Ho Mattheu 7:21-27 Jesus told the people how to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesu o boletse, eseng bohle, who calls Him Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Many people will say in that day, Morena, Morena, na ha rea ka ra porofeta ka Lebitso la Hao? And in Thy Name cast out devils? And in Thy Name done many wonderful works? But Jesus will profess to them, that He never knew them and tells them to depart from Him. Then Jesus told the parable of the wise and foolish man. If these are the words of Jesus, then the message that is preached in many churches deviates from the Bible. Why were these people, who called Jesus their Lord and prophesied, lahlehile bademona, and did many wonderful works, not allowed to enter into the Kingdom of God? What must you do to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven according to the Bible?
What did Jesus say about entering the Kingdom of Heaven according to Jesus?
Jesu o boletse, that you won’t enter the Kingdom of heaven by calling Jesus Lord, but you enter the Kingdom of heaven by doing the will of the Father:
Not every one that says unto Me, Morena, Morena, ba tla kena Mmusong wa mahodimo; empa ea etsang thato ea Ntate e leholimong. Ba bangata ba tla re ho Nna tsatsing leo, Morena, Morena, na ha rea ka ra porofeta ka lebitso la Hao? mme ka Lebitso la Hao re leleka mademona? And in Thy Name done many wonderful works? Mme ke tla ipolela, Ha ke a ka ka le tseba: tloha ho Nna, lona le sebetsang ka lebaka la bokhopo (Mattheu 7:21-23).
Before Jesus told the parable of the wise and foolish man, He first spoke about the Kingdom of Heaven and how to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesu o boletse, Not everyone, WHO ho rialo: Morena, Morena, will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he, WHO e etsa the will of My Father.
Batho, who came to Jesus, knew Jesus, because they called Jesus Lord.
So these people were not unbelievers (Balichaba, e se nang bomolimo) but believers (Bakreste). Because in the next Bible verse, they defended themselves by saying:
“Morena, Morena, na ha rea ka ra porofeta ka Lebitso la Hao? mme ka Lebitso la Hao re leleka mademona? mme ka Lebitso la Hao re entse mesebetsi e mengata e makatsang?”
Kahoo, these people thought they were Christians. These people justified themselves, by telling Jesus, what kind of works they had done in His Name during their lives on earth.
The people had done, what Jesus commanded the believers to do. Ka hona, they believed they were saved. They thought they earned their way into the Kingdom of Heaven by the works they had done ‘for Jesus’ ka Lebitso la Hae. But Jesus didn’t know them.
Workers of iniquity will not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven
These believers thought that they deserved to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Leha ho le joalo, Jesu a ba araba, a re, “Ha ke a ka ka le tseba: tloha ho Nna, you workers of iniquity.“
If we look up the word iniquity, ho bolela: illegality, ke hore, tlōlo ea molao kapa (ka kakaretso) Bokhopo:- ka bokhopo, X tlolo (-ion ea) molao, Ho se loke.
Look at all those believers, who were not allowed to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
These people thought they were doing the right thing, they did all the works in the Name of Jesus and thought they knew Jesus. Empa Jesu o itse, E ne e le basebetsi ba bokhopo; violators of the will of God (Molao oa Molimo). Therefore Jesus did not know them (Bala hape: Motho ea iqapetsoeng o hlahisang Bakreste ba maiketsetso).
Obedience to Jesus Christ (Lentsoe le Phelang)
Jesus wants you to spend time with Him and get to know Him. He wants you to abide in Him; Lentswe. He wants you to hear and receive His words and obey them. Ho na le batho ba bangata haholo, who say they rata Jesu and know Jesus and say they have a relationship with Him, athe bonneteng, they haven’t.
Because when you say, that you know Him and love Him, you shall obey His words and walk in Litaelo tsa hae. You shall walk in Him and do the Word of God.
You shall walk in obedience to the will of the Father because the Father and the Son are One.
We have the opportunity to become a son of God (sena se sebetsa ho banna le basali). We have the privilege to have a relationship with the Father through Jesus Christ.
God wants to have communion and fellowship with you.
God doesn’t want to be your Boss, but He wants to be your Father. He loves you and showed His love for you, and He wants you to love Him too.
If you really love Him, you will show Him that you love Him by obeying His words and keeping His commandments and not sinning. That is the only way, to show Him that you love Him.
Sometimes people can be so focused on the works and results, that they lose track and forget the most important thing. The most important thing is to love God above all and to spend time with Him. You should build a relationship with Him. He is your Father and He is your Source.
