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"Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.” (Isaiah 1:2-4). My wife and I recently heard a preacher delivering a message to a large group of young people. His text was from Luke chapter 6 which reads: “And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46). He said that Jesus often challenged the commitment of those who were following Him. It was disciples that He was after, not just those who would follow when it was convenient for them – or wouldn’t follow Him at all. To call Jesus our Lord and our Master and then not do t