QUOTE(Roman Catholic @ Oct 26 2018, 01:57 PM)
Now that leads to even more questions !!! Ha ha
OK back to the my earlier question, I would assume the answer to my question is a YES. If that's a yes, then why is it written in Scriptures that on Judgement Day, many will say “Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke God's message etc etc. Then I will say to them, "I never knew you. Get away from me you wicked people!"
QUOTE(Roman Catholic @ Oct 26 2018, 01:57 PM)
Now that leads to even more questions !!! Ha ha
OK back to the my earlier question, I would assume the answer to my question is a YES. If that's a yes, then why is it written in Scriptures that on Judgement Day, many will say “Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke God's message etc etc. Then I will say to them, "I never knew you. Get away from me you wicked people!"
I've share this verse quite a number of times.....latest was in Post #421
Here is the extract:
It just means that these people wasn't born again.
It's a false pretense, a claim that they knew God, participated with God (His Kingdom Work) but here God says He did not know them. Meaning there wasn't a relationship at all.
There are people who argued that these are Christians and they have fallen away..core argument is that they could lose Salvation.
For me...When God says He did not know them, God isn't doing a tongue in cheek statement..Because God cannot not lie. How can God says I never knew you 'IF" supposedly the person really did what they claim (demon deliverance, spoke with power, etc)? It would just mean God wasn't being truthful. God could have said "I knew you but....."
With that being said....For the verse to have correct context, they are people who were never born again. They lied about being able to do miracles or speaking on behalf of God.
God does not lie but people can lie. That is the point.