Everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
Verse 22.
"Many will say to me in that day," we're not talking about a few people who thought they
were saved and really weren't, "many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in thy name?
Is that works?"
Yep.
"And in thy name have cast out devils?
Is that works?"
Yep.
"And in thy name done many wonderful works?"
Need I say more?
So what are these people trusting in, in three different ways?
Works!
We did works!
John 6, 40, "This is the will of him that sent me, that everyone which seeeth the Son
and believeth on him may have everlasting life."
So what is the will of the Father?
That you, in this context, it's that you believe on him whom God hath sent.
Well didn't these people in Matthew 7, didn't they believe on him?
Because how could you do that stuff without believing on him?
Why are you preaching in his name if you don't believe in him?
But wait a minute.
Wait a minute now.
They are believing in him and something else.
They don't have all their faith in Jesus.
Jesus is not something that you add to a false religion.
They are deceived because that is what they say.
They say, "Well if believing is all you have to do, I am covered.
I am doing this other stuff just to make sure.
I am doing the faith and the works, so I am covered both ways."
If you are right, I am covered, but if God demands works too, I am still covered because
I am doing them.
That is what they say.
They are missing it.
You know what?
I am going to put a sticker on the back of my car that says "Coexist" with every symbol
of it, and I am covered.
No, the Bible says that you have to believe in Jesus with all your heart.