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Transcript 100D — How Does Christ Deny Men? [Mt 10:33]
CALLER: Would you explain Matthew 10:33?
HC: Matthew 10:33. There we read: "Whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny before My Father Who is in Heaven."
Now, you see, we are supposed to be ambassadors of Christ, if we are born again. We represent Christ. We therefore are going to be carrying the Gospel to others. We're going to be living as Christians, as citizens of God's kingdom. And that's why it says in verse 32: "So everyone who acknowledges Me before men, I also will acknowledge before My Father Who is in Heaven."
We are identified with Christ. We are those whose sins have been covered by Christ's blood. And therefore we are valid ambassadors of Christ.
Now on the other hand, if we are unsaved, then we are not going to be ambassadors of Christ. We are going to be denying Christ. Oh, we may talk about Christ. We may be trying to live like the Bible tells us to live. But if we're not born again, actually our purpose for our relationship to Christ is not to glorify Him, but it's because we are in it for ourselves in some way. We are trying to get to Heaven by our good works, or whatever.
And this effectively is a denial of Christ. And therefore we continue to be denied by Christ in Heaven. We have not come to that born again relationship. We have not become a new creature as yet.