Let us be practical here; a muslin,
Hindu, Buddhist, Atheist... does not call our Lord Jesus as Lord. Christians or
"so called Christians" does.
As we always say: "seating on
a garage does not turns one into a car, likewise, seating on a church pews does
not turn anybody into a Christian.
Jesus was referring it to those who
were following Him. In nowadays, it can be referred to those who attend a
church or perhaps they are even a member of the choir, member of a youth ministry
or has any activity in the church.
Calling 'Lord, Lord'! does not mean
anything if the words of Jesus are not being obeyed.
That is the main reason, some
people inside of the same church are blessed, while others may have a stagnant
life.
Luke
6:47(NLT)
I
will show you what it's like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching,
and then follows it.
I love the way in which Jesus
proposes to show the difference between the one who obeys and the one who does
not care about His words
The one who obeys: Luke 6:48 (NLT)
It
is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid
rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it stands firm
because it is well built.
The floodwaters represented
here are the trials and troubles that all of us will face in life (like Job).
But the difference lays on the foundation. The ones who obeys the Words of
Jesus has deep and unshakable base.
They have structure, strength,
faith, courage ... No doubts, endures all things, believes all things and wins!
They are winners! Job suffered, but in the end, he overcame and became even
more blessed.
As for the church goers, Jesus
said:
Luke
6:49 (AMP)
But
he who merely hears and does not practice doing My words is like a man who
built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the torrent
burst, and immediately it collapsed and fell, and the
breaking and ruin of that house was great.
They merely hear and absolutely
does not care about what has been preached. They have their own way of
thinking, they just like to hear what is pleasant to them. They do not accept
the whole Bible and refuse about offerings and tithes.
According to Jesus, they have
no foundation and when troubles comes they will IMMEDIATELY collapse and fall,
and their breaking and ruin will be great!
They are most likely to have a
unfruitful, defeated life and still blames Jesus, the church, the pastor or
anybody else but themselves.
We conclude that obedience to
the WORD of God is optional, however, blessings/victories, are not for
everyone.
The Lord makes a clear
difference between the two groups: Malachi
3:18(GNT)
Once
again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous
and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not."
Do not think that "serving
God" is all about some activities you may have in the church. We serve the
Lord when we obey HIS WORDS.
Some people go around thinking
that obeying God is just a matter of avoiding the "big sins". But
they forget that the word of God strongly rebukes laziness, otiose, being slothful
and so on...
John
14:23(AMP)
Jesus
answered, If a person [really] loves Me, he will keep My word [obey My
teaching]; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our
home (abode, special dwelling place) with him.
Many people say that they Love
Jesus...do they? It's between the person and God, but one thing is true; the one
who loves, obeys HIS words.
God Bless you.
