Matthew
7:21-23
21 NOT EVERYONE WHO
SAYS TO ME, 'LORD, LORD'
WILL ENTER THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,
BUT ONLY HE WHO DOES
THE WILL OF MY FATHERLESS
WHO IS IN HEAVEN.
22 MANY WILL SAY TO
ME ON THAT DAY,
'LORD, LORD, DID WE
NOT PROPHESY IN YOUR NAME
AND IN YOUR NAME
DRIVE OUT DEMONSTRATES
AND PERFORM MANY
MIRACLES?'
23 THEN I WILL TELL
THEMPLAINLY,
'I NEVER KNEW YOU.
AWAY FROM ME YOU
EVIL DOERS!'
Christ Jesus
says that MANY
Will say to Him ON THAT
DAY,
'Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name,
And in your name drive
out demons
And perform many
miracles?'
Yet, the Christ of God
will tell them
That He never KNEW
them,
And calls them EVIL
DOERS.
This is one of the most
shocking Scriptures in the Bible.
First of all there are
not a few, but MANY in this condition.
These people are
exercising gifts
That can only be given
by the Spirit of God.
They are prophesying,
driving out demons,
And performing
miracles;
They are doing those
things
That the Scriptures
admonish the Saints to do.
Yet Christ Jesus does
not KNOW them,
And calls them Evil
Doers.
This Scripture teaches
us that we can be Saved,
Baptized (immersed) in
the Spirit;
Christ can put His laws
in our minds
And write them on our
hearts,
Which enables us to
KNOW Him;
Yet we can FAIL to do
His Will.
This FAILURE has
everything to do with Motives.
If our Motive in doing
what Scripture calls us to do
Is not done solely out
of love for
And to please the
Christ of God,
Then we are not doing
the will of God,
No matter what it is.
Doing the Will of God
is Ultimately Important.
Scripture teaches that
the GIFTS and CALL of God
Are without Repentance.
In other words God
gives GIFTS and CALLINGS
To men and women as He
sees fit.
However, how they use
these GIFTS and CALLINGS
Is in the hands of the
person.
If these GIFTS and
CALLINGS are not carried out.
In LOVE for God and His
people, then they are EVIL.
MOTIVE is everything.
If they are done to
exalt the person
Or for monetary gain
they are EVIL.
The GIFTS and CALLINGS
of God must be done
To exalt Christ alone;
They are from Christ,
and must Exalt Him only.
When they are done to
Exalt a person
This is a LIE
And therefore, perverse
and EVIL.
When the GIFTS and
CALLINGS of God
Are used to exalt a
person,
That person is
following in the foot steps of Satan,
A created being who
desires to be exalted and worshiped;
This is a LIE.
Everything he has was
given to him by God,
Therefore, for him to
take credit for attributes he was given by God,
Is a LIE, EVIL, and
condemns that person to Eternal Death.
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