“Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the Kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Thursday 27th June 2024 – MATTHEW 7:21-29.
So, if we ever have cause to doubt those you claim they have revelations of heaven and hell, and in hell they saw some supposed ‘powerful’ men of God; then, here is our proof.
By the way, I am not making a case for such people, neither am I saying one should refute their claims.
Moreover, we weren’t there when God made the supposed revelations to them, neither did God revealed to us anything on such people.
Although, as predicted in the Bible, there are false prophets who perpetrate false teachings with displays of miracle and healing, there are yet genuine people whom God has anointed them with the gifts of prophecy, healing and exorcism, etc.
Some of these people could even be mere lay faithful, while a good majority are ordained clergy.
Now, irrespective of the type of life such gifted people may lead in their everyday life, their gifts are still valid and retained in them. – For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. – ROMANS 11:29.
That is why even when Lucifer fell out of favour with God, he still retains his gifts and powers.
Therefore, one may have the gifts of exorcism, another the gifts if healing and yet another the gifts of praying and a dead person would come back to life. Nevertheless, it is not always that having such gifts translates into equally having love, empathy and forgiving spirit to a fellow man, although, they should.
A man could be a priest of the Catholic Church that practices celibacy, even when he supposedly carnally defies himself right before he goes for Mass, his sacrifice of the Mass would still be valid.
Now, talk less of those that only render selfless service in the church.
Ordinarily, those of us so gifted as well as the ordained clergy and those of us privileged to render our services in the church are supposed to permit ourselves to be subsumed by the graces and anointing of such privileges and therefore endeavour to live our lives worthy of such callings.
Dear friend, today’s teaching is therefore for those of us who should, but are not.
One could be an ordained Priest/Pastor, a spiritually gifted person and one who renders services in the vineyard of God, that alone is not a free pass to heaven.
Christ Jesus says today that, unless we amend our ways, else, when we die, he is certain to ask us to depart from his presence and go to where we rightly belong.
So, do we still have cause to doubt those people who claim to have such☝️revelations?
Have a fantastic day folks.
#OUR_LADY_OF_PERPETUAL_HELP! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo