Matthew 7:21-23 Knowing the correct password-- saying 'Master, Master,' for instance-- isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience-- doing what my Father wills. I can see it now-- at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God- sponsored projects had everyone talking.’ And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.'
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Matthew 7:21-23
Knowing the correct password-- saying 'Master, Master,' for instance-- isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience-- doing what my Father wills. I can see it now-- at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God- sponsored projects had everyone talking.’ And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.'
Sources
1 Corinthians 3:10-15
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
God’s Sovereign
Will
Mark 13: 32 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the
Father.
God’s Moral Will2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is God- breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness,
God's Individual
Will
The Big Idea
2 Peter 1:3-4His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
What Next?
Convictions
Acts 15:28It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything
beyond the following
requirements:
Common Sense
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you…
Communication
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is
God- breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in
righteousness,
Counsel
Proverbs 12:15The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.
