SHAMELESS CHRISTIANS
Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'” Matthew 7:21-23.
Readers, I am sure you have seen this text a dozen times or more. And some of you may wonder why you are seeing this text from me one more time. Well, I write what the Spirit tells me to write. He gives me the idea of what to write, and when to write. Without Him telling me what to do, I can do nothing. Today I am going to analyze this text in detail to help my readers understand the deeper meaning of this text. First, I will start with the known facts that are given in this verse. From there on we are going to develop a logical conclusion. Here are the facts that we know. The scenario described in Matthew 7:21-23, I believe, occurs at the time when Jesus returns for the second time to hand rewards or punishments to everyone. Matthew 7:21-23 is story about insubordinatian and defiance, like the story of Adam and Eve, Lucifer and millions of his angels, and billions of souls who perished during Noah's time. Jesus describes His conversation with some Christian men/women of great faith. They have great faith because they could prophesy in His name, cast out demons in His name, and do many wonders in His name. However, they could show no work that Jesus could accept. They go to church every Sunday. They have great faith, but they did nothing that God or His prophets have ordered them to do. This constitutes insubordination and defiance. Jesus called them lawlessness practitioners. They practice lawlessness. They live in violation of His laws. They live in sin. They do not follow the law. They have faith, but they do not follow the law. They have faith, but they do not do what God had told them to do. Why? Because they follow what the apostle Paul says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9. The apostle Paul says that we are saved by faith only, and not by our work. The apostle James, on the other hand, says, “Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? “You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.” For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”James 2:21,24,26. In Jesus' eyes, faith and do what the law requires us to do go together. They supplement each other. They go in pairs. And so, who was right, Paul or James? According to the decision that Jesus made in Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus declared the Apostle James the winner, and Paul and millions or billions of his followers were the losers. Jesus will reward the winners with eternal life, and the losers will be dumped in eternal fire. Where do you think these men/women of great faith described in Matthew 7:21-23 will go after Jesus saw them? Where do you think people who disobeyed God's orders will eventualy be thrown into? Can you imagine the ugly things that Christians have done to Jesus, The Jesus whom Christians say had died to pay for their sins? They have betrayed Jesus, worse than Judas Iscariot. They have humiliated and insulted Jesus by intentionally ignoring Him. They are insubordinate and defiant to Jesus whom they say have died to pay for their sins. They have insulted and humiliated Jesus by abolishing all of His Holy words and throwing them in the garbage. But they fully surrender themselves to Paul, and do everything that Paul tells them to do to please and honor Paul, their new shepherd. Did Paul die to pay for our sins? No, he did not! Then why do we follow and/or worship Paul who did not die to pay for our sins, but was defiant and insubordinate to Jesus Christ who had died to pay for our sins. Why? Has MONEY anything to do with it? Yes, I know we use Jesus and Paul only to make money. Shame on Christians, shame on Christians!
Readers, I am sure you have seen this text a dozen times or more. And some of you may wonder why you are seeing this text from me one more time. Well, I write what the Spirit tells me to write. He gives me the idea of what to write, and when to write. Without Him telling me what to do, I can do nothing. Today I am going to analyze this text in detail to help my readers understand the deeper meaning of this text. First, I will start with the known facts that are given in this verse. From there on we are going to develop a logical conclusion. Here are the facts that we know. The scenario described in Matthew 7:21-23, I believe, occurs at the time when Jesus returns for the second time to hand rewards or punishments to everyone. Matthew 7:21-23 is story about insubordinatian and defiance, like the story of Adam and Eve, Lucifer and millions of his angels, and billions of souls who perished during Noah's time. Jesus describes His conversation with some Christian men/women of great faith. They have great faith because they could prophesy in His name, cast out demons in His name, and do many wonders in His name. However, they could show no work that Jesus could accept. They go to church every Sunday. They have great faith, but they did nothing that God or His prophets have ordered them to do. This constitutes insubordination and defiance. Jesus called them lawlessness practitioners. They practice lawlessness. They live in violation of His laws. They live in sin. They do not follow the law. They have faith, but they do not follow the law. They have faith, but they do not do what God had told them to do. Why? Because they follow what the apostle Paul says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9. The apostle Paul says that we are saved by faith only, and not by our work. The apostle James, on the other