April 2, 2025 • 30 mins
“Talk is cheap.” There's a lot of empty chatter today. We hear it in politics. We hear it in business. Most tragically, we hear it in religion. In an age of bells and whistles, we long to see Christians who back up what they say with how they live—not for show, but out of love and faith. Jesus said it will take more than talk to enter heaven. As He nears the end of this famous sermon, He warns and admonishes us about putting His words into practice. These powerful and piercing words need to be taught more often in congregations today.
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Hi, I am Kerry Duke, host of My Godin My Neighbor podcast from Tennessee
Bible College, where we see the Bibleas not just another book, but the Book.
Join us in a study of the inspiredWord to strengthen your faith and to
share what you've learned with others.
The Sermon on the Mount isa unique part of Scripture.
As a matter of fact, this is one of themost quoted sections in all the Bible.
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Jesus said you are the salt ofthe earth, the light of the world.
He said to love your enemies.
He said give us this day our dailybread, lead us not into temptation.
Those statements are quotedby people somewhere in the
world today on a daily basis.
So this is definitely one ofthe most quoted parts in all the
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Bible, but it's also one of themost misquoted parts of the Bible.
When Jesus said turn the other cheek, wehave looked at that passage in Matthew
chapter five, verse 40 and 41 and we haveseen that people misapply what Jesus says.
When Jesus said in Matthew seven verse onejudge not that you be not judged, we've
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also observed that many people take thatout of context and that is one of the
most misquoted verses in all of Scripture.
Ask and it shall be given you—sometimespeople even take that out of context
and apply to situations that it wasnever intended to be applied to.
But I would add this (01:23):
the Sermon on the Mount is also one of the
least quoted sections of the Bible.
For instance, Jesus talked abouthell fire in Matthew five verse 22.
How many times do preacherseven mention hell today?
How many sermons do youhear on that subject today?
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Jesus preached on it.
Jesus taught about this and it's a partof the Bible, but it's one of the least
quoted parts of the Sermon on the Mount.
Jesus also said in the Sermonon the Mount that there is one
cause for divorce and remarriage.
That's Matthew five, verse 32.
The other time that he mentioned itwas in Matthew chapter 19, verse nine.
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How many sermons do you hear about that?
How many Bible classesdo you hear about that?
How many posts do you seeon social media about that?
And yet Matthew 5:32 is just as mucha part of the Sermon on the Mount
as “love your enemies” or “blessedare the merciful.” You also find in
the Sermon on the Mount that Jesussaid something that is the reverse.
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It is the opposite of the way that manypeople look at this, and that is, Jesus
said that many will go down the way thatleads to destruction, that is to hell,
and few will be the ones who find the wayto eternal life, and that is to heaven.
That's Matthew seven 13 and 14.
What about Matthew seven, verse 15?
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Beware of false prophets, which come toyou in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
they are ravening or ravenous wolves.
That is politically incorrect today.
It's not appropriate to say thingslike that today in our culture.
Yet, Jesus the Christ, the Sonof the Living, God preached this.
He taught this.
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And that, again, is one ofthe least quoted sections
of the Bible in that sense.
And then we come to our section todaythat we're going to read: Matthew
chapter seven, verses 21 through 23.
And here we're going to seethat Jesus talks about people
who say, but they don't do.
This needs to be taught just as much asanything else that He said in this book.
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So let's look at it in Matthewchapter seven, beginning in verse 21.
“Not everyone that says to me, Lord,Lord shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven, but he that doeth the willof my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord,Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?
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And in thy name have cast out devils?
And in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then I will profess untothem, I never knew you; depart
from me, you that work iniquity.”
It's good to talk about Jesus.
The Bible says that we ought to confessthat Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
the living God [Matthew 10, verse 32].
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Jesus said if you confess me beforemen, I will confess you before
my Father which is in heaven.
We ought to use our mouths.
We ought to use our voicesto teach other people.
It's good to talk aboutJesus in that sense.
It's a good thing to teach Jesus Christ.
In Acts chapter five, verse 42, theBible says, “And daily in the temple
and in every house, they ceased not toteach and to preach Jesus Christ.” As
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a matter of fact, Jesus said this inMark chapter eight, verse 38: “Whosoever
therefore shall be ashamed of Me andMy words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, of him also shall the sonof man be ashamed when he comes in
the glory of his Father with the holyangels.” So it's good to talk about Jesus.
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It's good to mention His name,but it's not good to talk about
Him and then turn right aroundand not do what He says to do.
If we talk the talk, thenwe need to walk the walk.
And if we expect Jesus to listento us, then we need to listen
to Him and do what He said.
In Luke chapter six, verse 46, Jesussaid, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord,
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and do not the things which I say?”What a piercing question that is.
There are a lot of peoplethat need to think about that.
They need to be asked, “Why would youcall him Jesus? Why would you call
him Lord when you know that you'renot doing what he said?” Why would an
individual think that he can talk aboutthe Lord this and the Lord that, and
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yet he knows deep in his heart thathe's not living the way that he should.
He's not really obeying the Bible.
Why would a person do that?
Jesus knew that there were people inhis day, just like there are people
today, who will talk about Him andyet they don't do what He says.
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Why?
Think about that one word.
Why would a person talk all day aboutJesus and never intend to do what He
says or to do part of what He says,and then to deliberately disobey or
neglect other parts of what Jesus said?
Either way, a person like thathas no right to call him Lord.
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Do we realize when we use theword “Lord” what that means?
A Lord in Bible times wassomebody that had authority.
A Lord was somebody that you respected.
When we talk about a lord and master inthe Bible, that was a very high honor.
And when we talk about Jesus beingLord, that means he has supreme
authority to tell us what to do.
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Remember that Jesus said before heascended up into heaven in Matthew chapter
28, verse 18, ”All authority has beengiven me in heaven and in earth.” When we
use the word Lord, we are implying thatJesus has that kind of authority over
us, and we are also implying that we havethe obligation that we ought to obey what
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He says because He is in that position.
