“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,...
Some ‘Christians’ gravitate to verses such as this...to the neglect of verses such as “As I have loved you, so you must love one another” or “When you do these things to the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you do them to Me.” They seem to think they are the only one’s going to Heaven, and relish the thought that everyone else is going to hell.
Originally Posted by OldHat
...but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” (Mat 7:21 ESV)
Evidently the will of God, to some, includes labeling and badging oneself as a “Christian”, as opposed to simply seeing oneself as a ‘disciple’ (follower, pupil)...the term Jesus Himself used for His followers.
Originally Posted by OldHat
The will of the Father is for us to worship Christ as the Living God.
And Jesus’ greatest commandment coincides with Paul’s assertion that our devotion to God is authenticated, to God and to others, by our love for others.