hand, says, “Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? “You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.” For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”James 2:21,24,26. In Jesus' eyes, faith and do what the law requires us to do go together. They supplement each other. They go in pairs. And so, who was right, Paul or James? According to the decision that Jesus made in Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus declared the Apostle James the winner, and Paul and millions or billions of his followers were the losers. Jesus will reward the winners with eternal life, and the losers will be dumped in eternal fire. Where do you think these men/women of great faith described in Matthew 7:21-23 will go after Jesus saw them? Where do you think people who disobeyed God's orders will eventualy be thrown into? Can you imagine the ugly things that Christians have done to Jesus, The Jesus whom Christians say had died to pay for their sins? They have betrayed Jesus, worse than Judas Iscariot. They have humiliated and insulted Jesus by intentionally ignoring Him. They are insubordinate and defiant to Jesus whom they say have died to pay for their sins. They have insulted and humiliated Jesus by abolishing all of His Holy words and throwing them in the garbage. But they fully surrender themselves to Paul, and do everything that Paul tells them to do to please and honor Paul, their new shepherd. Did Paul die to pay for our sins? No, he did not! Then why do we follow and/or worship Paul who did not die to pay for our sins, but was defiant and insubordinate to Jesus Christ who had died to pay for our sins. Why? Has MONEY anything to do with it? Yes, I know we use Jesus and Paul only to make money. Shame on Christians, shame on Christians!
And so, what is the deeper meaning of Matthew 7:21-23? It mans that even if we can do all that these men/women of great faith can do, have done, and more but if we do not do the will of JESUS we will be cremated alive. If we do the will of Paul and the will of all the other disciples but do not do the will of Jesus, we will hear weeping and gnashing of teeth for hours or weeks. What is the will of Jesus? Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep My commandments.” John 14:15. That is His will! That is His will since the time of Adam and Eve. Do we understand that God's will is that we obey Him! Everything that He has created since the time of creation has obeyed Him except us! Whom do we obey? Whom do Christians obey? Christians obey Paul. In fact, Christians defy and refuse to do what God has told them to do because of the teachings of Paul. Do you know who else defied God? SATAN. Do we love Jesus? Millions or billions of Christians throughout the world will surely say, "Yes we do, yes we do," when asked if they love Jesus. Do we keep His commandments? "NO, we do not." We keep Paul's commandments." Liars have no place in heaven! If we say that Jesus is our Shepherd, but we follow Paul, Jesus wants to have nothing to do with us! Why? Because we are not His sheep. I know some readers will not believe me. But that is okay, because salvation is not for everyone! Salvation is not for everyone. When Jesus returns, that's the end of His patience with us. THE END. Read what Jesus said about His will in John 14:15,21-24. Easy reading! Finally, Jesus said, "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide [is] the gate and broad [is] the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow [is] the gate and difficult [is] the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14. If you think that you have found it, LOOK AGAIN, unless you are among the few wise men/women who have found it. Why? Because you may still be on the road that leads to destruction! Don't believe everything that you hear from the pulpit.
Christians make themselves known to the whole world that they are distrustful, shameful, backstabbers. It's obvious!
The words that God gave us through Moses that He had engraved on two tablets were foods for our souls. And we threw them away like a pile of shit? Is that how we should treat God? Is that how we should treat Jesus whom we said have died to pay for our sins? Don't we know who Jesus is? Jesus Christ = Yahweh = God!
Jesus, please come today! The Christians for whom you have died on the cross do not love you. They love Paul, and not you. If they can, they will even prevent you from keeping what is yours - The Ten Commandments. I predict that when Jesus calls Paul as a witness to be a witness to defend the Christians on Judgment Day, Paul will say, "I don't know them!"
Jesus said, "And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. "Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. "But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” "For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” Matthew 24:10,11,13,24. Brothers, do you think you are among the elect? If you think you are, think again! Why? Because Satan will leave no one unescape from his trap, no one, now, or in the future! What are you still waiting for, my Lord? Things will not get any better in the world. In certain Muslim countries if people abolish God's laws they will get beaten to a pulp. In America if people abolish Jesus' laws they will go to heaven, preachers say. But if they disregarded Paul's teachings they will go to hell. What kind of logic is that? What is Jesus still waiting for? Please come today! I am anxious to meet you, my Lord. I love you always! Help me so I can always do whatever you want me do for you, small or big, until you return.
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