THE ADVENT TRUTH
Some people claim that because Gentiles were “born outside of Israel,” God’s law never applied to them. But the Bible says otherwise. Sin is transgression of the law (1 John 3:4). If Gentiles were free from the law, they couldn’t sin! Yet Paul says, “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). That means one standard applies to everyone.
Even before Sinai, Gentiles were accountable to God’s law. In Genesis 26:5, Abraham is praised because he “obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” There were no “Jews” yet, but God’s law existed. Nineveh repented at Jonah’s warning — they were guilty because they broke God’s moral law. Romans 2:14-15 explains that Gentiles “show the work of the law written in their hearts,” meaning even without the written tablets, God’s Spirit convicts them of right and wrong.
Israel was chosen to teach the nations God’s ways (Deuteronomy 4:5-8), not to be the only ones who must obey. In the New Testament, Paul never says Gentiles are free to ignore the law. Instead, he says through Jesus we are brought into the covenant family, becoming “fellow citizens with the saints” (Ephesians 2:19). Revelation 14:12 describes the last-day saints — people from every nation — who “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”
To claim Gentiles don’t have to obey God’s law is to twist Scripture. God doesn’t have two laws or two standards of judgment. Romans 2:12 is crystal clear: “As many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law.” Whether Jew or Gentile, all are judged by the same holy commandments.
Some people claim that because Gentiles were “born outside of Israel,” God’s law never applied to them. But the Bible says otherwise. Sin is transgression of the law (1 John 3:4). If Gentiles were free from the law, they couldn’t sin! Yet Paul says, “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). That means one standard applies to everyone.
Even before Sinai, Gentiles were accountable to God’s law. In Genesis 26:5, Abraham is praised because he “obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” There were no “Jews” yet, but God’s law existed. Nineveh repented at Jonah’s warning — they were guilty because they broke God’s moral law. Romans 2:14-15 explains that Gentiles “show the work of the law written in their hearts,” meaning even without the written tablets, God’s Spirit convicts them of right and wrong.
Israel was chosen to teach the nations God’s ways (Deuteronomy 4:5-8), not to be the only ones who must obey. In the New Testament, Paul never says Gentiles are free to ignore the law. Instead, he says through Jesus we are brought into the covenant family, becoming “fellow citizens with the saints” (Ephesians 2:19). Revelation 14:12 describes the last-day saints — people from every nation — who “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”
To claim Gentiles don’t have to obey God’s law is to twist Scripture. God doesn’t have two laws or two standards of judgment. Romans 2:12 is crystal clear: “As many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law.” Whether Jew or Gentile, all are judged by the same holy commandments.
THE ADVENT TRUTH
Some people claim that because Gentiles were “born outside of Israel,” God’s law never applied to them. But the Bible says otherwise. Sin is transgression of the law (1 John 3:4). If Gentiles were free from the law, they couldn’t sin! Yet Paul says, “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). That means one standard applies to everyone.
Even before Sinai, Gentiles were accountable to God’s law. In Genesis 26:5, Abraham is praised because he “obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” There were no “Jews” yet, but God’s law existed. Nineveh repented at Jonah’s warning — they were guilty because they broke God’s moral law. Romans 2:14-15 explains that Gentiles “show the work of the law written in their hearts,” meaning even without the written tablets, God’s Spirit convicts them of right and wrong.
Israel was chosen to teach the nations God’s ways (Deuteronomy 4:5-8), not to be the only ones who must obey. In the New Testament, Paul never says Gentiles are free to ignore the law. Instead, he says through Jesus we are brought into the covenant family, becoming “fellow citizens with the saints” (Ephesians 2:19). Revelation 14:12 describes the last-day saints — people from every nation — who “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”
To claim Gentiles don’t have to obey God’s law is to twist Scripture. God doesn’t have two laws or two standards of judgment. Romans 2:12 is crystal clear: “As many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law.” Whether Jew or Gentile, all are judged by the same holy commandments.
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