Denied Heaven

Luk 13:24  Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Imagine it… you want to enter into the strait gate, you desire heaven, you desire God and so you seek to enter in at that strait gate to be in heaven with God and you are DENIED entrance.

DENIED HEAVEN.

Will we be among the MANY seeking to enter heaven only to be turned away?

We've been taught that anyone and everyone who wants to get into heaven will get into heaven, but how can that be true if we read and believe Jesus' words in Luke 13:24- Many will seek to enter in and shall not be able?  Many will SEEK to enter and SHALL NOT BE ABLE.  We have to STOP believing that heaven is a guarantee. The masses, the great masses of Christians are NOT truly Christ followers and will NOT be known by Christ when He returns for His followers. Forget about those who outright say they don't believe in God, and those who believe in a god but not God the Father and Jesus His Son. Forget about those who choose NOT to believe altogether, we KNOW they will not be Christ followers because of their blatant choice. Think about Christians, those you align with as Christ followers. MANY will NOT enter into heaven. MANY are not known by Jesus and there has to be a reason for that, doesn't there?

Who among us is STRIVING to enter in at the strait gate? STRIVING to enter.

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:

Luk 13:26  Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

Luk 13:27  But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

The door is shut.

We begin to stand outside the door.

We begin to knock on that door. We want in.

We shout, 'Lord, Lord, OPEN UNTO US!'

And all we hear is…

"I KNOW YOU NOT WHEN YE ARE"

And we say…

"We have eaten and drunk in thy presence! You taught in our streets!"

And He will reply…

"I tell you, I KNOW YOU NOT when ye are…. DEPART FROM ME, ALL YE WORKERS OF INIQUITY."

And truly we will be HORRIFIED… won't we?  This is what we'll do…

Luk 13:28  There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

WEEPING.

GNASHING OF TEETH.

All when we realize that we have been left out of heaven when we BELIEVED we were going to be allowed in.  Called by our Savior- 'workers of iniquity'!

I DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT OF HEAVEN!

PLEASE, Father, please… we don't want to be left out! We want you to KNOW us. We don't want to be workers of iniquity! Help us! Save us from ourselves! Teach us how to STRIVE to enter in at the strait gate! Teach us how to believe! Teach us all we need to know to be YOURS! We would be YOURS! We would have you rid us of all our evil, all the wickedness in us! Cleanse us! Create in us new hearts! Renew right spirits with us!