Matthew 21:28-32
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to Him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.
If we say we will follow God and do as He says, but then do not because we never meant it in our heart, we are like the second son here. Many go forward in an altar call moment or are pressured into a "decision" for Christ by another, yet they only give assent on he outside without the heart and soul driving confession to repentance. Those of us like the first son who push back on Christ at first until we are drawn to admission of sin, turning of our cut heart - we then come running to our Father after relenting and believing with more than our mind or emotions alone.
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