Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would remind us of everything He taught while He was here on earth. Something Jesus never taught in the four gospels is the doctrine of “unmerited favor” and, therefore, we can be sure that this is a false doctrine, from beginning to end, even if it is popular and old. What exists in the gospels is the example of Jesus and the apostles on how Jews and gentiles should live. They all kept every commandment of God: the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, wearing 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 for you and for the foreigner living among you; this is a lasting ordinance.” (Numbers 15:15)
As soon as Jesus returned to the Father, the serpent executed a plan to lead the gentiles to disobey the Creator, the same goal since Eden. The devil inspired talented men to create a religion that exalts God with their lips but rejects His Law in daily life. These false messengers created doctrines teaching that the Son was sent to abolish the Father’s Law. We know they are false, for in none of the four gospels did Jesus warn us about anyone, inside or outside the Bible, who would come to create this special plan for gentiles. What we see in the gospels are the examples of the apostles, who learned from Jesus to obey all the commandments: Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, beard, and all the other laws. Salvation is individual; 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 to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
The gentile who prays without obeying the Law of God prays as an outsider, and that is why his prayers are almost never answered. This discouraging scenario can easily be changed if he takes courage, stops following the majority, and begins to live as Jesus’ apostles and disciples lived: in total obedience to the laws God gave us in the Old Testament. Jesus was clear in saying that His true family are those who obey the Father, and therefore it is natural that they receive special treatment from the Lord. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority just because they are many. The end has already come! Obey while you are alive. | “We receive from Him whatever we ask because we obey His commandments and do what pleases Him.” (1 John 3:22)
We cannot ignore what the Lord revealed about the plan of salvation. First, that Jesus is the Lamb of God; second, that only those whom the Father sends go to Jesus. And the Father does not send rebels to the Son, but only those who seek to obey each of His commandments exactly as they were given to us by the prophets before the Messiah and by the Messiah Himself. Many wrongly imagine that God gave them the freedom to choose only the commandments that suit them, as if the Most High accepted selective and superficial obedience. But God never asked for adaptations, He asked for total faithfulness. Salvation is individual. Obey while you are still 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)
Jesus was always clear in teaching that happiness in this present world is a great illusion and that our focus should be on eternal life, where no one can steal our happiness and peace. Many brothers and sisters in churches want to inherit the eternal life that the cross of Christ offers, but do not understand that the only way to come to Jesus is through the Father. Jesus was also clear: no one comes to Him unless the Father sends them. And whom does the Father send to the Son? Anyone? The obedient and the disobedient? By no means. The Father only sends souls who honor Him, seeking to obey all the commandments given in the Old Testament, just as the apostles and disciples obeyed. Do not follow the majority, obey while you are alive. | “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.” (John 6:65)
God seeks those who desire Him, who truly want Him, who truly love Him, not just with words, but with obedience. He searches hearts and immediately recognizes when He has found a sincere soul, because that soul is willing to follow all His commandments, even when it requires renunciation, courage, and sacrifice. It was so with Abraham, Moses, and David; it was so with Peter, John, Joseph, and Mary; and it will be so with anyone, Jew or gentile, who decides to honor the powerful Law that the Most High revealed through the prophets before the Messiah and through the Messiah Himself. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority, 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).
Of the twelve men Jesus called to follow Him, all were Jews. Jesus could have called at least one gentile, as a sign that in the future most of His followers would be gentiles, but He did not. He wanted to make it clear that there is no relationship between Him and those outside Israel. Any gentile can follow Jesus and attain salvation, but must first join Israel. To join Israel, one 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 that gentile, despite the challenges. He pours out His love on him, joins 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 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 to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Eli was a priest and knew the Law of God, but he remained silent in the face of his own sons’ sin and did not restrain them as the Lord required. The punishment for his omission was harsh. Millions of Christians do the same: they know that God commanded clear commandments, but prefer to ignore them to please friends, family, and leaders. Just like Eli, at the Final Judgment, their punishment is certain. Do not follow the majority or your deceiving leaders; follow Jesus, who trained His apostles to strictly obey the Law. They all kept the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, wore tzitzits, kept the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. The Blood of the Lamb does not cover rebels; obey while you are alive. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
The real reason so many gentiles reject God’s laws is that they see them as a nuisance. For them, it is much more comfortable to live without restrictions, doing as they please. The false doctrine of “unmerited favor” eliminates this nuisance, suggesting that since God saves those who do not deserve it, obeying the commandments is irrelevant. They even believe that those who strive to obey are condemning themselves to the lake of fire. The problem is that neither God’s prophets nor Jesus taught anything so absurd. Jesus taught us that it is the Father who sends us to the Son, and the Father only sends those who follow the laws He gave to the nation He set apart for Himself with an eternal covenant. God does not send rebels to His Son. | “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God [Old Testament] and do it.” (Luke 8:21)
At the Final Judgment, many leaders will be revealed not as “anointed ones,” but as false guides who taught the people to disobey the powerful and eternal Law of God. Those who followed them will feel intense anger and accuse them, but it will be too late. In none of the four gospels did the Savior claim to be creating a new religion for gentiles without obedience to the Father; that idea comes from men inspired by the serpent. There is only one plan of salvation, and Christ confirmed it by spending years training apostles and disciples in complete obedience. Jews or gentiles, we must keep the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, tzitzits, the beard, and all the other statutes of the Lord. Salvation is individual; obey while you are alive. | “The assembly must have the same laws for you and for the foreigner living among you; this is a lasting ordinance.” (Numbers 15:15)
