Saturday August 02nd, 2025
« Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the Kingdom of Heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in »
21Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do what my Father in Heaven wants them to do.
22 When the Judgment Day comes, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke God’s message, by your name we drove out many demons and performed many miracles!’
23 Then I will say to them, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you wicked people!’
One Bible passage that amazed me when I first read it is Matthew 7:22-23 MSG
22 I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, ‘Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our super-spiritual projects had everyone talking.’ 23 And do you know what I am going to say? ‘You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don’t impress me one bit. You’re out of here.’
It says that there will be so-called believers who would have been healing the sick and casting out demons in the name of Jesus here on earth, but on the last day Jesus will say to them,
”Get behind me you workers of iniquity. I never knew you ”
Wouldn’t it be such a disappointment to have done so much for God and then on the last day, when you are supposed to receive your crown, He says “I never knew you?”
Since Jesus cannot lie, you then need to really be sure you have a relationship with Him while here on earth.
You need to check thoroughly if your faith is truly from the heart and not just something that is for show.
The fact that you call yourself believers is not enough, 2 Corinthians 10:18 CEV says:
« You may brag about yourself, but the only approval that counts is the Lord’s approval »
It is not about what you call yourself; it is about what God calls you.
- It is possible to be raising the dead and still not be a true believer,
because performing miracles is a gift of the Holy Spirit,
whereas Jesus said believers are identified by the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
It is easy to get carried away when you start exhibiting the gifts, but you must pay attention to the fruit if you want to remain a true believer.
Check your life in comparison to the fruit of the Holy Spirit as listed in Galatians 5:22-24 NLT:
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, – joy, – peace, patience, – kindness, goodness, – faithfulness,
23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
Is your lifestyle in line with this Scripture?
- If you only read your Bible when you are to preach or teach Bible Study, you are a believer for show.
- If you can lead a prayer meeting for two hours but cannot pray for thirty minutes in your closet, you are a believer for show.
- If you only fast when the Church says you should, so that you can also say you participated, yet you don’t declare fasting days for yourself personally, you are a believer for show.
- If you just condemn fornication and adultery publicly, but still indulge immoral thoughts in your heart, you are a believer for show.
Please note: No ‘believer for show’ will make it to Heaven.
Application – Are you a true believer or a believer for show?
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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