We use the word Lord today in such a lightway that I'm afraid that many people,
even Christians, don't even realize whatthey're saying when they use that word
“Lord.” Sometimes I hear Christian peopleuse the word “Lord”in a light, in a
flippant, way, and that ought not to be.
Do you remember what the Biblesays back in the Old Testament in
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Exodus chapter 20, verse eight?
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lordyour God in vain.” Yet, that's what many
people do because they talk about theLord in a way that is so lighthearted that
it has no reverence behind it, and theydon't even realize what they're saying.
They just use it to makeconversation or to put an
exclamation at the end of a sentence.
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This is not what we ought to do.
And I believe that that is part of thereason why that people today will talk
so freely about Jesus when they knowthat they're not doing what He said.
But let's get to Matthew chapterseven, verse 21, where Jesus said, “Not
everyone that says to me, Lord, Lordshall enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
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Jesus said in verse 21, “Not everyonethat says to me, Lord, Lord shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven.”Notice here that He's talking about
people who say, “Lord, Lord” to Him.
And there are many people that dothat now, but Jesus doesn't hear them.
Why?
Well, the answer is in the Old Testamentin Proverbs chapter 28, verse nine.
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“Whoever turns his ear away fromhearing the law, even his prayer shall
be an abomination.” The Bible saysin First John chapter five, verse 14,
“If we ask him anything according tohis will, he hears us.” So this means
that a man that deliberately turnshis ear away from hearing the Bible
is not going to be heard by the Lord.
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Jesus said, “Not everyone that says to me,Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven.” But Jesus said, the one thatwill go to heaven is he that does the
will of my Father which is in heaven.
So notice the contrast here,and it's a contrast that you'll
find several times in the Bible.
It's the contrastbetween saying and doing.
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Jesus said, “Not everyone that saysto me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven, but he then does thewill of my Father which is in heaven.”
Most people will talk about how goodthey are. Solomon said in Proverbs
chapter 20, verse six, “Most men willproclaim everyone his own goodness, but
a faithful man who can find?” Most peoplewill tell you about how good they are
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and what they've done in their life.
But it's hard to find somebody thatreally means it or that really backs
it up with the way that he lives.
Talk can be cheap today,just like it always has been.
The world can be full ofhot air, and sometimes that
hot air is over the airways.
Sometimes it's over the internet.
Sometimes it's in personal conversationsat work, at school, and at other places.
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There are some Christians thatare Christians in name only.
In Titus chapter one, verse 16, the Biblesays “they profess to know God, but in
works they deny Him.” If any people wereguilty of that in the first century, it
had to be the scribes and the Pharisees.
So in a sense, we're again comingfull circle here in the Sermon
on the Mount as we near its end,because we have said in the Sermon
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on the Mount, Jesus is comparing andcontrasting His teaching or His way of
righteousness with what the scribes andPharisees taught and how they lived.
Remember Matthew chapter 23, verse three?
“All therefore whatsoever theybid you observe”—that is rightly
observe—you to do from the law ofMoses. He said, “observe and do.” But
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notice this, Matthew 23, verse three.
This is the scribes and the Phariseesthat Jesus is talking about.
He said, “Do not do after their works”or according to what they do. He
said because “they say and do not.”
So notice here that Jesus said that wemust do the will of God to go to heaven.
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How many times do you hear preachers sayyou can't do anything to go to heaven?
It's not about what you do.
Well, how would you explainthen Matthew seven, verse 21?
“Not everyone that says to me, Lord,Lord shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven, but he then doeth the willof my Father which is in heaven.” How
can anybody say that what we do playsno role in our salvation whatsoever?
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Remember what Hebrews chapter five,verse eight and nine says, “But though
He were a Son, yet learned He obedienceby the things that He suffered; and
being made perfect, He became the authorof eternal salvation unto all them that
obey him.” Jesus learned obedience.
He obeyed His heavenly Father, andHe became the author of eternal
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salvation unto all them that obeyhim, not just believe in Him.
That's necessary.
That is essential, but it has tobe the kind of faith that leads us
to choose to do what Jesus said.
In Romans six 17 and 18, Paul said,“But God be thanked that you were the
servants of sin, but you have obeyed fromthe heart that form of doctrine which
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was delivered you; being then made freefrom sin, you became the servants of
righteousness.” Notice that Paul contraststhe old life with a new life in Christ.
He said that you were theservants of sin, that is, the
bondservants, the slaves of sin.
But he said, you have obeyed, youhave obeyed from the heart that form
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of doctrine which was delivered you.
So it was obedience that took themout of that old life and placed them
into Christ because he says in verse18, being “then” made free from sin.
At that point, theywere justified from sin.
At what point?
Verse 17 says they had obeyed fromthe heart that form of doctrine
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delivered to them, and that it wasthen at that specific point in time
that they were made free from sin.
You say, “Well, what is this form ofdoctrine that he's talking about?” Well,
the word “form” there means a pattern.
It's like a mold that youwould have for something.
And so this pattern or this form ofdoctrine had been delivered to them.
Well, all you have to do is go backto the first part of Romans chapter
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six to read about that because hesays in Romans chapter six, verse two,
“God forbid, how shall we that aredead to sin live any longer therein?
Do you not know that so many ofus, as we're baptized into Jesus
Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore, we are buried with him bybaptism into death that like us Christ
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was raised up from the dead by theglory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life; for ifwe have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be alsoin the likeness of his resurrection;
knowing this, that our old man iscrucified with him, that the body of sin
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might be destroyed, that henceforth weshould not serve sin.” So Jesus died.
He was buried and he rose again.
We die to sin when we repent of our sins.
We are buried with him.
And the Bible says we are buried withhim by baptism and we are buried with
him by baptism into death, into Hisdeath, spiritually speaking, so that
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just like Christ was raised up from thedead by the glory of the Father even so
we also should walk in newness of life.
We will be also in thelikeness of his resurrection.
