There's only ONE TRUTH and ONE FOUNDATION
Which is why CHRIST's question "who do the people say that I am"
remains a very important question
Even today
There's only ONE TRUTH and ONE FOUNDATION
Which is why CHRIST's question "who do the people say that I am"
remains a very important question
Even today
I am not sure how your response is relevant to anything I said. Was there something, in particular, you were attempting to respond to?
I wrote a lot there, and in a very specific context, to another poster.
On this thread, in regards to the OP, I think he did raise some important questions which he was sincerely struggling with.
In context of this OP, there certainly are many who say "Lord, Lord", but Jesus never knew them. Some of these leave good churches and other forms of fellowship, feeling they do not fit in. Some of these start up their own groups, which end up being classified as "cults". A modern day terminology, but an old problem.
This sort of post topic, can certainly bring out a lot of false Christians who believe they know Christ, but do not. It can also bring out very immature Christians whose "consciences are weak" (referring to the "pagan meat" problem of two thousand years ago Paul spoke of).
What happened with Jesus two thousand years ago was instruction for us. Not in regards to Jews nor Romans, but in regards to those who would be as those Jews were, or as those Romans were.
In regards to these sorts of issues, this sort of nakedness can become very apparent, as to "who knows Jesus" and "who is from Heaven", and who does not. Therefore.
Of those, there are two basic types delineated in Scripture. One is the type who literally tasted of the Powers of the Age to come, but did not regard the cross of Christ... and so ever since have been accustomed to a horrible sense of dread and doom. Instead of the powerful hope Christians know.
The other type just never knew anything, and are just wandering clouds without any rain. But, because they tend to view their own self and group as "Christ" and "Heaven" respectively... they enter into severe judgment and anger from God.
As like spies and moles in disguise, they fight against God and Christ, and their followers as from the kingdom of earth, which is enmity to the Kingdom of Heaven.
On these sorts of subjects they can become very clear by how they end up preaching Satan and witchcraft as being great, greater then Christ, effectively.
Whereas, those who sought and found the Kingdom find these things foolish and even laughable. When they are not having to pull out from their hearts the spear and arrows the enemy throws therein, from the hands of their servants.
Where their servants are relying on superficial appearances to pose as servants of Christ.
Christ is and was very unique, and very, very clearly different from the Pharisee sort.
So, we know today, for instance, Inquisition masters who went on witchhunters were just going against real Christians. Similar with the "Puritans" and Salem. Though, you find the same behavior - albeit not in the Most Holy Name of God - in far away, primitive cultures. Such as the witch hunters in Papua New Guinea or the Amazons.