September 22
Jesus poses a question to those who followed His ministry that is applicable to us today. In Luke 6:46 we are told that He said, “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?" Perhaps it is those who profess faith in Him but deny His lordship over their lives by their actions who will hear the stinging words of Matthew 7:23.
In His dissertation in Matthew 7:20-23, the Lord says, “By their fruits you shall know them. Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that does the will of My Father which is in Heaven. Many will say to Me that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and have we not cast out demons in Your name and done many wonderful works?’…
…and I will say to them, ‘Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity. I never knew you.’” ‘Depart from Me’…these are the most horrific words that anyone can hear in time or in eternity. Those of us who think we’re ‘OK’ with God but do not obey His Word will be the most distressful of sinners bound for hell because we deluded ourselves into believing the lie of the enemy that persuaded us to ‘do our own thing.’
Whether unassuming, ordinary people or the power-wielders of the earth, we cannot profess faith in Christ without bowing our knee before Him in obedience to His will. Yes, He has died for us. Yes, His blood has covered our sin, but unless we place our sin under His blood and live our lives in compliance with His law, we will bear our transgressions on that Day of Judgment. Why call Him Lord, if He is not?
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