Matthew 7:21
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True Disciples
21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
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Romans 2:13
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13 For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.
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James 1:22
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22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
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Luke 6:46
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Building on a Solid Foundation
46 “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?
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Luke 11:28
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28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”
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Titus 1:16
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16 Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
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Hebrews 4:6
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6 So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.
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Matthew 25:11-12
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11 Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!’
12 “But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’
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John 6:40
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40 For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”
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Revelation 3:5
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5 All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.
Matthew 10:32-33
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32 “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
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1 Peter 4:2
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2 You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
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Hebrews 13:21
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21 may he equip you with all you need
for doing his will.
May he produce in you,[a]
through the power of Jesus Christ,
every good thing that is pleasing to him.
All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.
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- 13:21 Some manuscripts read in us.
Matthew 12:50
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50 Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”
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Revelation 22:14
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14 Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.
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Matthew 18:3
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3 Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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John 3:5
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5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.[a]
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1 John 3:21-24
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21 Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. 22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.
23 And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us. 24 Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.
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Romans 12:2
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2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
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Mark 3:35
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35 Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
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James 2:20-26
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20 How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
21 Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. 23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”[a] He was even called the friend of God.[b] 24 So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.
25 Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road. 26 Just as the body is dead without breath,[c] so also faith is dead without good works.
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Ephesians 6:6
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6 Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.
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John 7:17
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17 Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.
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1 Peter 2:15
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15 It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.
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1 Thessalonians 5:18
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18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
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