05/28/2024
FOR PEOPLE AND FOR THE PRIEST
Very often, when people refer to this verse, they think, "ministers of the gospel." But look again, everybody. Ensure you are not just doing and serving "IN HIS NAME." But doing things for him and he is the One you are seeking, serving, and glorifying. Your heart must love Him and trust in Him. If not, you are on shallow ground and will fail. Begin with the fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5) and live righteously. Receive eternal lie and ensure your name is on HIS Book of Life (Luke 10:20).
"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.' Matthew 7:21-23 (MSG)
And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands]. Matthew 7:23 (AMP)
And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Matthew 7:23 (NKJV)
Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven." Luke 10:17-20 (NKJV)