21Not 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-29)We have here the conclusion of this long and excellent sermon, the scope of which is to show the indispensable necessity of obedience to the commands of Christ; this is designed to clench the nail, that it might fix in a sure place: he speaks this to his disciples, that sat at his feet whenever he preached, and followed him wherever he went. Had he sought his own praise among men, he would have sa…
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