Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
In view of Matthew 7:21-23.....it seems as if those who will qualify as “goats” in that judgment, demonstrate that they had no idea that what they were doing, was wrong.....they try to offer their justifications to Jesus as Jehovah’s appointed judge, but it falls on deaf ears.....his rejection of them is absolute, because he tells them that he has NEVER KNOWN them.......”NEVER” means “NOT EVER”. Think about that.We will find out when we both have to stand before God!
The religious system of which you are all a part, is going to be dispensed with, just as Judaism was, due to their defection from the truth of God’s word centuries ago. Their adoption of “the commands of men” substituted for the word of God, (Matthew 15:7-9) made their entire religious existence, repugnant to the God they claimed to worship.
History repeats because humans think that they can pick and choose what they will obey, and what they can ignore with impunity, in the scriptures. They think that they are free to evaluate what is acceptable to God and what isn’t.....when the truth is....what is acceptable to man, if it goes contrary to all of what is taught in scripture, is never acceptable to God.
If making our own rules (based on the interpretation of one or two ambiguous verses taken out of context) was valid, then why do we have the entirety of scripture upon which to base our beliefs, attitudes and conduct? The whole Bible give us the whole picture of the true God, and what he expects of his worshippers....and always has.
The whole reason that we are living this life, is for God to find out from our thinking and behavior, who is like Adam and Eve, and who is like Abel, the first righteous man in scripture, (despite his being born with the burden of sin). God is choosing citizens for his incoming Kingdom, and we are showing him every day of our lives, who is obedient when it is difficult, and who can stand up for the truth when the majority are going in the opposite direction. Who has the majority under his control? (1 John 5:19)
Who are the “few” who will be found on the “cramped” and difficult road to life? (Matthew 7:13-14)
Why is that road “cramped”?
Why is the entryway “narrow”.
Why are the majority on the wrong road....a dead end....?
You tell me.....