SO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD

"You say you have faith, for you

believe that there is one God. Good

for you!  Even the demons believe

this, and they tremble in terror."

(James 2:19 NLT)

How many people do you know that profess

to be "Christians" because they believe in God.

But there is nothing any different between them

and everybody else in the world.

Consider what Jesus said to the crowds that

were following him:

"Not every who calls out to me,

Lord! Lord! will enter the kingdom

of Heaven.  Only those who actually

do the will of my Father in heaven

will enter.  On Judgment day many

will say to me, 'Lord! Lord!  We

prophesied in your name and cast

out demons in your name and per-

formed many miracles in your

name.'  But I will reply, 'I never

knew you.  Get away from me, you

who break God's laws.'"

(Matthew 7:21-23 NLT)

This is the "scariest" portion of Scripture

I know.  I've never cast out any demons

or preformed any miracles and if they 

can't make it how can I?

The first thing we need to see is that 

all these great works were done "in the

name of Jesus."  And a close study of 

the Scriptures will show us that the power

is in the name of Jesus.  Not the person

using it or because they were extra close

to God.  The power was in the name they

were using, that is JESUS.

Second you will notice that Jesus is 

telling them they were not obedient to

him.

Third Jesus said, "I never knew you."

Simple, we have to be in a relationship

with Jesus Christ.

Knowing that there is a God or about

God is simply not enough.  We need

to snuggle up close to Jesus and the

starting place is being obedient to him

making him LORD of our lives.

Meet me at the feet of Jesus.