Oct 22 2018, 02:45 PM
QUOTE(Vrese @ Sep 28 2018, 02:49 PM)
What exactly the meaning of this verse Matthew 7:21-23?
21 “Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.’ 23 Then I will tell those people clearly, ‘Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you.’
First, we need to know that Jesus taught us to pray the will of God to be done on earth as it is in Heaven.21 “Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.’ 23 Then I will tell those people clearly, ‘Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you.’
Mat 6:9-10 MKJV Therefore pray in this way: Our Father, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name. (10) Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.
What is the will of God for born again believer?
Mat 10:7-8 MKJV And as you go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand. (8) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. You have received freely, freely give.
Luk 9:1-2 MKJV And He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases. (2) And He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Are all believers empowered to do the same thing?
Mar 16:16-18 MKJV He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned. (17) And miraculous signs will follow to those believing these things: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak new tongues; (18) they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will be well.
All believing believers are empowered to do the supernatural, to invoke the Kingdom of God on the earth as it is in Heaven to benefit people.
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QUOTE(Vrese @ Sep 28 2018, 02:49 PM)
What exactly the meaning of this verse Matthew 7:21-23?
21 “Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.’ 23 Then I will tell those people clearly, ‘Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you.’
why?21 “Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.’ 23 Then I will tell those people clearly, ‘Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you.’
My humble opinion: Those are the categories of people who does not know Christ (because Jesus himself said 'Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you'), yet they can perform miraculous healing and deliverance. There are those who are in other faith can perform supernatural stuffs for personal gain or motive. The source is different. If those people who do not have relationship with God can perform those supernatural stuffs, how much more the born again believers could enforce the Kingdom of God by invoking the miracles on earth as it is in Heaven!
“A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.” ~ Bill Johnson
This post has been edited by Cochrane7: Oct 22 2018, 02:48 PM
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