God does not accept substitutions. He is pleased with those who do exactly what He asks and rejects those who know His requirements but do something different. The first proof of this rule was with Abel and Cain. Cain did not offer something bad to God; in his mind, the fruits of the earth seemed like a good offering. However, God rejected it because it was not what He had asked for. God gave us His laws through the prophets of the Old Testament and Jesus in the Gospels so that they would be obeyed exactly as they were given. Only those who are willing to follow what God has commanded us, just as it was said, please the Father and are sent to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)

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