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Watchtower Heretic James wrote:
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>> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:00:33 -0500
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>> Watchtower Heretic James wrote:
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>>> The Kingdom of Almighty God.
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>>> Are we really in the last days? If so, you MUST see a group of people
>>> with one overwhelming theme; God's Kingdom. And it must be preached
>>> throughout the whole globe. ONLY THEN, WILL THE END COME. Mt 24:14,
>> The False "Kingdom" Gospel Of Zealous Legalistic Hypocrites
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>> “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the
>> kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves
>> nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you, scribes and
>> Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a
>> single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as
>> much a child of hell as yourselves.” (Matthew 23:13–15, ESV)
> Wow, you got one heck of a day to come for you. Notice again:
>
> "21. "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the
> kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
> 22. "Many will say to Me in that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not
> prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many
> wonders in Your name?'
> 23. "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from
> Me, you who practice lawlessness!'"
>
> It's almost made as if for you. You frequently preach about Jesus'
> sacrifice. And you rarely take up other doctrines from the Bible. Thus
> it fits you to a tee. (I hope it won't remain so though.
Matthew 7 does not condemn preaching Christ’s sacrifice. It condemns
trusting works, power displays, and religious activity instead of the
will of the Father as revealed in the gospel.
Jesus defines the will of the Father plainly elsewhere. “This is the
will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in
him should have eternal life” (John 6:40, ESV). Again, “This is the work
of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent” (John 6:29, ESV).
Jesus does not point to law-keeping, kingdom activism, or global
programs as the basis of entrance into the kingdom. He points to faith
in Himself.
The people rejected in Matthew 7 appeal to what they did. They
prophesied. They cast out demons. They performed mighty works. Jesus
never denies those claims. He rejects them because they trusted their
works and not Him. He says, “I never knew you” (Matthew 7:23, ESV). The
issue is relationship grounded in faith, not the absence of religious
effort.
The apostles explain this passage by the gospel they preached. “By works
of the law no human being will be justified in his sight” (Romans 3:20,
ESV). “A person is not justified by works of the law but through faith
in Jesus Christ” (Galatians 2:16, ESV). “By grace you have been saved
through faith… not a result of works, so that no one may boast”
(Ephesians 2:8–9, ESV). That directly addresses the error of those in
Matthew 7 who boast in what they did.
Preaching Christ’s death and resurrection does not ignore doctrine. It
proclaims the center of all doctrine. “I delivered to you as of first
importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins… that he
was buried… that he was raised on the third day” (1 Corinthians 15:3–4,
ESV). Paul warned that anything added to this as a requirement for
acceptance with God is a false gospel (Galatians 1:6–9, ESV).
Matthew 23 already exposes the flaw in boasting about zeal, reach, and
recruitment. Religious intensity does not equal truth. Global activity
does not equal God’s approval. Jesus said such teachers shut the kingdom
in people’s faces while claiming to represent it (Matthew 23:13–15, ESV).
The kingdom does not come through lawlessness dressed up as works, nor
through law-keeping offered as righteousness. It comes through the King
who gave Himself for sinners. Those who believe already possess eternal
life now (John 5:24, ESV), and they obey afterward as those who are
known by Him, not to be known by Him.
Matthew 7 warns against trusting works. The gospel calls sinners to
trust Christ alone. That passage does not condemn the message of the
cross. It condemns everything that competes with it.
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raised Him from the dead?
That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death
penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death
satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John
2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your
sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.
On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on
the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).
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