Practice righteousness by following the examples of faith

As our fore-fathers in faith were called righteous because of what they did, all the children of Elohim God[God the Father and God the Mother] put the words of God into practice.

Practice righteousness by following the examples of faith

 God says that there is no one righteous, not even one. Then how can we become righteous in this age? Through the works of the forefathers of faith in the Bible, God tells us how to become righteous. We are to put our faith into action; for faith can be alive only when it is accompanied by action.

 Our forefathers in faith were proven to be righteous by putting their faith into action. We will also be called righteous by God when we believe God's word and put it into practice.

 Righteousness and unrighteousness [evil] always exist in the world. How can we distinguish between right from evil? We can distinguish between the righteous and the unrighteous by their deeds. Our fore-fathers in faith were called righteous because of what they did, but many other people were called unrighteous because they did evil.

 2 Pe 2:5 "if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others"

 Now, we should be considered righteous in God's sight, by doing the righteous act of preparing the ark and calling in all whom God has allowed to enter the ark. Noah took his family and every kind of animal on the ark, in addition to himself. How about the other people? They disobeyed God and did not enter in.

 The Bible calls all non-Israelites 'Gentiles' and likens them to animals. However, God has promised that even non-Jews, compared to animals, will be saved at the last day if only they obey God's command to enter Zion the ark of salvation and serve God through their acts of faith. Thanks to this promise, we Gentiles are now obeying God's words with the hope of heaven.

 Mt 24:37-39 "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man."

 God said that the end time would be like the days of Noah. The gospel in this age is accomplished when all who are to be saved flee to Zion, the ark of salvation. What's the use of the ark unless it is occupied by those who are to be saved? Now, let's learn how to lead many into the ark of salvation, from the works of the apostles in the Early Church.

 Ac 2:41-47 "Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ... All the believers were together and had everything in common. ...Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."

 The apostles, being filled with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, devoted themselves to prayer and preaching, doing righteous good deeds, and they were highly regarded by many people. When we devote ourselves entirely to saving souls, God will be pleased and add to our number day by day those who are being saved.

 Ac 4:1-4 "... while they were speaking to the people. ... They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day. But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand."

 In the days of the Early Church, the apostles continued to meet together with glad and sincere hearts and boldly proclaimed Jesus as the Christ and Savior. God opened the hearts of those who heard it, and within a short period of time about five thousand were baptized.

 We need to consider what our forefathers in faith did in order to receive God's blessing, and how the saints of the Early Church were blessed. We should imitate the faith of the saints of the Early Church, so that God will add to our number daily those who are being saved in this age, too. Many people claim to believe in God but refuse to do His will, just as He said: "There is no one righteous, not even one." We are asked to accomplish our prophetic mission in these last days. Keeping our faith alive by practicing righteousness, we must come closer to God.

 Practicing righteousness causes us joy. When we, being full of joy, give glory to God and do whatever He wants us to do, we come to understand God's plans and His will described in the 66 books of the Bible. No one can understand God's word without practicing it, even though he reads the Bible a hundred times or a thousand times. Only he who does the will of God can understand all passages-even the difficult things in the Bible.

 Our hope is to enter the kingdom of heaven after quickly finding all our 144,000 brothers and sisters. We need to consider how the Early Church could lead so many people to the truth in such a short time. It was possible because they did just as the Bible said. For the Bible guides us towards practical ways of achieving righteousness.

 God is making us complete. In obedience with His will, let's practice far greater righteousness than Noah, and we will be called righteous and perfect by God.

 All righteous ones having faith with works! Let's awaken this sleeping and dying generation by the work of the Holy Spirit, which is seven times greater than that of the Early Church!