Few Are Chosen

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven…”

Anyone can claim to be anything that they want. Walk up to a random person on the street someday and ask them, Are you a lawyer? and they may respond, Yup, I sure am! Now, it is definitely a possibility that they truly are a lawyer, and that they really are what they say they are, but isn’t it also possible that they are not being honest, that they are just telling a lie? That they only want to have the appearance of a lawyer? Unless they faithfully follow and practice the law as other lawyers would, and actually represent a client in a court of law, they are nothing more than a fake and a fraud.

The real, determining factor of a Spirit-filled believer in Jesus Christ is what? Whether they believe in Him and if they do His will for them. That is the definition of a Christian, “a person who believes in and seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values of Jesus Christ.” Jesus Himself teaches that not everyone who claims to believe in Him are real Christians in their hearts. 

Matthew 7:21-27  “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.”

Jesus taught that there are few that will be saved. Few, not many. An entire bowl full of candy in front of a child, and their parent tells them that they can have a few, how many is that? Not all of them, but two or three usually. Few will be saved. Many are called but not many will be chosen. 

Matthew 22:1-14  “And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 

But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Anyone can say that they believe in Jesus, but does that belief reveal itself in their life by their actions? It says in the Bible that the devils believe in Jesus, and tremble. Even the devils believe in Jesus, but they certainly will not be in Heaven, and why? Because they do not keep His word.

You can say that you believe in Jesus, and then you can actually believe in Jesus and that belief will be shown by your obedience to the words of Christ. Judgement Day will be a great wake up call for many people, but on that day the time will be up. Their time to change and live for Christ will have come and gone, and they will find themselves shut out. Do not be among these people on that day.

In Christ,

Andrew