That is the specific point in time when aman becomes a Christian when his sins are
washed away, and that coincides perfectlywith what you read in other passages.
Acts 22 verse 16 (14:55):
“Arise and be baptized and wash away your sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.”
Now, Ananias said that to a manwho had seen Jesus, who had talked
with Jesus, who had heard Jesus.
He said that to a manwho had been praying.
He was three days in Damascus withoutfood and water, and he was praying, and
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yet he was not saved because the Bibletells us that Ananias had to tell him,
“Arise and be baptized and wash away yoursins, calling on the name of the Lord.”
In other words, the calling is not verbal.
The calling in that passage inActs 22 verse 16 is not verbal.
It's not in words.
That's by his actions.
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By arising and being baptized, he isthereby calling on the name of the Lord.
And I'm talking of course about theApostle Paul and his conversion,
and you'll read about that in Actschapter nine, verse six, verse
11 and Acts chapter 22, verse 16.
So the Bible plainly says againhere in Matthew seven, verse 21
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that there is = something that wehave to do in order to go to heaven.
Look at it again.
Just read these words.
Matthew seven, verse 21.
“Not everyone that sayeth unto me,Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven, but he that doeth the willof my Father which is in heaven.”
Now to make this point even stronger,look ahead just a little bit in
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Matthew chapter seven to verse 24.
Notice that Jesus again stresses doing.
He says, “Therefore, whosoever hearsthese sayings of mine and doeth them…”
And then He contrasts that man inverse 26 with one who hears these
sayings of mine and doeth them not.
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So to conclude all this teachingthat He's given us in the Sermon on
the Mount, to wrap all of this up,He says it comes down to doing it.
He tells us that it's not just aboutsaying it, it's about doing it.
And it's not just about hearing it.
It's about doing whatHe has told us to do.
And we do need to emphasize thatwe're talking about what God tells
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us to do in his written word.
Look again at verse 21.
The Bible says, “Not everyone thatsays to me, Lord, Lord shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven, but he thatdoeth the will of my Father which is
in heaven.” What is that will? Thatwill is the word of God! That's the
same thing that He's talking about inverse 24 when Jesus said, “Whosoever
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therefore hears these sayings of mine.”
What are those sayings?
That's the written word of the Sermonon the Mount, and of course, what you
find in the New Testament in general.
In John chapter eight, verse 31, theBible says that Jesus told the Jews, “If
you continue in my word, then are you mydisciples indeed; and you shall know the
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truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Jesus said the truth is the word.
You have to continue in his teaching.
In John chapter seven, verse 17,Jesus said, “If any man wills to
do his will, he shall know of thedoctrine.” What is the will of God?
Where is the will of God found?
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It is found in His word, in His teaching.
That is found in the Bible.
Second Timothy chapter three, verse16 says, “All scripture is given by
inspiration of God and is profitablefor doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction, andrighteousness that the man of God may be
perfect”—that is, complete—"thoroughlyfurnished unto all good works.” Now,
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why is it important to state this?
Why is it important to understand thatwe find the will of God in the Bible?
If we want to know what God's willis for us in our lives, we need to
read the Bible because many peoplehave the idea that “the will of
God” is some kind of nebulous,mysterious thing floating out there
somewhere that they're trying to find.
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And I realize that there's an aspectof God's work in the world, His
providential hand in this life, that wedo not understand, that we do not know.
And sometimes we try to figure outwhere we fit in in relationship
to the providence of God.
But I'm not talking about that.
I'm not talking about the willof God that is unrevealed.
I'm talking about the will of Godthat is revealed, because that
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must be what Jesus is talking aboutbecause He says we must do it.
How can you do it unless you know it?
How can you know it unlessyou learn it from the Bible?
The Bible says in Romans 10,verse 17, “Faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word of God.”
The Bible states the word of God.
It gives us the will of God.
That's why there's no reason for anybodyto say, “I just don't know what God
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wants me to do. I'm just unsure aboutwhat God's will is. How do I find
the will of God?” Read your Bible.
First John chapter two, verse threesays, “Hereby do we know that we
know him if we keep his commandments”
Someone might say, though, “But doesit really make that much difference
as long as we believe in God, aslong as we treat other people right?
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Is it really going to matterin the day of judgment?
Is it really going tokeep us out of heaven?
Do we really have to follow the Bible togo to heaven?” Now, it seems strange that
we'd have to bring that up, but in thisday and age, we have to emphasize that.
Yes, you do.
And in verse 22 of Matthew chapterseven, Jesus gives us a judgment scene.
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He talks about this very thing.
Look at Matthew seven, verse 22.
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord,Lord…” You see they're still saying
the same thing in verse 21. He says,“Not everyone that says to me, Lord,
Lord shall enter into the kingdom ofheaven, but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven.”
And then he says in verse 22, “Manywill say to me in that day”—that
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day is the day of judgment.
And in the day of judgment, thesepeople will say to the Lord, “Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in thyname? and in thy name have cast out
devils? and in thy name, done manywonderful works?” Notice every time they
say we did this in your name, Jesus.
We did this in the name of Jesus Christ.
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This is a conversation thatthese people will have with
Jesus at the day of judgment.
You might call it an argument.
You might call it a questioning ofJesus judgment on that great day,
but regardless of what words youput on it, these people are talking
with Jesus at the day of judgment.
And in that sense, it's differentfrom most of the passages
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that talk about the judgment.
Most of those judgment verses talkabout every knee bowing, every tongue
confessing, like Romans 14, 11 and 12,Philippians two verses nine through 11.
You just don't see this kindof situation in most of those
instances, but here we do.
We find that these people areobjecting to the judgment.
We're not talking about atheists here.
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We're not talking about infidels.
We're not talking about Muslims.
We're not talking about Hindus.
We're not talking aboutpeople in all kinds of cults.
We are talking about peoplewho claim to be Christians.
Look at what they say they did.
They claim to have prophesied in his name.
They claim to have castout devils in his name.
