There is much sin in the Church
today! Why do I say that? Because, I see it in people I know who say they are
Christian, I see it in Christian TV programs and movies, I see it in Christian
social media. There is pride, greed, immorality, a lack of integrity, lying,
cheating and stealing, there are those who are opposed to GOD’s
agenda, false prophets, wolfs in sheep’s clothing and teachers of false and
incorrect doctrine.
It is easy to see sin except when
it is in our own life, that is why Jesus said to judge ourself and not others
but to help others see their sin (Matthew 7:1-6).
Jesus was clear about what it
takes to get into His Eternal Kingdom and what will keep us out. Following are
some of those scriptures because we all need to be reminded to judge ourself,
remember these are Jesus’ Words and He was talking to or about believers. If
you see yourself in any of these then ask for forgiveness and repent of those
ways.
All of Matthew 6 and 7
“And He went through the cities
and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said to
Him, ‘LORD, are there few who are saved?’ And He said to them, ‘Strive to enter
through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and
will not be able. When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut
the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘LORD, LORD, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do
not know you, where you are from,’ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence,
and You taught in our streets.’ But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are
from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you
see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of GOD, and yourselves thrust out. They will come from the east and the west, from the north and
the south, and sit down in the Kingdom of GOD. And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first
who will be last.’” (Luke
13:22-30)
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the
gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are
many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate
and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there
are few who find it…Not everyone who says to Me, ‘LORD, LORD,’
shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father
in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘LORD, LORD,
have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done
many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” (Matthew 7:13-14, 21-23) These are the scariest verses
in the Bible.
“Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him,
pleading with Him, saying, ‘LORD, my servant is lying at home
paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘I will come and heal him.’
The centurion answered and said, ‘LORD, I am not worthy that You should
come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be
healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And
I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’
and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.’ When
Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who
followed, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I have not
found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say to you that many will come from east and
west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven. But the
sons of the Kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ Then
Jesus said to the centurion, ‘Go your way; and
as you have believed, so let it be done for you.’ And
his servant was healed that same hour.” (Matthew 8:5-13)
“Now behold, one came and said to Him, ‘Good Teacher, what good
thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?’ So He said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, GOD. But if you want to enter into life, keep the
commandments.’ He said
to Him, ‘Which ones?’ Jesus said, ‘You shall
not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall
not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.’ The young man said to Him, ‘All these things I have kept
from my youth. What do I still lack?’ Jesus said to him, ‘If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have
and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow
Me.’ But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful,
for he had great possessions. Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich
man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of GOD.’ When His
disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, ‘Who
then can be saved?’ But Jesus looked at them and said to
them, ‘With men this is impossible, but with GOD all things are possible.’ Then Peter answered and said to Him, ‘See we have left all and followed
You. Therefore what shall we have?’ So Jesus said to them, ‘Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when
the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me
will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who
has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or
children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and
inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and
the last first.” (Matthew 6:19-21; 19:16-30)
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all
the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All
the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats
on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come,
you blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty
and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was
in prison and you came to Me.’ Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘LORD, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or
thirsty and give You drink? When did
we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to
You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you,
inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My
brethren, you did it to Me.’ Then He will also say to those on
the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire
prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you
gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did
not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ Then they also
will answer Him, saying, ‘LORD, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked
or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them,
saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to
one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment,
but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:31-46)
“There was a man of the Pharisees
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and
said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from GOD;
for no one can do these signs that You do unless GOD is
with him. Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Most
assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom
of GOD.’ Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he
enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of
water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of GOD. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is
born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of
it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who
is born of the Spirit.’ Nicodemus
answered and said to Him, ‘How can these things be?’ Jesus answered and
said to him, ‘Are you the teacher of Israel,
and do not know these things? Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We
know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. If I have told
you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you
heavenly things? No one has ascended to Heaven but He who came down from Heaven, that
is, the Son of Man who is in Heaven. And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal
life. For GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For GOD did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but
that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not
condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of GOD. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does
not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may
be clearly seen, that they have been done in GOD.’” (John 1:1-18, 29-36; 3:1-21)
If you’re not sure then these statements made by Jesus should clear it
up.
“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me
will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, ‘LORD, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us and not to the world?’
Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves
Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him
and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and
the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.” (John
14:21-24)
“And He said to me, ’It is done! I Am the
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of
the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all
things, and I will be his GOD and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
murders, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their
part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death.…And behold I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to his work. I Am the
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Blessed
are those who do His commandments,
that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the
gates into the city. But outside are dogs
and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever
loves and practices a lie. ‘” (Revelation 21:6-8, 22:12-15)
I say don’t argue with Jesus just obey.
All scriptures are from NKJV
