Things New and Old: Put off your baggage to enter the strait gate

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Put off your baggage to enter the strait gate

Matthew 7:21-23

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.

Entry into the kingdom of heaven is conditional upon God's children believing and doing the will of the Father.

Entry into heaven is conditioned solely upon the finished work of Christ freely applied to each elect, thus making them perfectly fitted for eternal glory, without them doing NOTHING at all.

Is failure to enter the kingdom of heaven the same as being excluded from heaven itself where the Father is? That's what so very many misguided people think because they are taught by teaches of falsehood that their entry into heaven is conditioned upon something they do! Such know NOTHING about the grace of salvation though they insist they do!

Many God's children (they are children solely by the sovereign activity of God in begetting them) FAIL to enter the kingdom of heaven because they have too many ideas of their own instead of believing and doing the will of their Father.

Many preachers are in that category! And they have many followers too. Are you one of them?

So many misguided folks think the Lord Jesus is talking about getting into heaven! For God's children not entering into the kingdom of heaven while on earth means a messed up life devoid of the blessings of fellowship (i.e. not known by Christ), and are indeed working iniquity!

Remove your pretty antlers, then you may enter the kingdom of heaven!