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Gospel

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day,
‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name?
Did we not drive out demons in your name?
Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
Then I will declare to them solemnly,
‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’

“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine
but does not act on them
will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”


18 posted on 03/15/2011 9:41:17 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation
JOhn 6:26,34

26. Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
27. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

28. Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29. Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

30. So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
31. Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[c]”

32. Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33. For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34. “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”



You forgot to tell the people what the " WILL OF THE FATHER IS ".....

What " IS " the will of the father ?
What " IS " the will of the father ?
What " IS " the will of the father ?
What " IS " the will of the father ?
What " IS " the will of the father ?
What " IS " the will of the father ?
What " IS " the will of the father ?



Matthew chapter 7:21,27

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven,
( *** but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. *** )
Many will say to me on that day,
‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name?
Did we not drive out demons in your name?
Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
Then I will declare to them solemnly,
‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’


“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven,
( *** but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. *** )
John 6:28,29:

( *** 28. Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29. Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” *** )



What " IS " the will of the father ? ( they answered him, what must be do to the works ( way, what we must act on ) GOD requires ? )
The will of the father is to work on, to act on, to seek after the one who he sent to save sinners.
30 posted on 03/15/2011 10:54:56 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: Salvation
Matthew 7:21


"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Yes, and 2 chapters before that in the same book of Matthew Jesus tells us this.

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.


The will of the father is to repent of your own self efforts to save yourselves by your own works, or misguided concept that someone can earn merits with GOD by keeping the law, for the law could not ever justify a man in God's sight.
There must be a atonement, a blood sacrifice to blot out sins.
The will of the father is to trust in, believe on and believe in Jesus Christ, to accept, and receive the love gift from GOD, his New Covenant by Grace through faith that was, initiated, confirmed, ratified, and fulfilled by the blood of Jesus Christ, and his resurrection and fulfilled on our behalf and for our sake.

God is basically saying to mankind to get over yourselves ( true humility is taking your eyes off self, and putting it on GOD ) and your pride and accept Christ, trust in Christ and his gift of Salvation bought by his blood and body.
32 posted on 03/15/2011 11:26:21 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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