Today is the day, the day that we look at Matthew
7, 21. It's where Jesus says, Not everyone who
says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom
of heaven. This is the verse that reminds us
that while everything we say, men will answer
for every idle word, while everything we say
is important, what we say is not the end -all,
be -all, and it's not everything. So people call
themselves Christian. They say, Lord Jesus. They
even pray, even do things. In the same passage
of scripture, Jesus will say, you healed in my
name, you cast out demons in my name, but get
away from me, I never knew you. Not just those
who say, Lord, Lord, it's those who live accordingly.
It's those who put God first. And so let me encourage
you to put God first, to learn his commands,
to grow in what God is teaching us to do, to
reach new heights in Jesus. And then as you're
living for the Lord, the confirmation of what
you have said, that declaration. with your mouth
that Jesus is Lord. It becomes true. To say that
he is Lord and to not do what he says is a contradiction.
And so Jesus would say, not everyone who says
unto me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of
heaven.