The Sermon on the Mount Quotes

“It is obedience to Christ, not prophesying or performing miracles, that proves authentic Christianity. God has used many unbelievers to preach and perform miracles. He used Balaam to prophesy his will to Balak (Num. 22–24). Several places in 1 Samuel record that King Saul prophesied. Power was given not only to Peter, James, and John but also to the traitor Judas Iscariot to preach and perform miracles (Luke 9:1–2). Unbelievers may preach, but only believers obey. It is obedience to God’s commands, not our religious acts, that proves our faith to be true.”
― P.G. Mathew, The Sermon on the Mount: The Wisdom of Jesus