The Only Key to Unlocking the 66 Books of the Bible
In this end-time generation, how should one understand the truth of the Bible? How should one obtain God’s salvation? To understand the truth of the Bible and receive God’s salvation, one must "observe and obey all of the LORD's decrees and laws." Otherwise, how can the Holy Spirit dwell within a person? How can God walk with them?
Leviticus 19:37
"Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord."
Leviticus 22:31
"Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord."
Joshua 22:5
"But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to be obedient to all his ways, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
"But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to be obedient to all his ways, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
1. The Law for Human Survival
Leviticus 18:4-5
"You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord."
Deuteronomy 4:1
"Hear now, Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live..."
2. The Law for Entering and Inheriting the Land
Deuteronomy 4:5
"See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it."
"See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it."
Deuteronomy 11:22-23
"If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him—then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you."
"If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him—then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you."
3. The Law to Avoid Being Vomited Out by the Land
Leviticus 20:22
"Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out."
4. The Law for Dwelling Safely in the Land
Leviticus 25:18
"Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land."
5. The Law for God to Drive Out All Enemies
Deuteronomy 6:18-19
"Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said."
6. The Law for Inheriting Nations
Deuteronomy 11:22-23
"If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him—then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you."
7. The Law for Multiplication
Deuteronomy 8:1
"Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors."
8. The Law for Becoming God’s Chosen Descendants
Deuteronomy 10:13-15
"...and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good. To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today."
9. The Law of God’s Discipline
Deuteronomy 11:1-2
"Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always. Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the Lord your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm."
10. The Law for Sanctification and Belonging to God
Numbers 15:39-40
"You will have these tassels to look at so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God."
11. The Law for Prospering in All Ways
Joshua 1:7-8
"Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."
12. The Law for Receiving Blessings
Deuteronomy 5:32-33
"So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess."
Deuteronomy 30:16
"For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess."
13. The Law for Receiving God’s Promises
Deuteronomy 6:3
"Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you."
14. The Law for Becoming His People
Deuteronomy 26:17-18
"You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him. And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands."
15. The Law for Being Set High Above All Nations
Deuteronomy 28:1
"If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth."
16. The Law for Receiving Godly Freedom
Psalm 119:44-45
"I will always obey your law, for ever and ever. I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts."
In the Old Testament, "observing and obeying the commandments of God" transitioned in the New Testament era to "obeying the words of Jesus," because the Father and Jesus are one; to obey the words of Jesus is to obey the commandments of God.
17. The Law for Having One's Heart Opened to Understand Scripture
Luke 24:44-45
"He said to them, 'This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.' Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures."
18. The Law for Seeing the Manifestation of Jesus
John 14:21
"The one having My commands and keeping them is the one loving Me. The one loving Me will be loved by My Father, and I too will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
19. The Law for Obtaining the Indwelling of God
John 14:23
"Jesus replied, 'Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.'"
20. The Law for Entering the Kingdom of Heaven
Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who continually does the will of My Father who is in heaven.”
21. The Law for Obtaining Eternal Life
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever continues to believe in Him should not perish but continue to have eternal life.
Conclusion
Looking at the scriptures above, from Genesis to Revelation, from the Law of Moses to the teachings of Jesus Christ, God has consistently proclaimed the same spiritual principle: if a person wishes to obtain God’s presence, blessings, promises, salvation, and eternal life, they must observe and obey God's word with all their heart and soul.
God’s decrees, laws, and commandments in the Bible are not burdens imposed upon humanity, but the path of life and truth given by God. Through His word, God guides people to live, be blessed, be preserved, overcome enemies, inherit the Promised Land, and become His holy people. All of God's commands originate from His love and lead humanity into His eternal will and plan.
In the New Testament era, Jesus Christ personally fulfilled the law and fully revealed God's will. Therefore, keeping God's commandments is essentially the same as keeping Jesus' words.
The Lord Jesus clearly stated that those who love Him will keep His commands; those who keep His words will have the Father and Christ dwell within them; and those who continually do the will of the Father will enter the kingdom of heaven. Thus, true faith is not merely intellectual agreement or verbal declaration, but living out the truth by obeying God's commands with all one's heart and soul.
"Observing and obeying the word of God" is the only key to unlocking the sixty-six books of the Bible. When a person receives God's revelation with a heart that fears, loves, trusts, and obeys God with all their heart and soul, the Holy Spirit will guide them to understand the truth, allowing them to see Christ, experience Christ, and live in Christ.
Such a person can not only grasp the central message of the Bible but also enter into the salvation and the eternal kingdom prepared by God.
May we not be merely hearers of the word, but doers; may we not only study God’s word but obey it, so that God’s will may be accomplished in us. May we become true disciples of Jesus and help all nations become His disciples, until the day we see the Lord face to face. Amen.
