The Final Test is Coming! Who's AUTHORITY Are You Going to Place Yourself Under? God's Authority or Man's?
James 4:12
Isaiah 33:22
Please take careful note that we have 'one lawgiver' and that is 'the LORD'. He is the 'living God', the Father, who is 'judge of all' the earth, who has committed judgment unto His Son Jesus (Hebrews 12:22-23; Romans 2:16). And what is that one supreme law unto which the whole world is to place their allegiance to? Well, we have a warning in the Old Testament that is to be repeated in the end times for all mankind. Let's take a look.
Ecclesiastical 12:13-14
Revelation 14:6-12
Again ...."Fear God and give glory to Him ...Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the Commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Did you notice in ecclesiastes 12 that the 'keeping of the commandments of God' was not just for the Jews, but for MANKIND? Did you notice in Revelation 14 that the 'everlasting gospel', which includes the 'keeping of the Commandments of God' is not just for the Jews, but for EVERY NATION, KINDRED, TONGUE AND PEOPLE? This has been God's message since day one in this world, and it has never changed. It is these Commandments of God that Jesus said ..."till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or title shall pass from the law." (Matthew 5:18). Has heaven and earth passed away yet? Then what does that mean for God's Commandments, those great ten moral precepts for all mankind? It means not one jot or title has passed from them!
Both Ecclesiastes 12 and Revelation 14 warns the world to 'fear God'. But what does it mean to fear God?
Proverbs 8:13
Psalm 34:11-14
So living in the fear of God is not to literally be afraid of God, but to hate the things that God hates - SIN. And if we are to 'hate sin', then what are we to do? Love righteousness! So to 'fear God' is really to love righteousness. And Psalm 119:127 says that 'God's Commandments are righteousness '. So to fear God, as the end time warning in Revelation 14 says, is to place ourselves under the authority of our Creator, seeking His righteousness, the righteousness of His law and character, which will be fulfilled in us through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:3-4
The righteousness of the law CAN be fulfilled in us, in our lives, if we would submit ourselves to the authority of the Great Lawgiver and allow His Spirit to do that work in us, 'transforming us, by the renewing of our minds' (Romans 12:1-2). This can only be achieved through faith ...'I will put my spirit within you, and CAUSE YOU TO WALK in my statutes, and do them.' (Ezekiel 36:27)
But there is one particular 'seal' placed within the commandments of God that is a 'sign' between God and His people that they are placing themselves under His authority - the 7th day Sabbath.
Genesis 2:1-3
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember what message Revelation 14:6 has give to all the world? "Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Is this not a call to the world to place themselves under the authority of our Creator, the one true God - THE FATHER (John 17:3, 1Corinthians 8:6) and to keep His 7th day Sabbath as a sign of our allegiance and LOVE towards Him? Do you not see that the 4th Commandment points back to creation and calls the 7th day of creation 'THE SABBATH DAY'?
The Sabbath is not only a sign of original creation which was complete salvation. God said:
Ezekiel 20:12.
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James 4:12
Isaiah 33:22
Please take careful note that we have 'one lawgiver' and that is 'the LORD'. He is the 'living God', the Father, who is 'judge of all' the earth, who has committed judgment unto His Son Jesus (Hebrews 12:22-23; Romans 2:16). And what is that one supreme law unto which the whole world is to place their allegiance to? Well, we have a warning in the Old Testament that is to be repeated in the end times for all mankind. Let's take a look.
Ecclesiastical 12:13-14
Revelation 14:6-12
Again ...."Fear God and give glory to Him ...Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the Commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Did you notice in ecclesiastes 12 that the 'keeping of the commandments of God' was not just for the Jews, but for MANKIND? Did you notice in Revelation 14 that the 'everlasting gospel', which includes the 'keeping of the Commandments of God' is not just for the Jews, but for EVERY NATION, KINDRED, TONGUE AND PEOPLE? This has been God's message since day one in this world, and it has never changed. It is these Commandments of God that Jesus said ..."till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or title shall pass from the law." (Matthew 5:18). Has heaven and earth passed away yet? Then what does that mean for God's Commandments, those great ten moral precepts for all mankind? It means not one jot or title has passed from them!
Both Ecclesiastes 12 and Revelation 14 warns the world to 'fear God'. But what does it mean to fear God?
Proverbs 8:13
Psalm 34:11-14
So living in the fear of God is not to literally be afraid of God, but to hate the things that God hates - SIN. And if we are to 'hate sin', then what are we to do? Love righteousness! So to 'fear God' is really to love righteousness. And Psalm 119:127 says that 'God's Commandments are righteousness '. So to fear God, as the end time warning in Revelation 14 says, is to place ourselves under the authority of our Creator, seeking His righteousness, the righteousness of His law and character, which will be fulfilled in us through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:3-4
The righteousness of the law CAN be fulfilled in us, in our lives, if we would submit ourselves to the authority of the Great Lawgiver and allow His Spirit to do that work in us, 'transforming us, by the renewing of our minds' (Romans 12:1-2). This can only be achieved through faith ...'I will put my spirit within you, and CAUSE YOU TO WALK in my statutes, and do them.' (Ezekiel 36:27)
But there is one particular 'seal' placed within the commandments of God that is a 'sign' between God and His people that they are placing themselves under His authority - the 7th day Sabbath.
Genesis 2:1-3
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember what message Revelation 14:6 has give to all the world? "Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Is this not a call to the world to place themselves under the authority of our Creator, the one true God - THE FATHER (John 17:3, 1Corinthians 8:6) and to keep His 7th day Sabbath as a sign of our allegiance and LOVE towards Him? Do you not see that the 4th Commandment points back to creation and calls the 7th day of creation 'THE SABBATH DAY'?
The Sabbath is not only a sign of original creation which was complete salvation. God said:
Ezekiel 20:12.
Part 1