Well Passover is history, Easter has past and Pentecost is a couple of weeks behind us. Beloved it is my prayer that during these next summer months (a busy time for most folks) we don’t become too wrapped up in this culture. Sad to say as Jesus stated in Matthew 7:21-22 “Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven; but 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 in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?" And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness." One of the darkest passages in the Word of God. Why would the Lord who created them say I never knew you? Surely he knew them? He created them. Isaiah 44:24“Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb…  Surely He knew us? We were engraved in the palms of His hands”. Isaiah 49:16 “See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me”. He knows us intimately. Isaiah 66:18 "For I know their works and their thoughts”…. He knows us!!! In what way did He never know them? He never knew them in the will of the Father. Are you in His will ( Lambs Book of Life )? You are if you are born again according to Jn.3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” In what way did he never know them? He never knew them to have faith in the Father. You know the kind that says a lot but does nothing. Empty faith-Fruitless faith. We need the Father’s faith. According to scripture we are told “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”. Hebrews 11:6 In what way did He never know them? He never knew them to separate themselves from a sinful lifestyle. 2 Cor 6:17 states “ Therefore, Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean”... Beloved it is my desire that we not be deceived into a self acceptable lifestyle and a shallow understanding of the Word of God. May you desire to know and obey His will. I pray if you are not born again that you would surrender your life and will to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. After coming to know Him, may we walk by faith, knowing that there is no other God that a born again believer should trust in. On that day may we stand with the chosen and say just as the thief on the cross ” Lord, Remember me” and not with the undecided who will ask “Remember me, Lord?” He is always first, not us! Lord, remember me! To all those godly fathers  I pray you have a blessed Fathers day!