Great question Anthony Joseph, I'm glad you brought this up.Originally Posted by Anthony Joseph
I'll add another question:
How do those who openly and vehemently deny God's law (all 10 commandments) exhibit the name of the Savior?
The answer to both questions, IMHO, is they do it ignorantly and perhaps based on family traditions and fear of persecution.
There are many who adhere to the Law and deny it's author, Yahushuah the only begotten son of Yehovah, and there are many more who profess to follow Jesus CHRIST but deny the ten precepts of His Law as written by the finger of God in stone on the burning mountain top and placed in the ark of the covenant, and as recorded in the books of Moses as well as throughout the NT.
Yahushuah died a painful death on the cross to save us all:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
John 3:16-21
I believe that the message of the three angels of Revelation 14:6-13 is especially relevant for all who have accepted only partial truth:
The first angel warns of the impending judgment and his proclamation contains an allusion to the fourth commandment: "worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."
The second angel warns of the twice fallen condition of Babylon, which is a symbol of religious confusion and man-made religions.
The third angel warns of the mark of the beast and the punishment which comes to those who take it. He contrasts those who are undergoing this fearful punishment with the "patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Revelation 14:12 clearly states that the saints are those who both keep the commandments of God AND the faith of Jesus.
In contrast to the saints are those who will choose the mark of the beast, which is haSatan's own counterfeit of the seal of God.
At the time of the National Sunday Law enforcement, yet future, when everyone will be forced to choose sides by either obeying God's law or haSatan's law, everyone's true allegiance will be revealed.
Those who do not love Yahushuah supremely and are not willing to die for Him will cease to keep God's law and pledge allegiance to haSatan's law in order to be able to buy and sell.
Partial obedience to Yehovah will not save anyone in the end; it is all or nothing, because we cannot serve two masters (see Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13).
One of the saddest scriptures I have ever come across is in Jeremiah 8:20:
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
It is my prayer that all who read here will be among the saints who keep the commandments of God AND the faith of Yahushuah, so we can all stand together on the sea of glass to praise His holy name.
"Behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation."
2 Corinthians 6
Shalom
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