“Not every
one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but
he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will
say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in
thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
Not
everyone who claims to be a Christian is one, but there’s hope for those who
worry over the existence of false Christians and hypocrites.
“But
there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false
teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying
the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
“Yet
if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify
God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house
of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey
not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be
saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
