Why Do You Call Him (Jesus) Lord, Lord, and Do Not the Things He Says?

The merely religious ones do not realize that God is not impressed with outward acts of piety. He knows the depths of human selfishness and betrayal. He therefore knows that superficial piety is really self-worship. I-dolatry is the foundational thanatological (death) milieu of the human condition apart from Christ. The flesh does not want you to live the crucified life that is mandated by Jesus. The language of the New Testament is very specific about the necessity of the crucifixion of the Old Man before one can walk in true obedience to the Word of God.