GOD'S REQUIREMENTS FOR ETERNAL LIFE
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SEVERAL CLEAR REQUIREMENTS FOR ETERNAL LIFE AS
REQUIRED BY GOD. At our
baptism we have not
fulfilled these requirements. My wife and I have gone
to great lengths to
correctly divide the word of truth. We ask you not to
believe us; believe the
Bible which is the words of the Great God; He cannot
lie. The
requirements are as
follows: [1] BELIEF Amazing as
it may appear, we
have found that practically no one believes the Bible.
We believe church
doctrine, which does not always stand up under close
scrutiny. To believe the
Bible will take us out of our comfort zone and
alienate us from other members.
[For example the God who gave the Ten Commandments
said He would have no other
gods before Him. This can only apply to the Great God,
not God the Word. Do you
believe it was God the Father who gave the Ten
Commandments?] Rev 21:8 But the
cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters,
and all liars shall have their
part in the lake which burns with fire and
brimstone, which is the second
death.” The
unbelievers go in the
lake of fire; that shows how God looks on belief of
His word. We can see from
this scripture that belief is a requirement of eternal
life. Believing God is
mentioned extremely frequently in the Bible. [2] FEAR OF
GOD To fear God
is quite often
mentioned in church sermons, but when this subject is
looked into it becomes
apparent that very few have a correct fear of God. The
correct fear of God is
to stand in awe and reverence of the Almighty Creator
God. The correct fear of
God cannot be feigned, we have to learn to fear God. Deu 4:10 especially
concerning the day you stood
before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD
said to me, ‘Gather the people
to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they
may learn to fear Me all
the days they live on the earth, and that they may
teach their children.’ Deu 14:23 And you
shall eat before the LORD your God,
in the place where He chooses to make His name
abide, the tithe of your grain
and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of
your herds and your flocks,
that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. Deu 17:19 And it
shall be with him, and he shall read
it all the days of his life, that he may learn to
fear the LORD his God and be
careful to observe all the words of this law and
these statutes, Deu 31:3 The LORD
your God Himself crosses over before
you; He will destroy these nations from before you,
and you shall dispossess
them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just
as the LORD has said. Rev 11:18 The
nations were angry, and Your wrath has
come, And the time of the dead, that they should be
judged, And that You should
reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name,
small and great, And should destroy those who
destroy the earth.” The reward
goes to those who
fear God’s name. A careful study of Psalms and
Proverbs show that a correct
fear is required for every attribute of God. Php 2:12 Therefore,
my beloved, as you have always
obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much
more in my absence, work out
your own salvation with fear and trembling; A person who
fears God
[stands in awe and reverence] will tremble at the
awesome power of our great
God, they will be afraid to disobey God. [3]
OBEDIENCE Obedience to
God is a
requirement of eternal life. See Phil. 2 v 12 quoted
above. Act 5:32 And we are
His witnesses to these things, and
so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to
those who obey Him.” Notice the
Holy Spirit is
given to those who obey God. 2Th 1:8 in flaming
fire taking vengeance on those who
do not know God, and on those who do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 2Th 1:9 These
shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord and from
the glory of His power, Disobedience
leads to the
lake of fire. [4]
COMMANDMENT KEEPING Everyone in
God’s church
knows we must keep the Commandments and the Holy Days,
so we will not dwell on
this subject except to quote one scripture. Mat 19:17 So He said
to him, “Why
do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that
is, God. But if you want to
enter into life, keep the commandments.” Jesus quoted
some of the
Commandments, but there is plenty of scriptural proof
that all the Commandments
must be kept as well as the Holy Days. Commandment
keeping, both physically and
spiritually is a requirement of eternal life. This is
also how we love God. But do we
have the strength
to follow the truth and keep the holy days when they
fall? Most of the churches
which have broken away from Worldwide, do not keep the
Holy Days on the correct
days. There is confusion and each person does what is
right in his own eyes.
With the restoration of all things, comes new
knowledge about the dates and
meanings of some of the Holy Days. GOD TELLS US
PLAINLY HOW TO
CALCULATE THE HOLY DAYS The first of
the month is
always on the new moon. The new moon time, is stated
clearly by the Government Astronomic
internet site. Here in Australia, the time for the new
moon is clearly shown on
the Government site. We simply adjust for daylight
saving if that applies, the
only slight calculation is knowing the time of sunset.
As the world calculates
the change from one day to another at midnight, God
tells us the new day starts
at sunset. If the time for the new moon is after
sunset and before midnight it
is the next day stated. Example: if the new moon is on
the 4th at
22.00 then it is after sunset and before midnight so
the new moon is on the 5th.
This is so simple, when we know the 1st of
the month we simply count
the days from there for each Holy Day. Psa 81:1 To the
Chief Musician. On An Instrument of
Gath. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our
strength; Make a joyful shout to
the God of Jacob. Psa 81:2 Raise a
song and strike the timbrel, The
pleasant harp with the lute. Psa 81:3 Blow the
trumpet at the time of the New Moon,
At the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. The feast of
Trumpets is on
the 1st of the month, it will be on a new
moon. Lev 23:24 “Speak to
the children of Israel, saying: ‘In
the seventh month, on the first day of the month,
you shall have a
sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a
holy convocation. It is all so
simple when we
are prepared to believe and obey God. [5] LOVE Knowledge is
worthless
without love. God the Father must be our first love.
If we do not love God we
cannot love the brethren. 1Jn 4:20 If someone
says, “I love God,” and hates his brother,
he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother
whom he has seen, how can he
love God whom he has not seen? 1Jn 3:14 We know
that we have passed from death to
life, because we love the brethren. He who does not
love his brother abides in
death. If we love
the brethren we
have passed from death to life. Joh 15:13 Greater love has no
one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his
friends. Joh 15:14 You are My friends if
you do whatever I command you. Notice who
Jesus’ friends
are. We must love all mankind, but God expects a
greater love for the brethren.
