I pray that you may all become people who
truly love the Lord
[John 14:21]
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them
is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him and reveal myself to him
Although the biblical principle of
salvation depends on faith in Jesus Christ, those who do not strive for
wholehearted faith—which involves keeping and practicing the truthful words of
Jesus Christ—in order to enter the path of salvation that leads to true life,
but instead rely solely on humanistic beliefs and theological theories that
reinforce false convictions, will ultimately they will inevitably face the
Lord’s condemnation of destruction: “Depart from me, you who practice
lawlessness” (Matthew 7:23b). This is because life is found in Jesus Christ,
who is the Word Himself; therefore, only by possessing perfect faith—which is
accompanied by obedience to the Word given by the Lord, namely the
commandments, statutes, and ordinances—can the essential requirement be
established for us to enter into life through that Word of eternal life working
within us.
(John 1:1–4)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God
2 He was with God in the beginning
3 Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made that has been made
4 In him was life, and that life was the
light of men
( life was in the Word )
(John 15:3–4)
3 You are already clean because of the
word I have spoken to you
( Having received the grace of redemption through the cross, you have
been forgiven for the sins committed
under the First Covenant, as well as original sin and inherited sin )
= ( This does not mean you have already received salvation, but merely
that you have been given an opportunity for renewal )
4 Abide in me (First, abide in me (the
Word) (prerequisite))
and
I will abide in you (This means that when the prerequisite is met, I (the Word)
will abide in you)
The reason we must keep the Word given by
Jesus Christ—the very reason He tells us to “abide in Me” and “abide in My
Word”—is that life is found in the Word. Please refer to the table below.
However, we must understand, recognize, and keep that very Word that gives us
life; we must not simply keep it unconditionally just for the sake of keeping
it, as physical Israel did.
keeping and practicing the Word -->
Abiding in the Word --> The Word (life) abiding in us --> Possessing the
Word, who is eternal life --> Continually growing and developing through the
Word
The words spoken by Jesus Christ are
spirit and life (John 6:63b)
Despite these requirements and calls for
salvation, modern people—whose lifestyles and mindsets are shaped by a desire
for universal acceptability—simply believe in a superficial, ordinary way. If
they are swept away by falsehood, they will fail to meet the conditions set
forth—namely, that few will be saved at the end of the age—because their faith
is dead, devoid of action, and thus incapable of receiving salvation. Yet, no
one takes this seriously; we have reached a state of spiritual ignorance and
insensitivity.
According to the biblical principle of
salvation, we must attain salvation with fear and trembling; therefore, the
Bible states that while easy and comfortable ways of believing may seem like
the broad path—the one chosen by many—they ultimately lead to destruction.
That is why the Lord also warns us in the
Book of Revelation.
It is generally said and believed that the
Judgment Seat of the Great White Throne is for judging unbelievers; but if it
were merely for judging unbelievers, why would the Book of Life need to be
present alongside the books recording their deeds?
The correct interpretation of this passage
is that the Book of Life is present because, among those who believed, those
whose names have been recorded in the Book of Life since the creation of the
world will be judged to life, while those whose names are not will be condemned
to the second death—that is, the lake of fire. The reason the Book of Life is
singular compared to the other books is that the number of those who will be
saved will be correspondingly small, Since the names of countless believers are
not recorded in the Book of Life, they will be judged according to what is
written in the books of their deeds. Furthermore, since many believers today
believe that the Judgment before the Great White Throne is intended solely for
the unbelievers, the Lord is speaking these words in advance as a warning to
remind them that He will also judge the believers.
(Revelation 20:12)
Then I saw the dead, great and small,
standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened,
which is the Book of Life. The dead were judged according to their works, as
recorded in the books
This means that the very words spoken by
Jesus Christ Himself serve as the standard of judgment (John 12:48).
Since you claimed to believe, He will
judge you based on how you actually believed.
As stated in (Matthew 7:21), the will of
God the Father is to correctly understand His Word and to keep and obey it.
When He says, “You who practice
lawlessness!,” He is pointing out that the Word—which must be strictly
obeyed—has already been given. Salvation does not come from faith alone,
and one cannot be saved by faith alone. Because such faith is dead—lacking the
deeds that accompany faith, that is, the perfect conduct required by Jesus
Christ—the Lord does not accept it and casts it
aside.
Only by correctly understanding, keeping,
and following the commandments and statutes that Jesus Christ Himself has given
us—and by walking in accordance with His Word—will the outcome be salvation.
This is because Jesus Christ said, “I am
the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”
(John 14:6)
(Revelation 22:14)
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so
that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city through
the gates
(Daniel 12:10)
Many will be refined, purified, and made
white; but the wicked will continue to do evil, and none of the wicked will
understand—but those who are wise will understand
You must love and revere the Lord with
true love.
Because you do not realize how terrifying
it is to be cast out by the Lord, you believe as you please.
Please give thanks to the Lord, who has
poured out His great love upon us to grant us eternal, true life,
and with a joyful and obedient heart (not
out of compulsion, but of your own free will),
by understanding, knowing, and keeping the
Lord’s Word (by truly loving the Lord),
I
pray in the name of Jesus Christ that you may become blessed (receiving the
blessing of having your names written in the Book of Life). Amen.
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