WORD OF GOD - MT 7:21-23

MATTHEW 7:21-23

‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?” Then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.”

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Holiness consists in doing the will of God consistently, moment by moment, when it is easy and when it isn't. In fact, there is greater merit when you strive to do God's will when it is hardest, when it costs you the most, when every fiber in your being resists, yet you yield in perfect submission and embrace God's will. It is never easy. The cross is and always was an instrument of torture and all who nail their will to it, all who cheerfully take up the cross of self-annihilation and self-immolation in order to more perfectly walk in the way of truth and love, light and life, will have God as their friend.