Salvation By Grace

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.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary:

• Christ here shows that it will not be enough to own him for our Master, only in word and tongue.
• It is necessary to our happiness that we believe in Christ, that we repent of sin, that we live a holy life, that we love one another.
• This is his will, even our sanctification.
• Let us take heed of resting in outward privileges and doings, lest we deceive ourselves, and perish eternally, as multitudes do, with a lie in our right hand.
• Let every one that names the name of Christ, depart from all sin.

ESV Study Bible Notes:

• An oral confession of Jesus as Lord does not always indicate a repentant heart.

MacArthur Study Bible:

• The faith that says but does not do is really barren unbelief
• Jesus is not suggesting that works merit salvation but that true faith will not fail to produce the fruit of good works
• This point is also precisely the point of James 1:22-25; 2:26

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