Scripture: Matthew 7:21–24
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many
mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never
knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Everyone then who
hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who
built his house on the rock.” (ESV)
Recently, I received an email from a subscriber of KingdomNomics
wanting an explanation of the above verses. No matter how great the
ministry of an individual may be, we must remember the source, power,
and foundation of our salvation is the person of Jesus Christ alone.
Only he gives us right standing before God, not our works.
I believe Matthew 7:21–24 is referring to people who are trusting in
their works to get into heaven. Works, no matter how wonderful, are not
an acceptable payment for our sin, nor do they make us right with God.
Only the blood of Jesus Christ is the acceptable payment for sin, and
only by his blood do we have redemption in Christ. The people mentioned
in the above passage are referring to themselves, saying their works
ought to qualify them to enter heaven. Without realizing it, they are
trusting in themselves rather than in Jesus Christ.
Only God qualifies us: “Giving thanks to the Father, who has
qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has
delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness
of sins.” (Colossians 1:12–14, ESV)
This is a 100% work by God. It is only God who qualifies, delivers, and transfers and in whom there is the forgiveness of sin.
Remember: “Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is
Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and
with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Romans 10:9–10, ESV)
The following passage states what the will of the father is, and this
is what we want to be sure to rely on. Only Jesus Christ is our
salvation. Nothing else.
“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on
the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise
him up on the last day” (John 6:40, ESV). The works will follow true faith.
Today, ask yourself:
Am I looking to Jesus Christ alone for my salvation, trusting only in his death, burial, and resurrection?
- See more at: http://kingdomnomics.com/christ-alone-is-the-source-of-our-salvation/#.VvzzcTGHi1
John 5:24
ESV / 73 helpful votes
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him
who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has
passed from death to life.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom
of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in
your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in
your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart
from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for
murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars,
their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which
is the second death.”
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge
of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a
fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume
the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without
mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse
punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned
the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he
was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? For we know him
who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will
judge his people.” ...
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with
him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be
gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another
as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the
sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to
those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was
hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was
a stranger and you welcomed me, ...
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that
whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the
dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they
will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He
will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more,
neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the
former things have passed away.”
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not
your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no
one may boast.
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor
the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love
him”—
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which
likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire,
serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every
tribe of the sons of Israel: 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, 12,000
from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from
the tribe of Manasseh, 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the
tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar, 12,000 from the tribe
of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 from the tribe of
Benjamin were sealed.
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death,
he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that
do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say
that one should pray for that.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his
glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?”
And he said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many,
I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the
master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand
outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he
will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ Then you will
begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our
streets.’ But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come
from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’ ...
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy
that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the
gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who
find it are few.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings
of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord
has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have
rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's
crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah,
sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord,
they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.
Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The
whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name
under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your
father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing
to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he
speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of
lies.
But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will
receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much
will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will
demand the more.
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat
straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not
hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. Let him kiss me with the
kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; your anointing
oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love
you. Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his
chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more
than wine; rightly do they love you. I am very dark, but lovely, O
daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of
Solomon. ...
“You shall not murder.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth
was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God
said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the
light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was
evening and there was morning, the first day. ...
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the
holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared
as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the
throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will
dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be
with them as their God.
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law
but under grace. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law
but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present
yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom
you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which
leads to righteousness?
Scripture: Matthew 7:21–24
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many
mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never
knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Everyone then who
hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who
built his house on the rock.” (ESV)
Recently, I received an email from a subscriber of KingdomNomics
wanting an explanation of the above verses. No matter how great the
ministry of an individual may be, we must remember the source, power,
and foundation of our salvation is the person of Jesus Christ alone.
Only he gives us right standing before God, not our works.
I believe Matthew 7:21–24 is referring to people who are trusting in
their works to get into heaven. Works, no matter how wonderful, are not
an acceptable payment for our sin, nor do they make us right with God.
Only the blood of Jesus Christ is the acceptable payment for sin, and
only by his blood do we have redemption in Christ. The people mentioned
in the above passage are referring to themselves, saying their works
ought to qualify them to enter heaven. Without realizing it, they are
trusting in themselves rather than in Jesus Christ.