They claim to have done manywonderful works in his name.
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Notice also the first word inMatthew seven verse 22: Many.
Not a few, not some, but many willsay to me in that day, “Lord, Lord.”
Now this ties back to Matthew chapterseven, verse 13, where Jesus said to
“enter in at the straight gate, forwide is the gate, and broad is the way
that leads to destruction, and manythere be, which go in thereat.” And
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notice that they will ask the Lord“Why?” What about all that we did?
Notice that they'repleading with the Lord.
Lord, Lord, we haveprophesied in your name.
That is, we've taught, we've preached,we've written, and they may have preached
to thousands and thousands of people.
They may have made predictions.
They may have made the claimthat the Lord spoke to them.
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You see, Jesus is not sayingthat He inspired them here.
He's not saying that they were trueprophets because obviously what he
says in verse 23 indicates that theywere not faithful people of God.
But that's the claim that they were makingbecause they say we did it in your name.
And then they say we castout devils in your name.
Now again, that's whatthey say at the judgment.
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That's what they claimed.
The apostles and the early disciples,and of course, Jesus were able to
cast out demons, but false teacherscould not, and they were exposed.
Sometimes you find a case of that as inActs chapter 19 verses 13 through 27.
But they will also say atthe judgment that we did many
wonderful works in your name.
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Now again, this is what thesepeople are saying, and they're
not doing the will of God.
So it's possible for people to saythat they're Christians and to talk
about Jesus, to talk about the Lord alot, and still not be faithful to Him
because they're not following His will.
They're following their own will.
That is very frustrating to peoplewho are really trying with all their
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heart to follow the will of God.
They see people who talk about theLord all the time and they tell
people things that are not true.
They teach doctrines that arefalse and contrary to the will
of God, and their lives are outof harmony with the will of God.
They're not living the Christianlife much less believing and
teaching the Christian doctrine.
And so that gets frustrating topeople who are really sincere
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about living the Christian life.
But here's the point.
Matthew seven verse 22 tells us that therewill be people in the day of judgment
that will object to, that will question,maybe even argue with the Lord about
His decision concerning their destiny.
And if people do thatat the day of judgment.
Then should it surprise us that peopleargue with the Bible here, that people
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argue with the Lord because whenthey object to the Bible, they're
objecting to the Lord who gave it?
When people reject the Bible,they're rejecting Jesus.
John 1248 is where Jesus said, “He thatrejects me and receives not My word has
one that judges him. The word that Ihave spoken, the same shall judge him at
the last day.” That's John 12 verse 48.
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The standard at the day of judgmentwill be the Bible, the Word of God.
It will not be what our family said.
It will not be what some preacher said.
It will not be how we felt in our hearts.
It will be the will ofGod stated in His Word.
But in spite of the case that thesepeople make for themselves in verse
22, Jesus said that his verdict stands.
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His decision is final in verse23: “And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you, departfrom me, ye that work inequity.”
Jesus said I never knew you.
That means I never accepted you.
He knew who they were.
He's not talking aboutthat kind of knowledge.
He's talking about knowing in thesense of approving of something.
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He said I never approved of what you did.
They said that they knew the Lord.
They claim to be close to Him.
They claim to love Him andto be friends with Jesus.
But remember that Jesus said inJohn chapter 14, verse 15, “If you
love me, keep my commandments.”
And notice the contrast betweenwhat they said about themselves
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and what Jesus said about them.
Back in verse 22, they said that they haddone many wonderful works in His name.
Jesus said, depart fromme, you that work iniquity.
They said that they had donemany wonderful works in His name.
Jesus said no you have worked iniquityand you have attached my name to it
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in a wrong kind of way because I neverauthorized you to do those things.
You didn't do my will.
You did your will.
I can't help but think of what the Biblesays in Luke chapter 16, verse 15: “That
which is highly esteemed among men isabomination in the sight of God.” And
there are going to be a lot of religiousleaders who have had all kinds of glory
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and fame and attention in this life [andby the way, a lot of money as well] and
those people are going to arrive at thejudgment, and it's not going to be those
religious leaders who will be surprisedas much as the people who watch them.
There will be people around thembecause we're all going to be there
at the day of judgment before thethrone of Christ, and there will be
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people who thought that these greatreligious leaders were holy men of
God and they're going to be exposed.
Now, anyone who read the Bible shouldhave known and could have known that
these men were false teachers becausethe Bible tells us to test all things
and to hold fast that which is good.
First Thessalonianschapter five, verse 21.
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The Bible tells us that we oughtto be like the Bereans who in Acts
17 verse 11 searched the scripturesdaily, whether those things were so.
We can and we should, and we must read theBible so that we identify false teachers.
That's why Jesus said in Matthewseven, verse 15, “Beware of false
prophets, which come to you in sheep'sclothing, but inwardly they are ravening
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wolves.” What I'm saying is the day ofjudgment will be a day of revelation.
It will be a day of exposure.
It will be a day of surprises fora lot of people because there will
be false prophets exposed on thatday who were thought to be great
men of God, but they were not.
There will be preachers who will beexposed on that day as ministers of Satan
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according to Second Corinthians chapter11, verses 13 through 15, who paraded
themselves as angels of light when theywere actually ministers of Satan himself.
All this will be brought out inthe open on the day of judgment.
The Bible says in Romans two, verse 16,“In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ accordingto my gospel.” And what we need to
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realize and what we need to rememberand stress to people is that things
are not always what they appear to be.
People are not whatthey say that they are.
They're not what you think that they are.
So instead of going by what peopleclaim to be and what they appear to
be, we need to use righteous judgment.
You know, the Bible says in Johnseven, verse 24, “Judge not according
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to appearance, but judge righteousjudgment.” And this is so serious that
in Matthew chapter seven, verse 23,Jesus ends this section with these words.
He will say to these people who werealways saying, “Lord, Lord,” and who will
say to him in the judgment day, “Why,Lord, Lord, we've done all of this for
you,” He will say to them, depart from me.
