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NASB | Matthew 7:21 ¶ "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:21 ¶ "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. |
Subject: In the service of the Lord, yet unsaved? |
Bible Note: Searcher By adding the word 'committed' to Christian, you have created a term to measure the strength of the relationship which a Christian has with God, through Jesus. Each person who has accepted Christ, is a Christian. The way in which that person lives their relationship with God, determines the depth and breadth of the relationship. The extreme of a 'committed Christian' lives their relationship with their whole being - every action, every thought, every breath. And, by living their relationship with their whole being, it will carry over into their relationship with other men. By living their lives to help bring other men into a closer relationship with God, through Christ. A less-than 'committed Christian' is not automatically rejected by Christ - but I believe that there is a point within the depth and breadth of a man's relationship with God, which just isn't acceptable to Jesus. I don't know that exact point - but I believe it is somewhere between how the two Apostles (Peter and Judas) lived their lives after their individual denial of Christ. Was Judas' sin of denying Christ that much worse than Peter's sin of denying Christ or was Peter's relationship with God, afterwords - just that much greater than Judas'? Brian |