He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’
“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
26 “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
27 “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’
YIKES! Did you catch what the people said to Jesus? "We are and drank with you, and you taught in our streets." And he still says...I never knew you.
How many people THINK they know Jesus will all they know is about him? This scares me A LOT. Read these verses too:
Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father 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 demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
WHAT THE HECK?? How do people think they're going to Heaven when they're not? Is this me?? What is the will of the Father? Well according to Matthew 7, it's not works. Because people did the works (prophecy, drive out demons, perform miracles) and it didn't work. So what is the will? That we know Jesus. Once we KNOW Jesus, we'll do those works anyway. But we don't do the works to get into Heaven. We do the works because we love Jesus.
So do you KNOW Jesus or just about him? Because I can know a lot about a celebrity but not know them. I can read all the books and know many little details...but never meet the person once. Let this not be us with Jesus.
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