The Scriptures report several cases of people who were especially blessed by God. Human beings like us, who were healed of serious illnesses, delivered from powerful enemies, and greatly prospered. They all had something in common: they were faithful to God’s laws and pleased the Lord with their lives. Many in churches also seek God’s blessings, but do not receive them because they listened to false teachings. They learned that God blesses those who do not obey His laws revealed to the prophets of the Old Testament and to Jesus. Do not accept this lie just because the majority accepted it. Seek to be faithful to God’s laws and He will change your life and send you to the Son. | “We receive from Him whatever we ask because we obey His commandments and do what pleases Him.” (1 John 3:22)
Believe it! The only truly happy gentile is the one who has decided, with reverence and courage, to follow all the commandments revealed by the prophets who came before the Messiah and by the Messiah Himself, facing each challenge as proof of faithfulness to the living God; this servant understands that there is no greater joy than walking in the ways that the Lord Himself established, for in this obedience his life finally gains meaning, God’s blessings flow continuously, the heart is filled with peace, he experiences a deep intimacy with the Father and with Jesus that the world can never imitate, and his salvation is certain. Do not follow the majority, 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)
There are leaders who try to justify disobedience by saying that, after the ascension of Jesus, Christians began to ignore some commandments given to the prophets of the Old Testament, such as the beard, the Sabbath, circumcision, and others. So what? The error of flawed men has now become a divine rule? The Lord never called us to imitate deviations, but to imitate His Son. The apostles and disciples, who lived with Jesus daily, lived in total faithfulness to the laws revealed before the Messiah and by the Messiah Himself. If others abandoned the Law later, that only proves the danger of the serpent, not a new path. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still alive. | “He who says: I know Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” (1 John 2:2-6)
In the four gospels, Jesus never taught that gentiles would be free from the powerful and eternal Law of the Father; this strange doctrine only appeared years after His return to the Father, without any basis in His words or in biblical prophecies. What Christ did was to train apostles who would live as models for all, Jews and gentiles. Every commandment was obeyed diligently: the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, the use of tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. 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 among you; this is a perpetual decree.” (Numbers 15:15)
While Moses went up the mountain to receive God’s commandments, the people built a golden calf. They wanted to worship the same God, but in their own way. This is the same attitude seen in churches: they claim to worship the true God, but reject His instructions. They accepted doctrines invented by men that arose years after Jesus returned to the Father. In the desert, God called that act rebellion and destroyed the disobedient. The same fate awaits those who insist on following a faith shaped by men and not by the words of the Father and the Son. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | “You have commanded your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
The idea that God will save people just for being good, sincere, or hardworking is one of the enemy’s most subtle deceptions. The Lord did not give us His powerful commandments just to be written in the Bible, but to be lived out with faithfulness and reverence. Being a “good person” does not replace obedience. Jesus and His apostles obeyed all the Father’s laws and left us the example to follow. It is only when we seek to fulfill each commandment with sincerity and perseverance that the Father is pleased with us, unites us to Israel, and sends us to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | “You have commanded your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
In none of the four Gospels did Jesus state that following the Father’s commandments would be the same as rejecting the Son as Savior. On the contrary, He made it clear that loving the Father and obeying His will is the foundation of true faith. However, this demonic idea, that to obey is to reject, is exactly what many leaders have taught. And the people like it, because this lie allows them to continue in disobedience. But there will be despair on that day. As the prophet Amos said: “Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light.” The Father is the same, His laws are the same, and the Son never contradicted the Father. Do not follow the majority, 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)
When Peter asked Jesus what the apostles would gain for having left everything to follow Him, Jesus replied that, in addition to blessings on earth, they would also receive eternal life as a reward for their obedience. In other words, according to Jesus, who knows the hearts, by obeying, Peter and the other apostles earned what they desired (this connection is clear). If the proponents of the doctrine of “unmerited favor” were right, Jesus would have rebuked the apostles for expecting something in return for their obedience. This doctrine does not have even a drop of support in the four Gospels. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. Obey the Law of God while you are alive. | “You have commanded your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
Believing in Jesus is following only His words, nothing more. Gentiles who hope to attain salvation through teachings that did not come from the lips of the Master are not believing in Him, but in the men who created such doctrines. Jesus taught clearly that it is the Father who chooses the souls to be sent to the Son, and the Father only sends to the presence of the Lamb those who please Him, obeying His laws revealed to the prophets in the Old Testament. This was the faith of the apostles and disciples: to believe in Jesus and obey the Father’s Law, just as the Messiah Himself did. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | “I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me; and they have obeyed your word [the Old Testament].” (John 17:6)
In the region where Jesus lived, there were millions of gentiles from various parts of the world. If He had come to create a religion for the gentiles, there would be no shortage of candidates. However, Jesus never addressed them, nor did He invite them to follow Him, for He made it clear that He came only to teach and be the perfect sacrifice for His nation, Israel. The gentile who seeks salvation in Jesus must follow the same laws that the Lord gave to the nation He set apart for Himself with an eternal covenant. The Father sees the faith and courage of this gentile, even in the face of challenges. He pours out His love upon him, unites him to Israel, and leads him to the Son for forgiveness and salvation. This is the plan of salvation that makes sense because it is true. | 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)
