DECEMBER 4
MATTHEW 7:23_ye that work iniquity.
The word iniquity can be translated as lawlessness.
We could study all six hundred plus laws – they eventually would fit into one set.
Matthew 22:36-40 (KJV), “Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Galatians 5:13-14 (KJV) “For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
When it’s all said and done … at the end of the day, life boils down to whether we loved God and His people. If we lived life contrary to that—we are workers of iniquity. Jesus not only will not know us but ask us to leave His presence.
When we stand before the Day of Judgment we want to rejoice in God’s incomparable mercy—we want to remain in His presence, to live in the kingdom of heaven and continue to love God and His people.
We want to praise our friend Jesus who made the way.
PRAYER
Good Shepherd, Praise You that I can live with You forever! In the powerful name of Jesus, Amen.
Christ made the way to live forever in Heaven—I will!
The Works of Her Hands 
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