We have to Be perfect in order to make heaven

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There are things we must hear and do. We can know Jesus is Lord, as Peter knew Jesus was the Son of the living God, but not want to hear nor do what Jesus says. Peter was rebuked as satan just as people will know Jesus is Lord and yet the Lord never knew them. This is where taking up our crosses and denying ourselves and following Him comes into the picture.

Jesus does not "know" those who do not carry their crosses. He knows His sheep, and they hear his voice and follow Him. IOW, they hear and do the sayings of Jesus.

The point in all of this, though, is that SHEEP WILL DO what He says. But BECOMING SHEEP is something we cannot do on our own. Yes, we can become a sheep and revert back to a goat, but the miracle of being made a sheep is not something that comes about because of our good works any more than our good works save us. The people whom Jesus knows who HEAR Him and DO what He says are first made sheep by salvation. They are made righteous in Christ. And the faith that saved them and moved God to make them sheep WILL WORK, but those works do not save.