What does it mean that only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter His kingdom?
Matthew 7:21
NIV - 21 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 who is in heaven.
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Asked December 06 2013
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Seth Amponsah-Tabi
What is God's will? Is it only in receiving Christ Jesus into your life? Or it's about obeying His commandment.
Joseph Turner
John 6:28-29
28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
John 1:12-13
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 14:23
23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him."
John 14:21
21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
The will of God is to believe in Jesus. Once a person has accepted Jesus, the process of sanctification begins. You are immediately made into a new creation, and over time, it will show.