Matthew 7:21-23
21 “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. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Do we do God's will, starting with Him drawing us, giving faith as grace to hear and respond to the gospel, not as our will or another's by a rote prayer? And having been reborn, do we then do His will by trusting and obeying out of love and thanksgiving for the unearned grace, keeping in step with His Spirit in us? We can cry His name out, but does He have our whole heart, mind, and soul as we follow with all the strength we are given? All the "great" things we do for Him mean nothing without reconciliation to Him and living for Him.
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