He also said in verse 21 that they did not do the will of my father, okay?
So let's go to John chapter 6 for a moment go to John chapter number 6 and see what that is
now an unsaved person or
False teachers what they like to do is they like to read that passage and they say all these people weren't good enough
To get into heaven they say all these people they claim to do all these wonderful things
But they weren't doing the true will of God they weren't really serving him and doing enough good works notice
They were too sinful. You know they were doing too much evil. They were workers of iniquity well
We should let the Bible. Tell us what the will of Father is number one okay, and then number two
Everyone's too sinful to make it into heaven, so that's that's you're kind of in trouble there right, but look at John chapter 6 verse 40 and
This is the will of him that sent me that everyone would see at the Sun and believeth on him may have
Everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day now how many works are mentioned in verse number 40
None, so what is it that they did not do they did not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved
You say what do you mean? They're calling him Lord? How do they not believe?
That's because your definition of belief is incompatible with the Bible's definition of belief, okay?
Believing in the Bible does not mean you acknowledge Christ's existence
It does not mean that you recognize that he is the Son of God of the Lord
No to believe in Jesus Christ means you're trusting him to get you into heaven
Because if you're standing at the gates and Christ is saying why should I let you in you say because you died for me
Because you bled for me because you were buried and you rose again
And I put my faith in you to get me into heaven and then Christ will say you're right, and he's gonna let you in
Because the Bible says whosoever believeth should not perish, but everlasting life
Jesus Christ made it clear whosoever liveth and believeth and me shall never die believeth now this
So the Bible makes it clear the one thing you have to do is trust in him
What would be the opposite of that trusting your own righteousness and notice when these people aren't let in?
Christ says I never knew you
Meaning also the fact that once he knows you you're saved these people were never saved
It wasn't like they lost their salvation they became too sinful and the reality is you can't do enough right to get into heaven
Go to Luke chapter number 18 Luke chapter number 18
Now who it would be out there that would claim the name of Christ that thinks they can do enough right
To get into heaven this would be your Catholic
your Catholic thinks that they can do enough right to get into heaven and when you go and you knock doors and you talk to
People and you run into Catholics and you ask them why they're going to heaven they will point to their works
They will point to the fact they go to church or their catechism or the fact
They're a good person or all the good that they do
Oh, I've been in church. I go to church. I go to confession. In fact, I ran into a
Catholic
Pastor he was like
He was an archbishop. Okay, which is kind of a high up position within the Catholic structure
okay, this guy was an archbishop over an entire region and
I said if you were to die today, you're 100% sure you go to heaven
He said yes, and I said why he said cuz I had a really good confession today
And
I'm like, how's that gonna get you in? You know, oh look at like I confess really well
You know Lord and again the Catholic will point to what he does and this is a wrong mentality
If you think you're getting into heaven based on some righteousness that you've done
You'll never make it you have to change your mind about even what it takes to get into heaven
Look at Luke chapter 18 verse 10
Two men went up in the temple to pray the one a Pharisee and the other publican the Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
Himself God, I thank thee that I'm not as other men are
extortioners and just
Adulters or even as this publican I fast twice in the week
I give tithes of all that I possess
And the publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes into heaven
But smote upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner
I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other for everyone that exalted himself
Shall be abased and he that humbled of himself shall be exalted notice
We have two guys praying one is praying and congratulating himself on how wonderful he is on how righteous
He is how he's better than this other guy that's next to him and then he points to what the stuff that he does
Oh, I fast. Oh, I tithe he's pointing to his good works
He's pointing to his righteousness and notice what Christ says. Hey, if you exalt yourself, you'll be abased
But the guy that humbles himself and says, you know, I need mercy, you know, he's asking the Lord to just save him notice
He's the one that's justified
He's the one that gets into heaven and when we looked at our first example of those people
Standing for Christ did they humble themselves or they magnifying themselves? They were exalting themselves. Oh, I prophesied in thy name
Oh, I cast out devil. Oh, I did many wonderful works. Look at the quantifier
They said it was wonderful because they just have to really emphasize they didn't just do what they didn't do works
They did wonderful works. I mean because they're just such a wonderful person. They're so great. They're so
So much of a righteous person go to Matthew chapter 19
Matthew chapter 19, but notice again this philosophy of trusting in your righteousness will not get you saved
It will not justify you you won't enter in the kingdom of heaven
If you think your righteousness has anything to do with getting to heaven you're not saved