Comment:

Jesus said that many would stand before Him on the Day of Judgment and claim that they were believers. They had believed that they had believed but instead were deceived and on their way to hell. Only those who do the will of the Father enter into the kingdom of heaven. Those who do not, do not.

Application:

This is a very sobering scripture and should cause everyone who reads this to pause and take inventory. There are many who feel confident they are on the road to heaven when they are not. This can include those who are in pulpits preaching. Is it possible that salvation is more than putting up one’s hand or walking to the front of a group of people and repeating a prayer? I think this is what Jesus is saying, don’t you? Salvation also required a track record of being obedient while accepting the grace of God as the key to eternal life.