Worthy Brief - September 3, 2026 Saying it is not the same as doing it! Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord," shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?" And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!" For several days we have been learning to examine fruit. A tree is identified by what it bears, not by how attractive it looks. Now Yeshua (Jesus) describes the inspection He will carry out Himself. Consider the people standing before Him. They are not mockers. They call Him Lord, and they say it twice. In Hebrew, repeating a word carries weight and emotion, just as He later cried, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem." (Matthew 23:37-39) These people were serious. They had prophesied, cast out demons, a...