There are many scriptures in the Bible which are very enduring to me, but as I continue my journey through the scriptures I have also found those that are very frightening to me. There’s only a couple which truly scare me, but, the one I want to share with you today is the one which says;

Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; LEAVE ME YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS. Matthew 7:21-23

See what I mean? Scary right?

So I thought about this and started wondering, if those who cast out demons, performed miracles and prophesied in His name was told them to leave by Jesus, I needed to understand why. Because I know Jesus is loving, compassionate, merciful and forgiving, but, I also know He is righteous.

But it’s 2 areas within these scripture Jesus tells us the reason “why” He’s pushing them away when He says, “YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.”

What is lawlessness?

Jesus was very precise when He made this statement, because, if you look at the definition of lawlessness it means, a state of disorder due to a disregard of the law. And notice what else Jesus said, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

What is the will of His Father?

From the very beginning after God created Adam we were to be obedient to God. But instead of being obedient, mankind is in constant rebellion. And that’s exactly what lawlessness is, rebelling against God and practicing wrongdoing. Another scripture which is very telling is when Jesus quoted the words of the Prophet Isaiah, which were;

This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me. And in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand! It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.” Matthew 15:8,9

So God told the prophet Isaiah, these people worshipped Him in vain because of their hearts. You see, since their hearts weren’t right with God they could never truly worship or honor Him. Now if their hearts were right with God they would have taught the commandments of God, instead of the commandments of men. And Jesus backs this up and explains it when He says;

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other sexual immoral acts, thefts, false testimonies and slanderous statements. These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person. Matthew 7:18-20

Just because a person goes to church doesn’t make them righteous because the statics prove that OVER half the men who go to church are into pornography. But it’s not just pornography, it’s all wrongdoing.

Why do I believe this is happening?

Because mankind has lost their LOVE for God and have NO FEAR of Him. And since they have NO FEAR of God they teach false doctrines and twisted scriptures instead of teaching God’s will. Because Jesus said when asked;

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law? And He said to him, YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND. This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets. Matthew 22:36-40

Because if you think about it, if one truly loves God and his neighbor the way this scripture directs us to, there would be is NO ROOM for LAWLESSNESS….

It’s time to repent of lawlessness and get back to LOVING GOD!