Anyone who does what God wants is my brother and sister and mother.”
The world and its evil desires are passing away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.
If anyone chooses to do God’s will, they’ll know whether my teaching comes from God or from me.
But if someone takes a good look at the perfect law that gives freedom, if they keep looking at it and don’t forget what they’ve heard but do it, then that person will be blessed in what they do.
And don’t obey them just to please them when they’re watching, but in order to do the will of God genuinely, as slaves of Christ.
You need to stand firm so that when you’ve done God’s will, you’ll receive what he has promised.
As a result, they don’t live the rest of their earthly life following wrong human desires. Instead, they live to do what God wants.