Only God qualifies us: “Giving thanks to the Father, who has
qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has
delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness
of sins.” (Colossians 1:12–14, ESV)
This is a 100% work by God. It is only God who qualifies, delivers, and transfers and in whom there is the forgiveness of sin.
Remember: “Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is
Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and
with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Romans 10:9–10, ESV)
The following passage states what the will of the father is, and this
is what we want to be sure to rely on. Only Jesus Christ is our
salvation. Nothing else.
“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on
the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise
him up on the last day” (John 6:40, ESV). The works will follow true faith.
Today, ask yourself:
Am I looking to Jesus Christ alone for my salvation, trusting only in his death, burial, and resurrection?
- See more at: http://kingdomnomics.com/christ-alone-is-the-source-of-our-salvation/#.VvzzcTGHi1t
Scripture: Matthew 7:21–24
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many
mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never
knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Everyone then who
hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who
built his house on the rock.” (ESV)
Recently, I received an email from a subscriber of KingdomNomics
wanting an explanation of the above verses. No matter how great the
ministry of an individual may be, we must remember the source, power,
and foundation of our salvation is the person of Jesus Christ alone.
Only he gives us right standing before God, not our works.
I believe Matthew 7:21–24 is referring to people who are trusting in
their works to get into heaven. Works, no matter how wonderful, are not
an acceptable payment for our sin, nor do they make us right with God.
Only the blood of Jesus Christ is the acceptable payment for sin, and
only by his blood do we have redemption in Christ. The people mentioned
in the above passage are referring to themselves, saying their works
ought to qualify them to enter heaven. Without realizing it, they are
trusting in themselves rather than in Jesus Christ.
Only God qualifies us: “Giving thanks to the Father, who has
qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has
delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness
of sins.” (Colossians 1:12–14, ESV)
This is a 100% work by God. It is only God who qualifies, delivers, and transfers and in whom there is the forgiveness of sin.
Remember: “Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is
Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and
with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Romans 10:9–10, ESV)
The following passage states what the will of the father is, and this
is what we want to be sure to rely on. Only Jesus Christ is our
salvation. Nothing else.
“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on
the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise
him up on the last day” (John 6:40, ESV). The works will follow true faith.
Today, ask yourself:
Am I looking to Jesus Christ alone for my salvation, trusting only in his death, burial, and resurrection?
- See more at: http://kingdomnomics.com/christ-alone-is-the-source-of-our-salvation/#.VvzzcTGHi1t
Scripture: Matthew 7:21–24
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many
mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never
knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Everyone then who
hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who
built his house on the rock.” (ESV)
Recently, I received an email from a subscriber of KingdomNomics
wanting an explanation of the above verses. No matter how great the
ministry of an individual may be, we must remember the source, power,
and foundation of our salvation is the person of Jesus Christ alone.
Only he gives us right standing before God, not our works.
I believe Matthew 7:21–24 is referring to people who are trusting in
their works to get into heaven. Works, no matter how wonderful, are not
an acceptable payment for our sin, nor do they make us right with God.
Only the blood of Jesus Christ is the acceptable payment for sin, and
only by his blood do we have redemption in Christ. The people mentioned
in the above passage are referring to themselves, saying their works
ought to qualify them to enter heaven. Without realizing it, they are
trusting in themselves rather than in Jesus Christ.
Only God qualifies us: “Giving thanks to the Father, who has
qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has
delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness
of sins.” (Colossians 1:12–14, ESV)
This is a 100% work by God. It is only God who qualifies, delivers, and transfers and in whom there is the forgiveness of sin.
Remember: “Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is
Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and
with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Romans 10:9–10, ESV)
The following passage states what the will of the father is, and this
is what we want to be sure to rely on. Only Jesus Christ is our
salvation. Nothing else.
“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on
the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise
him up on the last day” (John 6:40, ESV). The works will follow true faith.
Today, ask yourself:
Am I looking to Jesus Christ alone for my salvation, trusting only in his death, burial, and resurrection?
- See more at: http://kingdomnomics.com/christ-alone-is-the-source-of-our-salvation/#.VvzzcTGHi1t
