To call a Pharisee someone who loves God and seeks to obey His commandments is, in fact, something demonic. Contrary to what many leaders preach in churches, Jesus never rebuked the Pharisees for obeying His Father’s Law, but because they taught and did not practice. They were not obedient , they were hypocrites. Jesus always defended obedience to the Law that His Father gave to the prophets in the Old Testament. The apostles and disciples, who learned directly from the Master, were faithful to all the Lord’s commandments, and so must we be. 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)
No gentile comes to Jesus without 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 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 him to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
The church is full of impactful words and phrases that impress , faith, love, restoration, hope , but many do not realize that, without obedience, they are just empty sounds. What we hear, sing, or repeat does not move the Most High; God has never been influenced by emotional speeches, which anyone can make, but always by physical acts of faithfulness to His powerful commandments revealed by the prophets before the Messiah and by the Messiah Himself. The soul that desires to please God needs to go beyond words and enter the path of real obedience, because only this obedience is recognized by the Father. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still alive. | Now that you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. (John 13:17)
Contrary to what many believe, God did not send His Son into the world to found a new religion for the gentiles. Jesus came as the promised Messiah and as the sacrifice for the sins of the nation that the Father chose for His honor and glory , Israel. He Himself declared that He was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. However, any gentile can join the people of the eternal covenant by following the same laws that the Father gave to Israel. When the Lord sees this obedience and faith, He recognizes our dedication and sends us to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense, because it is the true one. | “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it” (Luke 8:21).
Lot’s wife knew the warning and knew God’s command not to look back, but she disobeyed, revealing where her heart was. Millions of Christians do the same: they know the powerful and unchanging Law of the Most High, have access to the Scriptures, but insist on looking to their rebellious leaders and despising what God has commanded. Like her, their punishment at the Final Judgment is certain. Do not follow leaders; follow Jesus, who trained His apostles to strictly obey the Law. They all obeyed the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, the use of tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. Jews or gentiles, only those who obey are purified by the Blood of the Lamb; obey while you are alive. | “The assembly must have the same laws, which will apply both to you and to the gentile who lives with you; this is a perpetual decree.” (Numbers 15:15)
We are emotional beings , we laugh with those who laugh, cry with those who cry, and easily confuse emotion with truth. The enemy knows this weakness and uses it to deceive us, making us believe that salvation is linked to what we feel: tears, chills, touching songs. But none of this moves the heart of the Most High. The Father does not send to the Son those who are moved, but those who decide to obey. Emotion saves no one; obedience saves. Whoever wholeheartedly seeks to fulfill every commandment revealed by the prophets who came before the Messiah is received, honored, and led to the Lamb of God. Obey while you are still alive. | “I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me; and they have obeyed your word [Old Testament].” (John 17:6)
The Final Judgment will be the time when the church without obedience will fall to the ground. Many who called Jesus “Lord” will see that words do not substitute for faithfulness. They knew all the commandments, had a Bible at home, but chose as leaders men who despise the powerful and eternal Law of the Father. On that Day, they will beg for mercy, but there will be no return for those who lived rejecting the truth. Jesus taught obedience to His Father’s commandments to the apostles and disciples and, like them, whether Jews or gentiles, 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. Do not follow the majority , obey while you are alive. | “The assembly must have the same laws, which will apply both to you and to the gentile who lives with you; this is a perpetual decree.” (Numbers 15:15)
The notion that God would have sent His Son so that His followers could disobey His laws is so irrational that only an evil force could make millions of souls in the churches accept this idea. How can those who consider themselves intelligent not see that, if the doctrine that the sacrifice of Christ exempts obedience to God’s laws were true, there would be countless prophecies in the Old Testament about this? Not to mention that Jesus Himself would have made it absolutely clear that part of His mission was to allow disobedience to His Father’s commandments and still guarantee salvation. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it” (Luke 8:21).
Jesus made it clear that no one can come to Him unless the Father sends him. This leads us to the question: what is the Father’s criterion for sending someone to Jesus? According to the doctrine of “unmerited favor,” seeking to obey the laws given by God through the prophets of the Old Testament is ”trying to earn salvation” and leads to condemnation. But if obedience is not God’s criterion, then the only option would be to ignore or disobey the Father in order to be sent to the Son. Thinking this way, almost no one in the churches seeks to obey the commandments, but in none of the gospels did Jesus teach such an absurdity. No gentile will rise without seeking to follow the same laws given to Israel, laws that Jesus Himself and His apostles followed as our example. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
There has never been anyone who said that salvation depends on perfect obedience to God’s Law. Not even the most orthodox Jews preached this. The sacrificial system in the Old Testament and the Cross were given because God knows that all men sin and need a substitute, who is Jesus, the Lamb of God. The argument that gentiles do not need to obey the Law because no one can obey it is a lie. Jews and gentiles must strive to the utmost to obey the Law, and when they fail, we have Jesus, the perfect sacrifice. The Father only sends to Jesus the gentiles who follow the laws given to the nation He set apart for Himself with an eternal covenant. This plan of salvation makes sense because it is the true one. | There shall be one law, both for the native-born and for the foreigner who lives among you. (Exodus 12:49)
