A Severe Truth, Part 2

“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.” Luke 6:46-49

“You call me Lord, Lord, and then
you go your way.
You call me Lord, Lord, and then
you don’t obey.
You call me Lord, Lord, and then
do things your way.
How can I be Lord if I’m never Lord
of your today?”
- Linda Rich, IVP

There is no more tragic moment of realization than that which Jesus clearly reveals - one in which a person who worked and spent their whole life supposedly in a powerful ministry for the cause of Christ, in Jesus’ name, and have to hear Jesus say, “I never knew you; depart from Me.”

What can you do to keep from hearing those dreadful words? Jesus’ next words help: “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them...” (Matt. 7:24). Doesn’t James admonish us to be not only hearers, but doers of the Word?

It’s time for each of God’s children to exemplify in their daily lives a true pattern of Jesus. Make your heart’s prayer each day to do God’s will and be God’s man or woman. A day will come when many who think they are saved will stand before Jesus Christ for Judgement.