At our baptism we have not fulfilled these requirements. My wife and I have gone to great lengths to correctly divide the word of truth. We ask you not to believe us; believe the Bible which is the words of the Great God; He cannot lie.

[1] BELIEF.

Amazing as it may appear, we have found that practically no one believes the bible. We believe church doctrine, which does not always stand up under close scrutiny. To believe the bible will take us out of our comfort zone and alienate us from other members. [For example the God who gave the ten commandments said he would have no other Gods before him. This can only apply to the Great God, not God the word. Do you believe it was God the Father who gave the commandments ?.]

REV. 21 V 8.

8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

The unbelievers go in the lake of fire; that shows how God looks on belief of his word. We can see from this scripture that belief is a requirement of eternal life. Believing God is mentioned extremely frequently in the bible.

[2] FEAR OF GOD.

To fear God is quite often mentioned in church sermons, but when this subject is looked into it becomes apparent that very few have a correct fear of God. The correct fear of God is to stand in awe and reverence of the Almighty Creator God. The correct fear of God can not be feigned, we have to learn to fear God Deut. 4 v 10,14 v 23, 17 v 19, 31 v 3.

REV. 11 V 18.

18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

The reward goes to those who fear Gods name. A careful study of Psalms and Proverbs show that a correct fear is required for every attribute of God.

PHIL. 2 V 12.

12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

A person who fears God [stands in awe and reverence] will tremble at the awesome power of our great God, they will be afraid to disobey God.

[3] OBEDIENCE.

Obedience to God is a requirement of eternal life. See Phil. 2 v 12 quoted above.

ACTS 5 V 32.

32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Notice the Holy Spirit is given to those who obey God.

2 THES 1 V 8

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Disobedience leads to the lake of fire.

[4] COMMANDMENT KEEPING.

Everyone in Gods church knows we must keep the Commandments and the Holy Days, so we will not dwell on this subject except to quote one scripture.

MAT. 19 V 17.

7And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Jesus quoted some of the commandments, but there is plenty of scriptural proof that all the commandments must be kept as well as the Holy Days. Commandment keeping, both physically and spiritually is a requirement of eternal life. This is also how we love God.

But do we have the strength to follow the truth and keep the holy days when they fall.  Most of the churches which have broken away from Worldwide, do not keep the holy days on the correct days.  There is confusion and each person does what is right in his own eyes.

GOD TELLS US PLAINLY HOW TO CALCULATE THE HOLY DAYS 

The first of the month is always on the new moon.  The new moon time, is stated clearly by the Government Astronomic
internet site, the new moon is kept when the Government says is the new moon, when it comes to us.  This is so simple, when we know the 1st of the month we simply count the days from there for each holy day.

Psa 81:1  <To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.> Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 
Psa 81:2  Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 
Psa 81:3  Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 

The feast of Trumpets is on the 1st of the month, it will be on a new moon.

Lev 23:24  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. 

It is all so simple when we are prepared to believe and obey God.

[5] LOVE.

Knowledge is worthless without love. God the Father must be our first love. If we do not love God we can not love the brethren.

1 JOHN 4 V 20 

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 

1 JOHN 3 V 14.

14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

If we love the brethren we have passed from death to life.

JOHN 15 V 13-14.

13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Notice who Jesus’ friends are. We must love all mankind, but God expects a greater love for the brethren. We cannot love the brethren without loving God,

[6] DOING GOOD.

MAT. 25 V 46.

46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Read Mat. 25 v 34 to 46 to get the full story. We will go into the lake of fire if we don’t do good when it is in our power to do so. [pretty serious stuff !]

[7] KEEPING THE PASSOVER.

JOHN 6 V 54.

4Who so eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

By keeping the passover we have eternal life. A careful study of this chapter shows that the Passover must be kept correctly, on the right day.

JOHN 6 V 57.

57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 

To correctly keep the passover is to live by Christ. [Christ must be the one we emulate.] The passover must be kept on the correct day. [our website shows the correct time for the passover to be kept . See Passover [1]

It is extremely plain that the old testament passover was kept [prepared ] on the 14th and eaten on the 15th. The new testament is very clear on the date of the passover as well.

[8]KNOWING GOD THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON.

We all know that knowledge without love is useless; nevertheless there is knowledge required for eternal life. If you believe the bible: You will believe the knowledge of God the Father and his son Jesus Christ.

JOHN 17 V 3.

3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

It might be a good idea to read every word of that verse until it sinks in. IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF ETERNAL LIFE THAT WE KNOW THE ONE TRUE GOD AND JESUS CHRIST.

The knowledge of God is given on our website. God the Father is God of the old testament. Jesus Christ is the Son of God from the beginning, not eternity. We may or may not believe this, [but according to God] we must believe it to have eternal life. There is one true God [one who has inhabited eternity] and Jesus Christ the Son of God from the beginning.

EPH. 4 V 13.

13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 

The knowledge of the Son of God is associated with unity.

COMMENT.

The firstfruits are those who follow Christ where ever he leads. Rev. 14 v 4. The knowledge of God and Christ is revealed knowledge. This knowledge has come to light in the Laodicean era of Gods church, the era least likely to accept it. It appears certain that most professing Christians will not accept this knowledge. It doesn’t matter what I think, it only matters what God thinks. The Philadelphian era was not given this  end time knowledge. The overcomers in that era are kept from the time of Jacobs Trouble and the Day of the Lord Rev. 3 v 10. Their reward is not as good as the Laodicean era. We are in the era that will go into Jacobs Trouble. You have just received the knowledge that God requires, to be a firstfruit. It is useless to have a zeal toward God without knowledge. This is revealed knowledge not academic knowledge. We must come to the knowledge of the truth.

HEB. 10 V 26.

26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. 

This article has given the knowledge of the truth. To those with eyes to see, God is offering us the chance to be firstfruits. There can be no greater offer ever made. This is the knowledge of eternal life and also eternal death. God is not interested in part time or hobby christians; he demands 100% commitment.

Every requirement quoted in this article is a study in itself and the bible gives much more information on each subject. If I have purposely put my own ideas into this article and claimed them to be Gods ideas; God will be against me.

EZEK. 13 V 7 TO 9.

7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? 8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. 9And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Do not believe me --------believe God--------He cannot lie.

With this knowledge comes great responsibility. Don’t let God down.