UNASHAMED 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 His enlightenment, 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, but could show no work that Jesus could accept. They have faith, but no work that God or His prophets have ordered them to do. Jesus called them lawlessness practitioners. They practice lawlessness. They live in violation of His laws.

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 told them to do. Why? Because 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.

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. 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. And they surrender themselves to the will of Paul instead, 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 God the Son who had died to pay for our sins. Why? Has MONEY anything to do with it? Yes, we all need money to pay our bills. Shame on Christians, shame on Christians!

And so, what is the deeper meaning of Matthew 7:21-23? Even if we can do all that these men/women of great faith can do, have done, and more, 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. 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 engraved on two tablets are 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!