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And that means that they will be assignedtheir place in everlasting punishment.
In Matthew chapter 25, verse 41, Jesussaid, “Depart from me you cursed into
everlasting fire, prepared for the deviland his angels.” Yes, it takes more than
just talking about the Lord this andthe Lord that in order to go to heaven.
We must do the will of theFather which is in heaven.
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The Sermon on the Mount isa unique part of Scripture.
As a matter of fact, this is one of themost quoted sections in all the Bible.
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Jesus said you are the salt ofthe earth, the light of the world.
He said to love your enemies.
He said give us this day our dailybread, lead us not into temptation.
Those statements are quotedby people somewhere in the
world today on a daily basis.
So this is definitely one ofthe most quoted parts in all the
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Bible, but it's also one of themost misquoted parts of the Bible.
When Jesus said turn the other cheek, wehave looked at that passage in Matthew
chapter five, verse 40 and 41 and we haveseen that people misapply what Jesus says.
When Jesus said in Matthew seven verse onejudge not that you be not judged, we've
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also observed that many people take thatout of context and that is one of the
most misquoted verses in all of Scripture.
Ask and it shall be given you—sometimespeople even take that out of context
and apply to situations that it wasnever intended to be applied to.
But I would add this (01:23):
the Sermon on the Mount is also one of the
least quoted sections of the Bible.
For instance, Jesus talked abouthell fire in Matthew five verse 22.
How many times do preacherseven mention hell today?
How many sermons do youhear on that subject today?
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Jesus preached on it.
Jesus taught about this and it's a partof the Bible, but it's one of the least
quoted parts of the Sermon on the Mount.
Jesus also said in the Sermonon the Mount that there is one
cause for divorce and remarriage.
That's Matthew five, verse 32.
The other time that he mentioned itwas in Matthew chapter 19, verse nine.
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How many sermons do you hear about that?
How many Bible classesdo you hear about that?
How many posts do you seeon social media about that?
And yet Matthew 5:32 is just as mucha part of the Sermon on the Mount
as “love your enemies” or “blessedare the merciful.” You also find in
the Sermon on the Mount that Jesussaid something that is the reverse.
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It is the opposite of the way that manypeople look at this, and that is, Jesus
said that many will go down the way thatleads to destruction, that is to hell,
and few will be the ones who find the wayto eternal life, and that is to heaven.
That's Matthew seven 13 and 14.
What about Matthew seven, verse 15?
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Beware of false prophets, which come toyou in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
they are ravening or ravenous wolves.
That is politically incorrect today.
It's not appropriate to say thingslike that today in our culture.
Yet, Jesus the Christ, the Sonof the Living, God preached this.
He taught this.
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And that, again, is one ofthe least quoted sections
of the Bible in that sense.
And then we come to our section todaythat we're going to read: Matthew
chapter seven, verses 21 through 23.
And here we're going to seethat Jesus talks about people
who say, but they don't do.
This needs to be taught just as much asanything else that He said in this book.
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So let's look at it in Matthewchapter seven, beginning in verse 21.
“Not everyone that says to me, Lord,Lord shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven, but he that doeth the willof my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord,Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?
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And in thy name have cast out devils?
And in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then I will profess untothem, I never knew you; depart
from me, you that work iniquity.”
It's good to talk about Jesus.
The Bible says that we ought to confessthat Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
the living God [Matthew 10, verse 32].
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Jesus said if you confess me beforemen, I will confess you before
my Father which is in heaven.
We ought to use our mouths.
We ought to use our voicesto teach other people.
It's good to talk aboutJesus in that sense.
It's a good thing to teach Jesus Christ.
In Acts chapter five, verse 42, theBible says, “And daily in the temple
and in every house, they ceased not toteach and to preach Jesus Christ.” As
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a matter of fact, Jesus said this inMark chapter eight, verse 38: “Whosoever
therefore shall be ashamed of Me andMy words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, of him also shall the sonof man be ashamed when he comes in
the glory of his Father with the holyangels.” So it's good to talk about Jesus.
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It's good to mention His name,but it's not good to talk about
Him and then turn right aroundand not do what He says to do.
If we talk the talk, thenwe need to walk the walk.
And if we expect Jesus to listento us, then we need to listen
to Him and do what He said.
In Luke chapter six, verse 46, Jesussaid, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord,
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and do not the things which I say?”What a piercing question that is.
There are a lot of peoplethat need to think about that.
They need to be asked, “Why would youcall him Jesus? Why would you call
him Lord when you know that you'renot doing what he said?” Why would an
individual think that he can talk aboutthe Lord this and the Lord that, and
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yet he knows deep in his heart thathe's not living the way that he should.
He's not really obeying the Bible.
Why would a person do that?
Jesus knew that there were people inhis day, just like there are people
today, who will talk about Him andyet they don't do what He says.
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Why?
Think about that one word.
Why would a person talk all day aboutJesus and never intend to do what He
says or to do part of what He says,and then to deliberately disobey or
neglect other parts of what Jesus said?
Either way, a person like thathas no right to call him Lord.
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Do we realize when we use theword “Lord” what that means?
A Lord in Bible times wassomebody that had authority.
A Lord was somebody that you respected.
When we talk about a lord and master inthe Bible, that was a very high honor.
And when we talk about Jesus beingLord, that means he has supreme
authority to tell us what to do.
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Remember that Jesus said before heascended up into heaven in Matthew chapter
28, verse 18, ”All authority has beengiven me in heaven and in earth.” When we
use the word Lord, we are implying thatJesus has that kind of authority over
us, and we are also implying that we havethe obligation that we ought to obey what
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He says because He is in that position.
We use the word Lord today in such a lightway that I'm afraid that many people,
even Christians, don't even realize whatthey're saying when they use that word
“Lord.” Sometimes I hear Christian peopleuse the word “Lord”in a light, in a
flippant, way, and that ought not to be.
Do you remember what the Biblesays back in the Old Testament in
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Exodus chapter 20, verse eight?
