Mat 7:21
"Not all people who sound religious are really godly.
They may refer to me as `Lord,' but they still won't
enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The decisive issue is
whether they obey my Father in heaven.
Obedience is better than sacrifice.
Obedience is the key. In order to understand obedience,
We must first know what is expected of us.
We are commanded to love one another as Christ loves the church.
There are people in church right now that feel unworthy because
They do not know the church lingo, have the church face.
and the church antics.
Obedience is not predicated on feelings & emotionalism.
I am not saying that we do not get “tempted” at times.
I do understand that there is a way that we must conduct
ourselves Just because a couple in the
church is holding hands in church does not mean that they are
having pre marital sex.
At the same time you can not be in the pulpit praying for
People to be delivered from struggles and additions possessing
all of the Christian antics on Sunday and turn around and
have relations with your secretary on Monday.
What happened to the days when someone in leadership missed
the mark, they sat down for 3 months so that they can consecrate
themselves unto God to be restored so that they can
continue doing what God called them to do.
Those days seem long gone.
Tell me how can you set aside time to hold marriage conferences,
go through a divorce and still not set aside time to heal from the
divorce. If you are paying attention Paula White’s itinerary is still booked to capacity,
Juanita is still trying to get on Oprah.
Now I love and respect these individuals but how can you teach on
marriage & charge for tickets for a Word that God gave
you for “free”, and behind closed doors what you are preaching is not working for you.
Now things have gotten so bad new talk shows on major networks
are being developed to replace the Gospel because the networks feel that
they might as well profit off of the church just as much as the false profits do.
“Why have therapy sessions at church when you can get that
from Oprah” Right?
People times are tough. We have to get away from all of our problems will be solved in a day messages back to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
God is now exposing some things to the body of Christ whereby we have to be totally dependent upon Him. Microwave messages are not working anymore. Becoming a millionaire in 4 weeks messages are not working anymore. Getting a husband in 7 days messages are not working anymore. God has purpose in the process.
Behind His Shadow
Bobby
Suggested Reading:
Mat 7:12
"Do for others what you would like them to do for you. This is a summary of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.
Mat 7:13
"You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell[fn4] is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose the easy way.
Mat 7:14
But the gateway to life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it.
Mat 7:15
"Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are really wolves that will tear you apart.
Mat 7:16
You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You don't pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles.
Mat 7:17
A healthy tree produces good fruit, and an unhealthy tree produces bad fruit.
Mat 7:18
A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit.
Mat 7:19
So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
Mat 7:20
Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is by the kind of fruit that is produced.
Mat 7:21
"Not all people who sound religious are really godly. They may refer to me as `Lord,' but they still won't enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in heaven.
Mat 7:22
On judgment day many will tell me, `Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.'
Mat 7:23
But I will reply, `I never knew you. Go away; the things you did were unauthorized.[fn5]'
Mat 7:24
"Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
Mat 7:25
Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on rock.
Mat 7:26
But anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
Mat 7:27
When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will fall with a mighty crash."
Mat 7:28
After Jesus finished speaking, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
Mat 7:29
for he taught as one who had real authority-quite unlike the teachers of religious law.
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