What Does God Require

Friend, we are "wired" to understand God.

That's how He designed our minds - to know Him.

Our predicament of not trusting Him is from our own doing.

We are subject to His Law. We were created according to His Law. And He, ONLY works for our Good within His Law; never outside of it. And The Law must always be fulfilled, pleased, even if reluctantly by us. (meaning...Pay the price set by Law.)

When The Law is WHOLE, it is happy, it is calm, it doesn't accuse, it is benevolent, it is charitable in return. It does the miraculous, the impossible; when all things are aligned in Law.

So one can imagine if The Law has been transgressed, it automatically must protect Itself and make Itself WHOLE again. And It would withhold It's Good Gifts from that one which is not whole also; paid the price for the transgression; because it cannot be unlawful Itself.

This is the overall characteristic of Who God Is; Law. And His Law is full of Truth and Justice and Righteousness.

And man transgressed (as husband and wife) in the Garden. This is the time when sin entered the world and all it's inhabitants. That was a consequence of breaking The Law.

Can you understand the enormity of what Adam and Eve did in The Garden?  Knowing Who God Is, we can trust that all was told to Adam and Eve, regarding that tree in the midst of The Garden. Because for one, Satan said, "God didn't mean that." Obviously the first couple were having conversation back and forth with the devil and he beguiled them. Their hearts were wanting to test God. They chose to believe Satan.

For thousands of years, God allowed man (according to His Law) to freely choose Him or Satan. Then Jesus said He would come to fulfil The Law. It was unbalanced with a burdensome amount of souls who hated God, who worshipped self made dieties, who were totally given over to sinful deeds.

The time had come where a Way had to be made or the world and it's inhabitants would have to be thrown into the firey furnace to satisfy The Law. (souls filling up a great space to await Judgment.)

We know Jesus did come to make a New Covenant with mankind.

That is the Covenant all souls are born into since His Death and Resurrection.

All, not just the Jews, but all people have the Holy Right to choose His Way; The Way of Jesus.

The Law has made it simple. 

A Yes for Jesus, you get Eternal Life in the continuing story of God, and a No for Jesus, means eternal remorse, regret, in Hell, with the leader of the rebellion.

All that God requires is wrapped up in a "Yes," for Him. 

After we agree in our self, that we want a Good God, and not an evil created being which has been condemned already, meaning to follow it would be to share it's condemnation; God by His Spirit left on earth to Holy Counsel the believers, begins a new work in us, to bring us into deep pure relationship with God.

That's the simple answer to what He requires of mankind's individual souls.

He greatly desires to have relationship with us. He delights in every soul saved from His condemnation. To Him, our Salvation is wonderful - and all the angels in Heaven rejoice and sing praises to Him for every soul saved from condemnation.