# 35. 2017 Dev. Mt. 7:21. False Disciples. Read verses 21-23. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living with family, friends and others. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Matthew 7:21
21 “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 who is in heaven.
In the last section of His sermon Jesus talked about true prophets and false, here Jesus compares true disciples and those who are false. One of the pressing problems today is people who talk the talk but do not walk the walk the walk. This is a difficult passage. How is that those who do not belong to Jesus cast out evil spirits and perform healings and miracles? We need to look at scripture for the answer. We look at Mt 25:31-46
Jesus Says: 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.”
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ “
A true disciple sees Jesus in the people in need around him! A false disciple does not.
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ “
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ “46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
The answer to our question: If you are not with Jesus, you are with Satan. If you want to walk the talk, open your eyes, and open your heart!
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