Matthew 7:21
15 helpful votesNot everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
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Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
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“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. . . .
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
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