The following post came from matthew18twenty.com and was not written by thebiblicaldude but another.
It is a good look at our selves and it asks a valid question to everyone that claims the status of Christian on this site. I thought it would be a good read.
[/b]Double Check your Relationship with Christ!
Posted Originally by: johnthebaptist @ matthew18twenty.com
One day there will be an awakening. There will be an event that happens and in this event on or two things are going to be said. You will either hear "Well done thou good and faithful servant" or "Depart from me, I know you not" and there is a sad realization that I would like to bring up today and that is everyone that claims Christ as savior believes that they are in category one, the "Well done thou good and faithful servant" category and no one believes they are in the second category but when we apply scripture to the meaning of all of this we can see that there are going to be many that fall under category 2.
What is it that I mean by this? Let us search the scriptures and we shall see.
Well done faithful servant:(Matthew 25:21 KJV) His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
What we have here is a picture of what is going to happen to some of us when we meet Christ. He is going to see us as a good and faithul servant and access to heaven will then be granted. This is a picture of the faithful that have faithfully trusted in Christ as their savior and are covered under the blood that Christ shed on the cross. We are his sheep and we hear his voice, and we have been sanctified and at that point glorified with new bodies that will not be subjected to fleshly lusts any more. We will at that point an time be complete and we will be told well done not on what we have done in good works, but where our heart was and how pure our conversion from sinner to saint was. What that means is that we will what Christ was talking about in the parable of the sower as the "Good ground" in that we received the Gospel, repented and totally turned to Christ Jesus. We have trusted the Gospel message and that was Christ died for our sins and was placed in the tomb and rose again on the third day and we trust in the promise that he said he would prepare a place for us. Our very nature has been changed from corruptable in God's eyes to incorruptable and even though we are in these fleshly bodies we are empowered by the Holy Spirit and made able to overcome the things of the world.
Depart from meMatthew 7:21-23 KJV
(21) 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.
(22) 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?
(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
This group I want you to take notice at the key phrase in verse 22. Notice that they call him Lord, and they remind him of the work that they did in His name, showing that they were indeed followers of Christ in name but his response in verse 23 shows that they were indeed not followers by heart. Their conversion was false and they had unchanged hearts and it clearly states Christ did not know them. To be known by Christ is simple, in this context Christ does not know them as him [Christ] being their shepard, but he knows them in name only. There is no relationship becasue those people falsely trusted in Christ under false professions and did not have the Holy Spirit in them. There are MANY of those people today out in an outward appearance doing good things but they are as corrupt as they can be on the inside and sadly not everyone can spot the devils, but God knows their hearts and the people are led astray becasue of their lack of faith in God and their lack of the scriptures for two. Not knowing the scriptures is a dangerous area to be in as you can fall victim to false teachings and false doctrines becasue you don't know the truth or don't care to find it. This is the type of person that is in reference here and the bottom line is this:
They profess to know Christ and will not find out that they do not know him until Christ himself says "I know you not" and this is a bad place to be in. Thinking all the time on earth you were ready for the metting of you and Jesus only to die and be told by Him that He does not know you.
So while everyone is praying for the return for Christ, I believe we need to let God handel his business and everyone of you stop and evalutate your relationship with Christ and be sure as you can be that if Christ came today you would go with him to paradise.
Are you certain of your salvation? Are you certain of your relationship with Christ? Are you ready? I hope so....
