In Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

In context Jesus was dealing with the Pharisees, whom He categorized as false prophets (Matt 7:15). While these individuals claimed to be God's representatives with God's message, in fact they were not at all what they appeared to be. Instead, they were ferocious wolves who had come to destroy God's flock. (see Matt 23:4-6). They were full of hypocrisy and unrighteousness. Despite all their righteous claims, Christ in Matt 7:21-23 indicated that mere lip service is not enough.

The lesson we learn here is that many people may make an outward profession of faith and even give an external appearance of being devout. But many individuals never come into a real relationship with Jesus Christ. They make an empty profession of faith. On the day of judgement Jesus will say to them " I never knew you." Without a genuine relationship with Jesus, it does not matter how many good things one does. Salvation can never be earned by such activities.

Those who will be saved are those who do the will of the Father. And Jesus spoke of the will of the Father as "work" in John 6:29: "The work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent." This is most fundamentally the will of God for every person. This is the beginning point for a relationship with God. If that is missing, all else is meaningless in regard to the issue of salvation.

Is The Future Uncertain?
(Matt 6:25-34)

25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

28 So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;

29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 Therefore do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?"

32 For after all these things the gentiles seek. For your Heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.