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Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Not everyone will enter the kingdom

 Not everyone will enter the kingdom

Jesus said,

"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.  

Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'  

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' "Matthew 7:21-23.

The Church has been around a long time and like with any institution or group that has been around for millennia false teachers have entered the Church.

Unfortunately especially it seems when it comes to those who espouse to be in the evangelical church there is no policing. Preachers in North America in particular can say what they want to say. Which is a good thing in one respect. It's called freedom of speech. With such freedom  however comes a responsibility to teach the truth. And puts the onus on believers to police themselves.

The Apostle Paul writing to Timothy said,

"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."  2Timothy 4:3,4.

For those calling themselves Christian but are not presenting sound doctrine. The apostle Paul tells the church,

"What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?  God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you." 1 Corinthians 5:12,13.

That’s not to say we throw everyone out of the church that we disagree with. From time to time we will have disagreements among ourselves.

That being said however. We need to be vigilant and expel those who are not teaching sound doctrine.