NOVEMBER 28
MATTHEW 7:22_have we not prophesied in Thy name…
Jesus refers to people who profess to be Christian. These people believe they have the right to call upon the Lord when He sits on the judgment throne. Do they believe they are clever enough to persuade Jesus to accept them on their terms, not His?
II Thessalonians 2:10-11 (KJV), “And for this cause God shall send them [the unrighteous] strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
Good grief! This is more of that stuff I’d just as soon the Bible would leave out! Because the unrighteous will not believe the truth, then it is only natural that they enjoy being unrighteous. God does not stand in the way of them believing lies. Perhaps one of the lies they believe is their good works will allow them to enter the kingdom of heaven.
These people did not get into this kind of shape because God did not care enough to pursue them: II Peter 3:9 (KJV), “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
Unfortunately, not everyone will repent.
Some of the unrepentant may go around prophesying in God’s name.
PRAYER
Everlasting Father, I do not want to find joy in unrighteousness, but in You. In the powerful name of Jesus, Amen.
Christ knows all the hearts that repent—He sees mine!
The Works of Her Hands 