Translation from Spanish
I was meditating on this verse in my heart:
[Romans 1:5] by whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name
And the Lord spoke to me like this:
You’ve asked Me in your heart about obedience in faith, and I answer you. It is I who speak to you. Write this:
Complete obedience is the fruit of complete surrender. Whoever does not surrender to Me cannot fully obey Me. Whoever does not have faith in My name cannot surrender, and therefore does not obey. The secret of true obedience is to yield before My holiness. The secret is total surrender, absolute surrender.
I desire hearts that are free, hearts that know they don’t belong to a corrupt world. The pilgrim who understands how brief his time on earth is pleases Me. I am not pleased with the pilgrim who thinks he is invincible. I am the only God, and no mortal can withstand My gaze. It is better for them to obey blindly than to face condemnation in the light of day.
I have given mankind time to return to My fatherly arms. I have sent My servants, My prophets, and My beloved Son.
Obedience is better than sacrifice. Faith is better than sight. Trusting in Me will be better for you than relying on your own understanding.
Choose wisely. Choose good, choose love, choose faith, choose to obey, choose life. Choose Me. Why do you want to die, house of Israel? Become worshipers before it is too late.
The time will come when the master of the house will shut the door. The time will come when I will close the ark. Drink from the cup of grace My beloved Son poured out over all the earth. His life for yours. Whoever wants to live, come and drink freely from the cup before time runs out.
The end of the time of grace is near. Obedience is the result of your decision—the great decision of whether you will love your Creator, Me, or not.
Wake up, little children! Wake up!
[1 Samuel 15:22] And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams.
[Hebrews 11:6] But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
[John 3:36] He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
[John 14:15] If ye love me, keep my commandments.
[Luke 14:33] So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
[Isaiah 55:6-7] Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
[Luke 13:25] When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are
[Genesis 7:16] And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
[Matthew 7:21] Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
[Revelation 22:17] And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
[Ephesians 5:14] Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.