“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. Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Thursday 5th Dec. 2024 – MATTHEW 7:21.24-27.
So, if we could recall the Book of Job in the Holy Bible, it begins thus, “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.” – JOB 1:6.
Is this not an indication that Satan also knows God? So, is it not also possible that Satan will also have a place that he calls a church and he will always be shouting the name lord, lord?
Some of us always mouth the name Jesus, Lord, God with reckless abandon. As a matter of fact, the name Jesus has become a form of exclamation (not altogether bad, though) to some of us.
Nevertheless, both our inner and posterior demeanour usually never tend to portray the kind of pious chastity we often verbalise.
Thus, the message of today’s teaching.
So, whether we mouth those names very often or not, the only requirement of us to make heaven is just to live right. That’s all!
By living right, it is we making our conscious and deliberate effort to ensure that we do the things of our everyday life truthfully, with all honesty, sincerity and purposely to bring about the betterment of mankind and a greater glory to God.
Remember, God is more persuaded by our deliberate positive efforts to become better.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
5th Dec. 2024.