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lordyour God in vain.” Yet, that's what many
people do because they talk about theLord in a way that is so lighthearted that
it has no reverence behind it, and theydon't even realize what they're saying.
They just use it to makeconversation or to put an
exclamation at the end of a sentence.
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This is not what we ought to do.
And I believe that that is part of thereason why that people today will talk
so freely about Jesus when they knowthat they're not doing what He said.
But let's get to Matthew chapterseven, verse 21, where Jesus said, “Not
everyone that says to me, Lord, Lordshall enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
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Jesus said in verse 21, “Not everyonethat says to me, Lord, Lord shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven.”Notice here that He's talking about
people who say, “Lord, Lord” to Him.
And there are many people that dothat now, but Jesus doesn't hear them.
Why?
Well, the answer is in the Old Testamentin Proverbs chapter 28, verse nine.
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“Whoever turns his ear away fromhearing the law, even his prayer shall
be an abomination.” The Bible saysin First John chapter five, verse 14,
“If we ask him anything according tohis will, he hears us.” So this means
that a man that deliberately turnshis ear away from hearing the Bible
is not going to be heard by the Lord.
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Jesus said, “Not everyone that says to me,Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven.” But Jesus said, the one thatwill go to heaven is he that does the
will of my Father which is in heaven.
So notice the contrast here,and it's a contrast that you'll
find several times in the Bible.
It's the contrastbetween saying and doing.
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Jesus said, “Not everyone that saysto me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven, but he then does thewill of my Father which is in heaven.”
Most people will talk about how goodthey are. Solomon said in Proverbs
chapter 20, verse six, “Most men willproclaim everyone his own goodness, but
a faithful man who can find?” Most peoplewill tell you about how good they are
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and what they've done in their life.
But it's hard to find somebody thatreally means it or that really backs
it up with the way that he lives.
Talk can be cheap today,just like it always has been.
The world can be full ofhot air, and sometimes that
hot air is over the airways.
Sometimes it's over the internet.
Sometimes it's in personal conversationsat work, at school, and at other places.
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There are some Christians thatare Christians in name only.
In Titus chapter one, verse 16, the Biblesays “they profess to know God, but in
works they deny Him.” If any people wereguilty of that in the first century, it
had to be the scribes and the Pharisees.
So in a sense, we're again comingfull circle here in the Sermon
on the Mount as we near its end,because we have said in the Sermon
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on the Mount, Jesus is comparing andcontrasting His teaching or His way of
righteousness with what the scribes andPharisees taught and how they lived.
Remember Matthew chapter 23, verse three?
“All therefore whatsoever theybid you observe”—that is rightly
observe—you to do from the law ofMoses. He said, “observe and do.” But
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notice this, Matthew 23, verse three.
This is the scribes and the Phariseesthat Jesus is talking about.
He said, “Do not do after their works”or according to what they do. He
said because “they say and do not.”
So notice here that Jesus said that wemust do the will of God to go to heaven.
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How many times do you hear preachers sayyou can't do anything to go to heaven?
It's not about what you do.
Well, how would you explainthen Matthew seven, verse 21?
“Not everyone that says to me, Lord,Lord shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven, but he then doeth the willof my Father which is in heaven.” How
can anybody say that what we do playsno role in our salvation whatsoever?
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Remember what Hebrews chapter five,verse eight and nine says, “But though
He were a Son, yet learned He obedienceby the things that He suffered; and
being made perfect, He became the authorof eternal salvation unto all them that
obey him.” Jesus learned obedience.
He obeyed His heavenly Father, andHe became the author of eternal
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salvation unto all them that obeyhim, not just believe in Him.
That's necessary.
That is essential, but it has tobe the kind of faith that leads us
to choose to do what Jesus said.
In Romans six 17 and 18, Paul said,“But God be thanked that you were the
servants of sin, but you have obeyed fromthe heart that form of doctrine which
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was delivered you; being then made freefrom sin, you became the servants of
righteousness.” Notice that Paul contraststhe old life with a new life in Christ.
He said that you were theservants of sin, that is, the
bondservants, the slaves of sin.
But he said, you have obeyed, youhave obeyed from the heart that form
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of doctrine which was delivered you.
So it was obedience that took themout of that old life and placed them
into Christ because he says in verse18, being “then” made free from sin.
At that point, theywere justified from sin.
At what point?
Verse 17 says they had obeyed fromthe heart that form of doctrine
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delivered to them, and that it wasthen at that specific point in time
that they were made free from sin.
You say, “Well, what is this form ofdoctrine that he's talking about?” Well,
the word “form” there means a pattern.
It's like a mold that youwould have for something.
And so this pattern or this form ofdoctrine had been delivered to them.
Well, all you have to do is go backto the first part of Romans chapter
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six to read about that because hesays in Romans chapter six, verse two,
“God forbid, how shall we that aredead to sin live any longer therein?
Do you not know that so many ofus, as we're baptized into Jesus
Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore, we are buried with him bybaptism into death that like us Christ
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was raised up from the dead by theglory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life; for ifwe have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be alsoin the likeness of his resurrection;
knowing this, that our old man iscrucified with him, that the body of sin
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might be destroyed, that henceforth weshould not serve sin.” So Jesus died.
He was buried and he rose again.
We die to sin when we repent of our sins.
We are buried with him.
And the Bible says we are buried withhim by baptism and we are buried with
him by baptism into death, into Hisdeath, spiritually speaking, so that
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just like Christ was raised up from thedead by the glory of the Father even so
we also should walk in newness of life.
We will be also in thelikeness of his resurrection.
That is the specific point in time when aman becomes a Christian when his sins are
washed away, and that coincides perfectlywith what you read in other passages.
Acts 22 verse 16 (14:55):
“Arise and be baptized and wash away your sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.”
Now, Ananias said that to a manwho had seen Jesus, who had talked
with Jesus, who had heard Jesus.
He said that to a manwho had been praying.
