Luke 6:46

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“Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?

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  • Mal 1:6 : 6 The Sacrilege of Priestly Service“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The LORD of Heaven’s Armies asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply,‘How have we made light of your name?’
  • Matt 7:21-23 : 21 Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Luke 13:25-27 : 25 Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say,‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’
  • John 13:13-17 : 13 You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you. 16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,
  • Matt 25:24 : 24 Then the one who had received the one talent came and said,‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,
  • Matt 25:44 : 44 Then they too will answer,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’
  • Matt 25:11 : 11 Later, the other virgins came too, saying,‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’

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  • 47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice– I will show you what he is like:

  • Matt 7:20-24
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    20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

    21 Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

    22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’

    23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’

    24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

  • 3 Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

  • 36 But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

  • 13 You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

  • 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

  • John 8:45-47
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    45 But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

    46 Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

    47 The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

  • Matt 15:9-10
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    9 and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

    10 True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

  • 24 The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

  • 28 So then they said to him,“What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”

  • 13 You also have done all these things, says the LORD, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!

  • 31 Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

  • 36 He said to them,“What do you want me to do for you?”

  • 49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”

  • 6 The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!

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    16 The Rich Young Man Now someone came up to him and said,“Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”

    17 He said to him,“Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

  • 45 The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

  • 37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

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    25 Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’

    26 Then you will begin to say,‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

    27 But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’

  • 43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

  • Luke 17:7-10
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    7 “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

    8 Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

    9 He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

    10 So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say,‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”

  • 22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

  • 9 He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’

  • 41 Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

  • 1 Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

  • 40 but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

  • 15 For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

  • 14 The Consequences of Disobedience“‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments–

  • 36 I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

  • 7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

  • 4 Tell them that the LORD says,‘You must obey me! You must live according to the way I have instructed you in my laws.

  • 6 And the Lord said,“Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

  • 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

  • 5 Then he said to them,“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

  • 36 What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

  • 38 nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

  • 45 Then he will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’