As we read our daily reading for today.. our Lord Gave us a WARNING... so we may assess our profession of faith to Him? Are we really true when we say we love Him.
The prior statement, part of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1–2), boldly indicated that not everyone who refers to Jesus as "Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven. Rather, it is those who do the will of God the Father who will be saved (Matthew 7:21).
ONLY THOSE WHO DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER —What's His will? HIS TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS.
1. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
2,“And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
We can never say we love the Lord without the physical manifestation that we love OTHERS. We may pray fervently, worship day and night, serve and cast out demons but still He will deny us if we have no love for others- especially the lost.
Let us reflect... Why are we in the church if our reason is to only come for the Lord — we can stay at home to pray alone with the Lord.. We are in church to have fellowship with others and pray to the Lord together. Though when we praise and worship we must do it personally without thinking of others.. but it doesn't mean that we ignore and mistreat others because you are ONLY there for the Lord. The two greatest commandments are inseparable - we cannot cut off our ties with other people and say you love the Lord. God's will is for us to love Him as our Lord and savior and to love others as we love ourselves.
Is our love for the Lord manifests physically — do we submit to our authorities, elders, and even to other workers in the church or in the family or outside the church and family?
How we treat others is how we treat the Lord.
Let us not wait for the Lord to tell us — I NEVER KNEW YOU.... Amen.
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