David knew the commandment and knew he should not covet or take what belonged to his neighbor, but he ignored the powerful and unchanging Law of God and ended up bringing severe discipline upon his own house. Millions of Christians do the same: they recognize that God gave laws, have access to the Scriptures, but prefer to listen to their rebellious leaders. Just like David, their punishment at the Final Judgment is guaranteed. Do not follow leaders; follow Jesus, who trained His apostles to obey the Law strictly. All of them obeyed the Sabbath, circumcision, forbidden meats, the use of tzitzits, 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 false doctrine of “unmerited favor” suggests that God saves those who do not deserve it, as if His commandments were given to be disobeyed. That is, those who disobey do not deserve to be saved, but by seeking salvation without merit, then God saves them. Jesus never taught such an absurdity. The truth is that the question of merit belongs to God, who searches hearts, not to us. 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, 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. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
In the lake of fire, millions of Christians will see that they were deceived by such an obvious lie: “you will be saved even while ignoring the Law of God.” They will curse the leaders who intoxicated them with this heresy, but nothing will change the decision of the Great Judge. The truth is that not even remotely, in the four Gospels, did the Savior create a new religion for Gentiles without the powerful and eternal Law of the Father. There is only one plan of salvation. Christ spent years training apostles and disciples in the pattern of total obedience. Jews or Gentiles, we must live as they did, keeping 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, which will apply both to you and to the foreigner living among you; this is a perpetual decree.” (Numbers 15:15)
Obedience is everything to God. Everyone in the church knows this, and if asked, will affirm that obedience is fundamental. But most do not obey, and the few who do, obey only partially. This is due to three main reasons. First, it is easy to follow the impulses of the heart, which by nature wants to be independent from God. Second, it is difficult to go against the current of the crowd. And finally, faithfully obeying God’s requirements causes conflicts and strong opposition within the family. That is why great blessings are reserved for the few who, despite all this, have decided to obey all the laws that God gave to the prophets in the Old Testament and to Jesus in the Gospels. | “You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.” (Psalm 119:4)
Right has become wrong and wrong has become right. Today, those who seek to obey all of God’s commandments are accused by the very leaders of rejecting the cross and heading to hell. But those who ignore the commandments the Lord gave through the prophets in the Old Testament are declared saved, because , so they say , salvation is an “unmerited favor.” What an absurdity! Was this the Lord’s message? Is salvation for the disobedient? Never! The apostles and disciples faithfully obeyed all of God’s laws, and Jesus never rebuked them for it , on the contrary, He called them blessed. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority , obey while you are alive. | Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Isaiah 5:20
When Jesus told Nicodemus that God so loved the world and therefore sent His Son, He was referring to the human race. God had compassion on us, for without His intervention, Satan would keep us enslaved. The sending of the only begotten Son, however, was not to save everyone, for God respects each one’s free will, but to save those who fulfill His two requirements: to believe and to obey. Nicodemus obeyed God’s laws, but did not accept Jesus as the Messiah. Most in churches believe in Jesus, but live in open disobedience to the laws that God gave us through the prophets in the Old Testament. The truth is that we are saved by pleasing the Father and being sent to the Son, and the Father will never send declared disobedient people to Jesus. | “Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
No created being , angel or man , has authority to change even a comma of God’s Law. The mere act of imagining that someone, inside or outside the Bible, has received such power is already a direct affront to the Creator. The Father declared and the Son confirmed that His laws are eternal, and no man was prophesied with authority to alter them. However, this is exactly what most leaders teach: that someone, at some point, abolished God’s holy Law. This lie comes from the serpent, who since Eden has tried to convince humans that they can disobey and still be accepted. Salvation is individual. Do not follow the majority , obey while you are alive. | “For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle will by any means pass from the law until all is fulfilled.” (Matthew 5:19)
If it were true that God sent His only begotten Son to release people from the obligation to obey His laws and to be saved only by believing, surely this would be clearly prophesied. However, the reality is the opposite. In the Gospels, we see that Jesus, instead of canceling the laws that God gave us in the Old Testament, made them even more rigorous: we commit adultery just by looking, we murder by wishing evil, and if we do not forgive others, we will not be forgiven. The truth is that the gate is, indeed, narrow. Salvation is individual. No soul will ascend without seeking to follow the same laws given to Israel, laws that Jesus Himself and His apostles followed. Do not follow the majority because they are many. Obey while you are alive. | “If only they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” (Deuteronomy 5:29)
God directed the lineage of Adam’s son, Seth, until Abraham. After testing and approving Abraham, God set him apart, along with his descendants and the Gentiles of his household, and made with them an eternal covenant of faithfulness, sealed with circumcision. Throughout history, God made it clear that this would be the plan of salvation for both Jews and Gentiles: they should follow His laws to be part of His people and would need the sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins. Jesus never suggested that this process was changed. As Gentiles, our salvation comes by following the same laws that the Father gave to the nation chosen for His honor and glory. The Father observes our faith and courage, unites us with Israel, and leads us to Jesus. | The foreigner who joins himself to the Lord, to serve Him, thus becoming His servant… and who holds firmly to My covenant, I will also bring to My holy mountain. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Go and preach to the nations! Since Jesus returned to heaven, God has sent messengers to the Gentiles , but none of them, inside or outside the Bible, received authority to teach anything that Christ did not teach. The Savior was clear: no one comes to Him unless sent by the Father. And the Father only sends Gentiles who follow the same laws given to Israel, the people He set apart for Himself. Any message different from this does not come from heaven, but from the serpent, whose goal has always been to turn souls away from obedience. Salvation is individual. 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 of Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