The works will follow the believers
The works will follow the believers, ka 'nete. Leha ho le joalo, the works should come forth out of the right Source; the Spirit and not the flesh.
You should walk in Litsela tsa hae and do what He says and become a copy of Jesus Christ. Because that’s what the word ‘Christian’ e bolela; a copy of Christ.
You should look like Jesus all the time. Not only when you go to Church and/or when you go to prayer meetings or Bible studies. Che… You are a Christian 24 lihora ka letsatsi, matsatsi a supileng ka beke. Hona ho bolela, that even when you are home alone and nobody is around and nobody is watching you, you should do His will.
The meaning of the parable of the wise man and the foolish man in the Bible
Ho parable of the wise man and the foolish man, Jesus talked about two kinds of believers: the wise and foolish.
- Monna ea bohlale; a believer who heard the words of God and acted upon the words of God. Ka hona, he was a doer of the Word
- The foolish man; a believer who also heard the words of God, but did not act upon the words of God. Ka hona, he was only a hearer of the Word and not a doer.
Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, Ke tla mo rata ho monna ea bohlale, e neng e hahile ntlo ea hae lefikeng: Mme pula e felile, Mme likhohola li ile tsa tla, mme meea e bonesa, mme o otla ntlo eo; mme ha e ea ka: Hobane e thehiloe lefikeng. And every one that hearth these sayings of Mine, and does them not, e tla tšoantšoa le monna oa leoatla, e hahileng ntlo ea hae lehlabathe: mme pula e felile, Mme likhohola li ile tsa tla, mme meea e bonesa, mme o otla ntlo eo; 'me e ile ea oa: 'me e ne e le hoetla ha eona
(Mattheu 7:24-27)
Monna ea bohlale o ile a hahela ntlo ea hae lefikeng
The wise man’s house could resist anything that came his way. The house of the wise man was strong enough to resist any storm. Hobaneng? Because the house was founded on a rock; Jesu Kreste, Lentswe. He heard the words of God and received His words and applied His words in his life. The wise man was a doer of the Word and did the will of God. He wasn’t influenced and led by his will nor by the people around him, but he was led by the words of God.
When you hear the words of God and do the words of God, you built on the Rock Jesus Christ. You are rooted and seated in Jesus Christ and entered His rest and therefore you will be able to handle and overcome any attack, any storm, and any difficult situation in life. You shall stand and overcome by the Word of God.
The foolish man built his house on sand
The house of the foolish man wasn’t built on a solid foundation, it was built on sand. This foolish man heard the words, which instructed him to build his house on a rock, but he didn’t act upon the words.
The foolish man relied on his own insight and did his own will and rejected the instructions. When the floods and the storms came, the house was destroyed.
Hearers will wash away but doers will stand
When you only hear the words of God and don’t act upon the words of God, the words will remain words and shall eventually fade away. You don’t build upon His insight and His truth and don’t build upon the Rock Jesus Christ; Lentswe, but you will live after your own will and build upon your own insight and the world’s insights, which equals sand.
When the storms come into your life, you will be overtaken by these storms. You shall not be able to stand nor gain the victory (Bala hape: a prisoner of circumstances).
Jesu o rialo: Ea nang le litaelo tsa ka, mme o ba boloka, Ke 'na ea nthata: 'me ea nthatileng e tla ratoa ntate oa ka, mme ke tla mo rata, 'me u tla iponahatsa ho eena (Johanne 14:21)
Jesu o ile a araba a re ho eena, Haeba monna ea nthata, O tla boloka mantsoe a ka: and my Father will love him, re tla tla ho eena, and make Our abode with him.He that loves Me not keeps not my sayings: le lentsoe leo u le utloang ha se la ka, empa ntate o nthomile (Johanne 14:23,24)
Mokhoa oa ho kena 'Musong oa Leholimo?
You enter into the Kingdom of Heaven through regeneration (Johanne 3:5) and by doing the thato ya Ntate lefatsheng (Mattheu 7:21).
The will of the Father means obedience to His Word; Jesu Kreste.
A relationship with Jesus Christ is necessary to access the Kingdom of Heaven. Get to know the Word by reading and studying the Bible and by prayer. Speak to Him and listen to Him. Take His words and commandments and be a doer of the Word.
Do the will of God on earth, which means that you submit to God and His Word and obey and do His words and keep His commandments and be faithful to Him.
‘E be letsoai la lefatše’
