Don’t Deny Jesus!

 Dear Dad’s (Randall Hartinger) VITAL teaching for today. Be BLESSED!

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Calling Jesus “Lord” and not doing His will is DENYING HIM. 

07/21Daily Exhortation (Heb.3:13; 10:25; Matt. 6:11; Luke 11:3)…

Watch this 7:21 for 7/21…

Matthew  7:21 (KJB)  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.

Mt 7:22 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?

Mt 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Very few face this passage head-on long enough to rightly interpret it. There are folks running around denying the Lord LEFT AND RIGHT who think they are “just fine” with heaven so long as they don't actually SAY they deny Christ. Also, to deny Christ's BODY is to deny Him. 

Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Please note one DENIES THE LORD WITH WORKS more so than WORDS. You may not deny Jesus in TALK, but in your WALK. Finally, denial results in REPROBATION (the point of no return). Any sinner is on the road to reprobation. Take heed. 

In our focus passage, JESUS IS DENYING SOME FOLKS. Why? They have DENIED HIM. 

Isaiah 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Isa 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Isa 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

When you are not OBEYING THE WORDS OF THE LORD, you are DENYING THE LORD. You can say, “Lord, Lord” with blue face til the cows come home, but it is ineffectual: 

Joshua 24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

How do you define “deny”? Let the Bible define it. Remember that Peter denied the Lord for a short season EVEN AFTER BEING WARNED THAT HE WOULD: 

Matthew 26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

So, one form of denying is stating you DON’T KNOW SOMEBODY. This sheds light on our focus passage. Note that Peter repented. 

To the foolish virgins that started off with oil (Holy Ghost) but ran out, Jesus will say to them: “I KNOW YOU NOT.” (Matt. 25:12). They even say, “Lord, Lord” to Him (Matt. 25:11) but they had denied Him in their faith/works. So, HE DENIED THEM. There is an ABSOLUTE APOSTASY as taught by the Bible regardless of what you were taught. The "Ye shall not surely die" lie did not die in the Garden of Eden. Pulpits are still hewn from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the serpent still hisses the same since he is that "old serpent" which "deceiveth the whole world" (see Rev. 12).

By the way, Eve matched moves with Satan and dropped "Lord" from "Lord God" and it was costly. Samuel did the same thing and it cost him his sons. 

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us…

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Iniquity is lawlessness (note the 3 I’s in iniquity to illustrate). It is doing what YOU WANT and not what the LORD WANTS. Saying that Jesus is “Lord” but not denying yourself daily, taking up your cross daily, and following Christ daily by faith/grace/God’s Spirit via the GLORIOUS GOSPEL is tantamount to DENYING CHRIST. Make sure in the FINAL ANALYSIS at the Judgment(s), you do not hear those dreadful words, “I never knew you. Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” This is Jesus DENYING YOU because YOU DENIED HIM. To all and to my enemies (you know who you are), you are prayed for every day: TAKE HEED. Repent before it is TOO LATE to do so (reprobation). Wishing you the Blessed Best, -r <3