It's easy to throw words around. Look at the newspapers or listen to reporters or politicians. Ouch! Frightening. Same with prayer, but Jesus warns: "Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven." (Matt 7:21)
No, these might protest that they even prophesied or drove out demons, but Jesus never knew them. (cf. Mt 7: 22-23) It's where the heart is, and if it's centered on Jesus, the God-man, then there is substance; the foundation is solid. The crowds, Matthew records, were "astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes." (Mt 7: 29). After all, Jesus is the Son of God, and DOES have the authority to speak this way. It's up to us to listen and integrate his words into our thinking and living: to base our lives on him and on no one else.
Bro. Rene
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