Frank Sinatra sang a song that many people in America loved and wanted to adopt as their life style. The song was "I did it my way."
What an incredible indictment on the culture that we pride ourselves in "doing life our own way" even becoming angry at those who might suggest that no one will make it to heaven by their own will and their own way.
Many "Christians" today would claim we should "do things
Matthew 23:2-4 "…2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.…"
In other words God is telling us to obey God not the leaders who do not obey God's Word.
To ignore any part of God's Word is to ignore Christ. Christ is the very essence of His Own Word. Jesus Christ is called the Word and He is God.
God the Father calls Jesus Christ "God."
Hebrews 1:7-8
7 And regarding the angels He says,
“He makes His angels winds,
And His ministers a flame of fire.”
8 But regarding the Son He says,
“Your throne, God, is forever and ever,
And the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of [a]His kingdom."
Anyone who denies the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as being God in three distinct Persons is ignoring God's Word.
Anyone who prides themselves in doing life their own way will not be saved at their death. They will not be able to get before the Lord on Judgment day and say; "but Lord I did it my way."
Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 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 mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
Many people who attend churches will not be saved, they have pretended to love God but in practice they treated Him with great disresepct and even loathing. And, they treated those who belong to Him disrespectfully and without kindness and love.
God said, "you shall know them by their fruit", this fruit is the character of Christ Who lives in those who love Him.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
