The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 6:23 (HCSB)
For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 25:12-13 (HCSB)
12 Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will show him the way he should choose. 13 He will live a good life, and his descendants will inherit the land.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Matthew 7:21-23 (HCSB)
21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord!' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but [only] the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to Me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?' 23 Then I will announce to them, 'I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!'
My observation:
Jesus has previously warned about false prophets. In our focal passage for today he warns about false disciples.
It is not the outward display of power that shows you are a genuine disciple. Rather, it is the inward relationship you have with the living Savior that marks you as a child of God. It is not your mighty works that saves you, it is the might work of God in Christ that saves you. Do you know the Savior?
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I am so grateful for the love of God for the world that caused you to empty heaven of your most precious possession to save sinners like me. Thank you Jesus for all that you have done for me. Where would I be if I didn't know the Lord?
John 3:16-18 (HCSB)
16 "For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God.
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2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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