Enjoy the Snowstorm Readers,
We're revisiting the New Testament today. In a time when there are 1,001 different flavors of Christianity, this advice from the Savior can't be ignored. There is a Joseph Smith Translation in these verses as well. If you didn't know, Joseph Smith was directed by the Lord to correct some things in the bible that had been missed, left out, or mistranslated through the centuries it had been translated, re-translated and even intentionally altered. The JST as it is called in the LDS edition of the King James Version is a collection of the most significant corrections he made. I'll include them in brackets when I quote from the scriptures here.
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, [for the day soon cometh, that men shall come before me to judgment, to be judged according to their works].
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."
There are those who profess to believe in Christ and claim to be doing His work in His name when in fact they really aren't. Belief is not enough; we must do something to become something. What we do then, must go down into our hearts and change our natures, made more complete and powerful by the influence by the Holy Ghost. Christ makes clear here that it is possible to act in his name in a manner against the way He would have it done.
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