We cannot love the brethren without loving God. [6] DOING
GOOD Mat 25:34 Then the King will
say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed
of My Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world: Mat 25:35 for I was hungry and
you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me
drink; I was a stranger and you
took Me in; Mat 25:36 I was naked and you
clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was
in prison and you came to Me.’ Mat 25:37 “Then the righteous
will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see
You hungry and feed You, or
thirsty and give You drink? Mat 25:38 When did we see You a
stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Mat 25:39 Or when did we see
You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ Mat 25:40 And the King will
answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you,
inasmuch as you did it to one
of the least of these My brethren, you did it to
Me.’ Mat 25:41 “Then He will also
say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me,
you cursed, into the
everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his
angels: Mat 25:42 for I was hungry and
you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me
no drink; Mat 25:43 I was a stranger and
you did not take Me in, naked and you did not
clothe Me, sick and in prison and
you did not visit Me.’ Mat 25:44 “Then they also will
answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You
hungry or thirsty or a stranger
or naked or sick or in prison, and did not
minister to You?’ Mat 25:45 Then He will answer
them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch
as you did not do it to one of
the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ Mat 25:46 And these will go
away into everlasting punishment, but the
righteous into eternal life.” We will go
into the lake of
fire if we don’t do good when it is in our power to do
so. [Pretty serious
stuff!] [7] KEEPING
THE PASSOVER Joh 6:54 Whoever eats My flesh
and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will
raise him up at the last day. By keeping
the Passover
correctly we have eternal life inherent. A careful
study of this chapter shows
that the Passover must be kept correctly, on the right
day. Joh 6:57 As the living Father
sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he
who feeds on Me will live
because of Me. To correctly
keep the
Passover is to live by Christ. [Christ must be the one
we emulate.] The
Passover must be kept on the correct day. Our website
shows the correct time
for the Passover to be kept. It is
extremely plain that
the Old Testament Passover was kept [prepared] on the
14th and eaten
on the 15th. The New Testament is very
clear on the date of the
Passover as well. [8] KNOWING
GOD THE FATHER
AND GOD THE SON We all know
that knowledge
without love is useless; nevertheless there is
knowledge required for eternal
life. If you believe the Bible: You will believe the
knowledge of God the
Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Joh 17:3 And this is eternal
life, that they may know You, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom You have
sent. It might be
a good idea to
read every word of that verse until it sinks in. IT IS
A REQUIREMENT OF ETERNAL
LIFE THAT WE KNOW THE ONE TRUE GOD AND JESUS CHRIST. The
knowledge of God is given
on our website. God the Father is the God of the Old
Testament. Jesus Christ is
the Son of God from the beginning, not eternity. We
may or may not believe
this, but according to God, we must believe it to have
eternal life. There is
one true God [one who has inhabited eternity] and
Jesus Christ the Son of God
from the beginning. Eph 4:13 till we
all come to the unity of the faith
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect
man, to the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ; The
knowledge of the Son of
God is associated with unity. COMMENT The
firstfruits are those who
follow Christ where ever He leads. Rev 14:4 These are
the ones who were not defiled with
women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who
follow the Lamb wherever He
goes. These were redeemed from among men, being
firstfruits to God and to the
Lamb. The
knowledge of God and
Christ is revealed knowledge. This knowledge has come
to light in the Laodicean
era of God’s church, the era least likely to accept
it. It appears certain that
most professing Christians will not accept this
knowledge. It doesn’t matter
what we think, it only matters what God thinks. The
Philadelphian era was not
given this end time knowledge. The overcomers in that
era are kept from the time
of Jacob’s Trouble and the Day of the Lord. Rev 3:10 Because you have kept
My command to persevere, I also will keep you from
the hour of trial which
shall come upon the whole world, to test those who
dwell on the earth. Their reward
is not as good as
the Laodicean era. We are in the era that will go into
Jacob’s Trouble. You
have just received the knowledge that God requires, to
be a firstfruit. It is
useless to have zeal toward God without knowledge.
This is revealed knowledge
not academic knowledge. We must come to the knowledge
of the truth. Heb 10:26 For if we
sin willfully after we have
received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer
remains a sacrifice for
sins, This article
has given the
knowledge of the truth. To those with eyes to see. God
is offering us the
chance to be firstfruits. There can be no greater
offer ever made. This is the
knowledge of eternal life and also eternal death. God
is not interested in part
time or hobby Christians; He demands 100% commitment. Every
requirement quoted in
this article is a study in itself and the Bible gives
much more information on
each subject. If we have purposely put our own ideas
into this article and
claimed them to be God’s ideas; God will be against
us. Eze 13:7 Have you
not seen a futile vision, and have
you not spoken false divination? You say, ‘The LORD
says,’ but I have not
spoken.” Eze 13:8 Therefore
thus says the Lord GOD: “Because
you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies,
therefore I am indeed against
you,” says the Lord GOD. Eze 13:9 “My hand
will be against the prophets who
envision futility and who divine lies; they shall
not be in the assembly of My
people, nor be written in the record of the house of
Israel, nor shall they
enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know
that I am the Lord GOD. Do not
believe me
--------believe God--------He cannot lie. With this
knowledge comes
great responsibility. Don’t let God down. Luk 12:48 But he who
did not know, yet committed things
deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For
everyone to whom much is
given, from him much will be required; and to whom
much has been committed, of
him they will ask the more. |