Also, what reasons did the false believers give to Jesus in Matthew 7?
And what reasons did Jesus give to these false believers as to why they were not accepted?
Matthew 7:
22 "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (Matthew 7:22).
False believer's reasons that they give to Jesus:
(a) We prophesied. (This is a miracle).
(b) Cast out devils (This is a miracle).
(c) And in his name done many wonderful works. (These are works done in his name)
(While it may not be necessarily wrong to do works always in Christ's name, we are also told to our works in secret before the Father, too)
(We are also to obey not only before our brethren, but we are to obey God and do good even when nobody is around).
Matthew 7:
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Reasons that Jesus gives to these false believers as to why they are not accepted:
(a) I never knew you. (This is either somebody that Jesus never had a personal relationship with or it is somebody that has been later deceived into obeying a doctrine of immorality - See Ezekiel 18:24 about what happens to a righteous man when he turns from his righteous ways).
(b) You worked iniquity.
Psalm 51:2 relates iniquity and sin together as both needing to be cleansed by David in his confession to God. Iniquity is sin. So these believers had "sin" on their record. This is the problem I see with Eternal Security. They believe in a sin and still be saved doctrine. They overemphasize a belief on Jesus over doing any good for God. They consider doing good things for God as almost a heresy. But this is a far cry of what we here in
Acts 10:35 that says, "But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him"
(c) The one who does the sayings of Jesus is likened unto a wise man who built his house upon the rock whereby when the storm came, it did not fall.
(d) The one who does not the sayings of Jesus likened unto a foolish man who built his house upon the sand whereby when the storm came, it fell greatly.
So these false believers are not missing the Kingdom because they are failing to believe a certain gospel like failing to believe the Eternal Security's greasy grace gospel that allows for sin. Actually, the false believer here is failing to measure up because they are not doing all of what Jesus said. For Jesus said, why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not the things I say?
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