He was three days in Damascus withoutfood and water, and he was praying, and
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yet he was not saved because the Bibletells us that Ananias had to tell him,
“Arise and be baptized and wash away yoursins, calling on the name of the Lord.”
In other words, the calling is not verbal.
The calling in that passage inActs 22 verse 16 is not verbal.
It's not in words.
That's by his actions.
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By arising and being baptized, he isthereby calling on the name of the Lord.
And I'm talking of course about theApostle Paul and his conversion,
and you'll read about that in Actschapter nine, verse six, verse
11 and Acts chapter 22, verse 16.
So the Bible plainly says againhere in Matthew seven, verse 21
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that there is = something that wehave to do in order to go to heaven.
Look at it again.
Just read these words.
Matthew seven, verse 21.
“Not everyone that sayeth unto me,Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven, but he that doeth the willof my Father which is in heaven.”
Now to make this point even stronger,look ahead just a little bit in
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Matthew chapter seven to verse 24.
Notice that Jesus again stresses doing.
He says, “Therefore, whosoever hearsthese sayings of mine and doeth them…”
And then He contrasts that man inverse 26 with one who hears these
sayings of mine and doeth them not.
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So to conclude all this teachingthat He's given us in the Sermon on
the Mount, to wrap all of this up,He says it comes down to doing it.
He tells us that it's not just aboutsaying it, it's about doing it.
And it's not just about hearing it.
It's about doing whatHe has told us to do.
And we do need to emphasize thatwe're talking about what God tells
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us to do in his written word.
Look again at verse 21.
The Bible says, “Not everyone thatsays to me, Lord, Lord shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven, but he thatdoeth the will of my Father which is
in heaven.” What is that will? Thatwill is the word of God! That's the
same thing that He's talking about inverse 24 when Jesus said, “Whosoever
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therefore hears these sayings of mine.”
What are those sayings?
That's the written word of the Sermonon the Mount, and of course, what you
find in the New Testament in general.
In John chapter eight, verse 31, theBible says that Jesus told the Jews, “If
you continue in my word, then are you mydisciples indeed; and you shall know the
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truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Jesus said the truth is the word.
You have to continue in his teaching.
In John chapter seven, verse 17,Jesus said, “If any man wills to
do his will, he shall know of thedoctrine.” What is the will of God?
Where is the will of God found?
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It is found in His word, in His teaching.
That is found in the Bible.
Second Timothy chapter three, verse16 says, “All scripture is given by
inspiration of God and is profitablefor doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction, andrighteousness that the man of God may be
perfect”—that is, complete—"thoroughlyfurnished unto all good works.” Now,
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why is it important to state this?
Why is it important to understand thatwe find the will of God in the Bible?
If we want to know what God's willis for us in our lives, we need to
read the Bible because many peoplehave the idea that “the will of
God” is some kind of nebulous,mysterious thing floating out there
somewhere that they're trying to find.
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And I realize that there's an aspectof God's work in the world, His
providential hand in this life, that wedo not understand, that we do not know.
And sometimes we try to figure outwhere we fit in in relationship
to the providence of God.
But I'm not talking about that.
I'm not talking about the willof God that is unrevealed.
I'm talking about the will of Godthat is revealed, because that
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must be what Jesus is talking aboutbecause He says we must do it.
How can you do it unless you know it?
How can you know it unlessyou learn it from the Bible?
The Bible says in Romans 10,verse 17, “Faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word of God.”
The Bible states the word of God.
It gives us the will of God.
That's why there's no reason for anybodyto say, “I just don't know what God
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wants me to do. I'm just unsure aboutwhat God's will is. How do I find
the will of God?” Read your Bible.
First John chapter two, verse threesays, “Hereby do we know that we
know him if we keep his commandments”
Someone might say, though, “But doesit really make that much difference
as long as we believe in God, aslong as we treat other people right?
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Is it really going to matterin the day of judgment?
Is it really going tokeep us out of heaven?
Do we really have to follow the Bible togo to heaven?” Now, it seems strange that
we'd have to bring that up, but in thisday and age, we have to emphasize that.
Yes, you do.
And in verse 22 of Matthew chapterseven, Jesus gives us a judgment scene.
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He talks about this very thing.
Look at Matthew seven, verse 22.
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord,Lord…” You see they're still saying
the same thing in verse 21. He says,“Not everyone that says to me, Lord,
Lord shall enter into the kingdom ofheaven, but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven.”
And then he says in verse 22, “Manywill say to me in that day”—that
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day is the day of judgment.
And in the day of judgment, thesepeople will say to the Lord, “Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in thyname? and in thy name have cast out
devils? and in thy name, done manywonderful works?” Notice every time they
say we did this in your name, Jesus.
We did this in the name of Jesus Christ.
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This is a conversation thatthese people will have with
Jesus at the day of judgment.
You might call it an argument.
You might call it a questioning ofJesus judgment on that great day,
but regardless of what words youput on it, these people are talking
with Jesus at the day of judgment.
And in that sense, it's differentfrom most of the passages
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that talk about the judgment.
Most of those judgment verses talkabout every knee bowing, every tongue
confessing, like Romans 14, 11 and 12,Philippians two verses nine through 11.
You just don't see this kindof situation in most of those
instances, but here we do.
We find that these people areobjecting to the judgment.
We're not talking about atheists here.
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We're not talking about infidels.
We're not talking about Muslims.
We're not talking about Hindus.
We're not talking aboutpeople in all kinds of cults.
We are talking about peoplewho claim to be Christians.
Look at what they say they did.
They claim to have prophesied in his name.
They claim to have castout devils in his name.
They claim to have done manywonderful works in his name.
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Notice also the first word inMatthew seven verse 22: Many.
Not a few, not some, but many willsay to me in that day, “Lord, Lord.”
Now this ties back to Matthew chapterseven, verse 13, where Jesus said to
“enter in at the straight gate, forwide is the gate, and broad is the way
that leads to destruction, and manythere be, which go in thereat.” And
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notice that they will ask the Lord“Why?” What about all that we did?
