Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Not every one that saith unto me- Lord, Lord…
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Mat 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Luk 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Luk 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are
Jesus said- there will be people saying to Him - Lord, Lord, and ALL that say Lord, Lord will NOT be His. Many will say - Lord, Lord. Will YOU be among those who say Lord, Lord? You could be, I could be and we could be among those who say it genuinely, we could be among those that Jesus Christ knows. We could be among those that do the will of the Father in heaven. We could very well be among those who are ready- watching and prepared for His return. We could be among those who DO the things He says to do.
One thing is certain ONLY those who do the following will be known of the Lord--
Those who do the will of the Father in heaven.
Those who are prepared and waiting for Jesus to return.
Those who do the things Jesus says to do.
We are guaranteed NOT to be among those known by the Lord if we do not do the will of the Father in heaven, if we are not prepared and waiting for Jesus to return, if we are not doing the things Jesus tells us to do.
So many believe that we are supposed to do NOTHING. They really do. They sit around day after day assuming that they are ready for our Savior when He returns and they do so because Satan wants them to believe that they are saved. If you believe something to be true you don't do much to change that belief, right? For many years people believed smoking was harmless and the people that enjoyed smoking didn't try change that perception- why would they? They held the belief that smoking was fine and that was that. It wasn't until other people started making connections to smoking and bad health that people who enjoyed smoking began to suspect that maybe this supposedly harmless pastime wasn't quite so harmless. Then there began tests, experiments and the data started adding up that yes, it's factual that smoking is harmful. People were forced to believe that the smoke they inhaled could hurt them. Does this mean that ALL people believe it? Most do, but there are a few that don't. Does this knowledge change the fact that people smoke knowing it harms them? No. The point is… people believed that it was harmless only to find out different later. People believe right now that they know the Lord and will be saved by Him, but MANY are going to find out later that they don't know Him. How is that possible? How? They are convinced they know the Lord. So if someone is convinced they know the Lord then how are they being deceived? We have to study the word of God and find out. We have to ask ourselves these questions.
Are we doing the will of the Father?
Are we prepared and waiting for Jesus to return?
Are we doing the things Jesus' says to do?
Do we know what the will of the Father is?
Do we know how to be prepared and waiting for Jesus to return?
Do we know what things Jesus tell us to do?
It is MORE than just assuming we are saved. It is more than saying Lord, Lord, and believing He know us because we say that to Him. Why would Jesus tell us all this if He didn't expect us to study it and learn more? Jesus wants us to understand that people will be deceived, people that believe they know Him. We cannot be among those who assume we are saved. We cannot be among those who only have a superficial relationship with our Savior. We cannot be among those who sit in a pew and pay our tithes to a church and believe we belong to Jesus. We cannot be FAKE in our relationship with our Savior, He knows any falseness we possess.
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
By the grace of our God we will know HIM! By the grace of God we will enter the kingdom of heaven! By the grace of God we will DO the will of the Father in heaven.
May we continue to study to understand all that Jesus would have us understand! In His amazing, wondrous love!
Amen.
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