This is seldom taught in church today, but yet it holds such an important message not to be missed by any God seeking Christians.
Matthew 7:21-23 NKJV
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!"
Who was Jesus referring to? Those who practice LAWLESSNESS. So what segragates the Godly and Lawless?
Matthew 7:24-27 NKJV
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Yes, its "WHOEVER HEARS THESE SAYINGS OF MINE AND DOES THEM". Not merely hearing and recieving like a sponge. Not sitting in Church day in day out and continually claiming blessings upon blessings. But it's those who hears Jesus teaching and actually does them.
To the Lawless, Jesus called them False Prophets, why? Because they are not merely Lawless, they pretend to be for the Lord; they prophecised, cast out demons, and done wonders IN HIS NAME (v22). Doesn't this sound familiar? Even those who did all these things were rejected from heaven.
Matthew 7:15-20 NKJV
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
(in this instance, the Greek word for cut down is literally cut down, not lifted up... Strong's Greek 1581, ekkoptó)
But isn't Prophecies, Casting out Demons and doing wonders part of DOING HIS WORK? Well, Jesus is always looking for a heart for the lost. This is really what serving is about. Jesus truly explained what the 10 Commandments really meant, not a book of rules, but of the heart.
Matthew 25:34-46 NKJV
Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Works is of the Law? Think again. How can a Chrisitan who is genuinely saved not result in works and obedience to God's Law which is good? Has the Law been taken away? Or has it been written in our hearts?
Hebrews 10:16-18 NKJV
“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord : I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,” then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin."
Jeremiah 31:33-34 NKJV
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord : I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord ,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord . For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
If the law is written in our hearts, it has not been taken away. Jesus came as a greater replacement to the levitical law, so that Salvation is made available to Gentiles, and not confined to the lesser blood of Bulls and Goats. It was never meant to replace the Law, but to fulfill it.
Matthew 5:17-19 NKJV
“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Not Glenn Fong say one hor, it's bible say one.
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