faithful to God, as so many of His servants were before and during Christ’s time? Are we inferior to Jesus’ family, friends, and apostles? Our salvation comes by following the same laws that the Father gave to the nation He chose for His honor and glory. The Father sees our dedication, unites us with Israel, and sends us to Jesus. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense—because it is true. | “The community is to have the same regulations for both you and the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance.” (Numbers 15:15)
According to history, after Christ’s ascension, several apostles obeyed the Great Commission and took the gospel that Jesus taught to the Gentile nations. Thomas went to India, Barnabas and Paul to Macedonia, Greece, and Rome, Andrew to Russia and Scandinavia, Matthias to Ethiopia, and the good news spread. The message they were to preach was the same one taught by Jesus, focused on the Father: to believe and obey—believe that Jesus came from the Father and obey the Father’s laws. The Holy Spirit would remind them of what Jesus had taught. Jesus did not establish a new religion for the Gentiles. No Gentile will enter unless they seek to follow the same laws given to Israel—the very laws that Jesus and His apostles followed. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. | “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord… and who hold fast to my covenant. I will bring them to my holy mountain.” (Isaiah 56:6-7)
In the churches, many are surprised by Israel’s disobedience and that of its kings, as well as the severe punishments they received from God throughout their history. However, they read these passages as outsiders, forgetting that they claim to worship the same God of Israel. False doctrines have led them to believe that because Jesus came into the world, the God who once required faithfulness to His commandments no longer does. The sad reality, however, is that these doctrines have no foundation in the words of Jesus in the four Gospels. No Gentile will enter unless they seek to follow the same laws given to Israel—the very laws that Jesus and His apostles followed. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. | “You have ordained your commandments, that we should keep them diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
No Gentile comes to Jesus without first being approved by the Father. Jesus made this clear: the Father sends the soul to Him, and Jesus cares for it, protects it from the evil one, and applies His blood to it, returning it to the Father (“No one comes to the Father except through Me”). It is the Father who decides who will be sent to the Son for salvation. If the Father is not pleased with someone, the blood of Christ cannot purify their sins. And who pleases the Father? Not the Gentile who lives in open disobedience to His laws in the Old Testament, but those who follow the same laws that Jesus and His apostles followed. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. The end has already come! Obey while you are still alive. | “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord… and who hold fast to my covenant. I will bring them to my holy mountain.” (Isaiah 56:6-7)
God is not in need of Gentiles in heaven. Those He has already sealed are sufficient, for God, being the omnipotent Creator, has no need for any human being. If Gentiles accepted this fact, something remarkable would happen in the churches: they would lose their inflated self-esteem, humble themselves, repent of years of open disobedience, and begin to seek faithful obedience to all the laws that God delivered through 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 still alive. | “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord… and who hold fast to my covenant. I will bring them to my holy mountain.” (Isaiah 56:6-7)
The prophecies of the Old Testament confirm that Jesus is the Messiah, and it was through them, along with signs and miracles, that many chose to follow Christ. However, there are no prophecies about someone coming after Christ with new teachings on salvation for the Gentiles, whether that person is within or outside the Bible. Only Jesus’ teachings on salvation are sufficient, and He made it clear that it is the Father who sends souls to the Son. There is no basis in the writings of the prophets or in the four Gospels to believe that the Father sends those who live in open disobedience to the commandments given in the Old Testament—the very same commandments that Jesus and His apostles followed. | “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord… and who hold fast to my covenant. I will bring them to my holy mountain.” (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Never in the history of the human race has anything like this happened. The Gentiles claim to worship the God of the Scriptures, but they don’t even bother to hide the fact that they don’t obey His laws. And they go even further: if someone decides to follow the Father’s laws, they are accused of rejecting the Son and are therefore considered condemned. As if Jesus had died to save the rebels. Don’t fall for this deception! The Father only sends to the Son those Gentiles who follow the same laws given to the nation He has 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. | “However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.” (John 6:37)
Saying that obeying the Law of the Father of Jesus is the same as rejecting Jesus is one of the most offensive statements possible, and yet it is one of the favorite slogans of those who defend the false doctrine of “unmerited favor.” The phrase is absurd and deceptive, but many embrace it because it encourages disobedience to God’s laws while creating the false impression that they are pleasing Him. Do not fall for this lie of the serpent, whose purpose since Eden has always been the same: to lead humanity into disobedience to God. 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 does not send the disobedient to His Son. | “You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.” Deut 4:3
Whenever we read in the four Gospels that one must believe in Jesus to be saved, the listeners were Jews who were already following the laws of God given through the prophets of the Old Testament. They were circumcised, kept the Sabbath, wore tzitzit, maintained their beards, and refrained from eating unclean foods. What they lacked was faith that Jesus was the Messiah sent by the Father. At no point did Jesus teach that by believing in Him, a person could disobey the holy laws of His Father and still inherit eternal life. This false doctrine was created by men, inspired by the serpent. No Gentile will be taken to heaven without seeking to follow the same laws that Jesus and His apostles observed. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. | “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
If God does not consider people’s merit to bring them to heaven, what is His criterion? To whom is the blood of Christ applied, if not to the souls who have sacrificed the pleasures of the world to follow Him? Isn’t that what Jesus commanded us? That we should lose our lives in this world to find them in heaven? The doctrine of “unmerited favor” has not a single drop of support in the words of Jesus and is therefore false, even if it is ancient and popular. This heresy comes from men inspired by the serpent, with the intent of convincing the Gentiles to disobey the laws of God given through His prophets in the Old Testament and through Jesus. Since Eden, this has been Satan’s focus. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. | “You have ordained your commandments, that we should keep them diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
