“if we are counted as worthy”
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Yeah, its an obscure Biblical reference:
Luke 21:36 “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Always good to reread the Letter of James. While you can’t work yourself into salvation, if you say you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, and don’t act like it, then you might just find yourself one of those to whom He says, “I never knew you!” (Matthew 7:21-23)
And that will be a sad declaration on His part. This reflects an eternal spurning of His outreach: NEVER knew. Not even, once knew but then forgot (this is scripturally pledged to be impossible).