Notice that they'repleading with the Lord.
Lord, Lord, we haveprophesied in your name.
That is, we've taught, we've preached,we've written, and they may have preached
to thousands and thousands of people.
They may have made predictions.
They may have made the claimthat the Lord spoke to them.
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You see, Jesus is not sayingthat He inspired them here.
He's not saying that they were trueprophets because obviously what he
says in verse 23 indicates that theywere not faithful people of God.
But that's the claim that they were makingbecause they say we did it in your name.
And then they say we castout devils in your name.
Now again, that's whatthey say at the judgment.
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That's what they claimed.
The apostles and the early disciples,and of course, Jesus were able to
cast out demons, but false teacherscould not, and they were exposed.
Sometimes you find a case of that as inActs chapter 19 verses 13 through 27.
But they will also say atthe judgment that we did many
wonderful works in your name.
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Now again, this is what thesepeople are saying, and they're
not doing the will of God.
So it's possible for people to saythat they're Christians and to talk
about Jesus, to talk about the Lord alot, and still not be faithful to Him
because they're not following His will.
They're following their own will.
That is very frustrating to peoplewho are really trying with all their
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heart to follow the will of God.
They see people who talk about theLord all the time and they tell
people things that are not true.
They teach doctrines that arefalse and contrary to the will
of God, and their lives are outof harmony with the will of God.
They're not living the Christianlife much less believing and
teaching the Christian doctrine.
And so that gets frustrating topeople who are really sincere
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about living the Christian life.
But here's the point.
Matthew seven verse 22 tells us that therewill be people in the day of judgment
that will object to, that will question,maybe even argue with the Lord about
His decision concerning their destiny.
And if people do thatat the day of judgment.
Then should it surprise us that peopleargue with the Bible here, that people
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argue with the Lord because whenthey object to the Bible, they're
objecting to the Lord who gave it?
When people reject the Bible,they're rejecting Jesus.
John 1248 is where Jesus said, “He thatrejects me and receives not My word has
one that judges him. The word that Ihave spoken, the same shall judge him at
the last day.” That's John 12 verse 48.
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The standard at the day of judgmentwill be the Bible, the Word of God.
It will not be what our family said.
It will not be what some preacher said.
It will not be how we felt in our hearts.
It will be the will ofGod stated in His Word.
But in spite of the case that thesepeople make for themselves in verse
22, Jesus said that his verdict stands.
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His decision is final in verse23: “And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you, departfrom me, ye that work inequity.”
Jesus said I never knew you.
That means I never accepted you.
He knew who they were.
He's not talking aboutthat kind of knowledge.
He's talking about knowing in thesense of approving of something.
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He said I never approved of what you did.
They said that they knew the Lord.
They claim to be close to Him.
They claim to love Him andto be friends with Jesus.
But remember that Jesus said inJohn chapter 14, verse 15, “If you
love me, keep my commandments.”
And notice the contrast betweenwhat they said about themselves
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and what Jesus said about them.
Back in verse 22, they said that they haddone many wonderful works in His name.
Jesus said, depart fromme, you that work iniquity.
They said that they had donemany wonderful works in His name.
Jesus said no you have worked iniquityand you have attached my name to it
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in a wrong kind of way because I neverauthorized you to do those things.
You didn't do my will.
You did your will.
I can't help but think of what the Biblesays in Luke chapter 16, verse 15: “That
which is highly esteemed among men isabomination in the sight of God.” And
there are going to be a lot of religiousleaders who have had all kinds of glory
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and fame and attention in this life [andby the way, a lot of money as well] and
those people are going to arrive at thejudgment, and it's not going to be those
religious leaders who will be surprisedas much as the people who watch them.
There will be people around thembecause we're all going to be there
at the day of judgment before thethrone of Christ, and there will be
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people who thought that these greatreligious leaders were holy men of
God and they're going to be exposed.
Now, anyone who read the Bible shouldhave known and could have known that
these men were false teachers becausethe Bible tells us to test all things
and to hold fast that which is good.
First Thessalonianschapter five, verse 21.
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The Bible tells us that we oughtto be like the Bereans who in Acts
17 verse 11 searched the scripturesdaily, whether those things were so.
We can and we should, and we must read theBible so that we identify false teachers.
That's why Jesus said in Matthewseven, verse 15, “Beware of false
prophets, which come to you in sheep'sclothing, but inwardly they are ravening
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wolves.” What I'm saying is the day ofjudgment will be a day of revelation.
It will be a day of exposure.
It will be a day of surprises fora lot of people because there will
be false prophets exposed on thatday who were thought to be great
men of God, but they were not.
There will be preachers who will beexposed on that day as ministers of Satan
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according to Second Corinthians chapter11, verses 13 through 15, who paraded
themselves as angels of light when theywere actually ministers of Satan himself.
All this will be brought out inthe open on the day of judgment.
The Bible says in Romans two, verse 16,“In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ accordingto my gospel.” And what we need to
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realize and what we need to rememberand stress to people is that things
are not always what they appear to be.
People are not whatthey say that they are.
They're not what you think that they are.
So instead of going by what peopleclaim to be and what they appear to
be, we need to use righteous judgment.
You know, the Bible says in Johnseven, verse 24, “Judge not according
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to appearance, but judge righteousjudgment.” And this is so serious that
in Matthew chapter seven, verse 23,Jesus ends this section with these words.
He will say to these people who werealways saying, “Lord, Lord,” and who will
say to him in the judgment day, “Why,Lord, Lord, we've done all of this for
you,” He will say to them, depart from me.
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And that means that they will be assignedtheir place in everlasting punishment.
In Matthew chapter 25, verse 41, Jesussaid, “Depart from me you cursed into
everlasting fire, prepared for the deviland his angels.” Yes, it takes more than
just talking about the Lord this andthe Lord that in order to go to heaven.
We must do the will of theFather which is in heaven.
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