Hi,
My relationship with Jesus isn’t the best.
I’m worried because I don’t really feel emotions for Jesus.
I’ve been Christian since start of may 2020.
I don’t have a close relationship with Him. [Jesus].
I feel scared because I’m not close to Him.
He scares me and I’m scared because He judges and that He tells people to leave.
[Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!']
I’m scared because incase what if I don’t love Him.
I’m scared incase I don’t love Him.
Sometimes I feel rushed in time and pressured.
Matthew 15:8
"'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
I’m scared incase it’s a heart problem.
Sometimes I don’t feel like a desire to pray and a desire...
is a relationship with God the Father and a relationship with Jesus, one relationship or two relationships.
ever since I became Christian, I focused mostly on God the Father and feel emotions for Him. And thought about Him mostly. I feel like I think about Him all the time and not Jesus as much. I don’t really feel emotions [for Jesus] and it stresses me out because I don’t feel a desire.
thanks for reading
Dear one,
It is all right to be concerned about Matthew 7:23 but don’t worry or don’t be scared.
Let us understand what the Lord is concerned about when He said that in Matthew 7:23. Let us understand from what the Lord have spoken in Matthew 7:21-23 :
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. -Matthew 7:21
On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' -Matthew 7:22
And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' -Matthew 7:23
So dear one, what concerns our Lord is
the one who does the will of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who is in heaven.
This is what the Lord Jesus Christ in His own words have said :
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." -John 6:40
The Lord have said those who say to Him, 'Lord, Lord,' —that they haven’t looked on the Son and believes in Him —, even though
they prophesy in His name, and cast out demons in His name, and do many mighty works in His name.
If they have looked on the Son and believes in Him, they have done the will of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven.
Why ? you may say that those people whom the Lord said that they haven’t looked on the Son and believe in Him ?
What does it means to look on the Son ?
This is what we have heard the Lord Himself have said :
And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. -Matthew 13:11
For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. -Matthew 13:12
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. -Matthew 13:13
Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'"You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive." -Matthew 13:14
Don’t we LOOK to see ? Yes.
Why the Lord speaks in parables ? The Lord Himself said,’
because seeing they do not see.’
Then who can see ? Lord Himself have said to those has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven; they see !
What those has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven CAN SEE ?
The Lord Himself have said : For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance,
So what those has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven HAS ?
This is what we have heard the Lord Himself have said :
Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'"You will indeed hear but never understand, and
you will indeed see but never perceive." -Matthew 13:14
So those who has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven SEE, for they PERCEIVE !
What those who has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven PERCEIVE from the Lord, and HAVE !
Those who has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven HAVE PERCEIVE WHAT THE LORD HAVE SAID !
So those who looked on the Son is those who have perceived what the Lord have said !
Yes, the Lord have said that the will of His Father is everyone who believes in Him, as we have heard :
For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who looks on the Son and
believes in Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." -John 6:40
What does it mean to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?
This is what we have heard :
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life
; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. -John 3:36
Don’t we see the parentheses?
For we have heard the Lord have said :
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. -Matthew 5:18
So those who believe in the Son, are those obey the Son !
What are we called to obey ? We are called to obey what the Lord have taught !
This is what we have heard:
assuming that you
have heard about Him ( Jesus ) and
were TAUGHT in Him ( Jesus ) ,
as the truth is in Jesus, -Ephesians 4:21
So those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ or the Son is those who obey the Son are taught in Him.
Therefore, the will of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is that everyone perceive what the Son has said and those who believe in Him are those who obey the Son and are taught in Him.
As we have heard :
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." -John 6:40
So dear one, you can be concerned what you hear and don’t understand but don’t worry and don’t be scared. Just do what the Lord have told you, that is, do the will of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who is in Heaven.