Featured Jesus only “knows” believers who are obedient

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, shall enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day,
‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name,
and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them,
‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
… But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them,
will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and
beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” (Matthew 7:21-27, NKJV)

• I never knew you who practice lawlessness, break God’s laws, act wickedly
Matthew 7:23, “knew” >> to know, “ginosko”, Strong’s [HASHTAG]#1097[/HASHTAG].
From “Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words” …
“to know, ‘ginosko’, Strong’s [HASHTAG]#1097[/HASHTAG]: “here the ‘knowing’ suggests approval and
bears the meaning ‘to be approved’ in 2 Tim 2:19; cf. John 10:14, John 10:27”.
“The Lord knows (approves of) those who are His” (2 Timothy 2:19)
“I know (approve of) My sheep, and am known by My own.” (John 10:14)
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know (approve of) them, and they follow Me.
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish …” (John 10:27-28)
Matt 7:23 (NASB) “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”
Matt 7:23 (NLT) “I never knew you. Get away from Me, you who break God’s laws.”
Matt 7:23 (TLB) “You have never been Mine. Go away, for your deeds are evil.”
Matt 7:23 (AMP) “depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].”
Jesus has never approved of those so-called “believers” …
who “practice lawlessness” instead of practicing righteousness!
“In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest:
whoever does NOT practice righteousness is NOT of God” (1 John 3:10)
Do you really believe practicing righteousness includes habitually sinning?

• Great was the fall
Those who hear Jesus’ sayings, but don’t do them, have a great fall.
Is this fall from salvation, or from rewards? LoL

If you really know Jesus, you love Him and obey His commandments

John 14:15, 21, 23, 24 • “If anyone loves Me, he will obey My word (commandments).”
John 8:31 • “If you abide in (obey) My word, you are My disciples indeed.”
John 8:51 • “Most assuredly … if anyone obeys My word he shall never see death.”

Matthew 19:17 • “But if you want to enter into (eternal) life, obey the commandments.”
Luke 8:21 • “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Luke 11:28 • “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
Luke 8:15 • “But the ones (hearers of the word of God) that fell on the good ground
are those who … obey it and bear fruit with patience.”

Hebrews 5:9 • “He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.”
James 1:21 • “But be obeyers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
Romans 8:4, NLT • “So now we are able to obey God’s laws, if we follow after the Holy Spirit”

1 John 2:3 • “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we obey His commandments.
1 John 2:17 • “… but he who obeys the will of God abides forever.”
1 John 3:24 • “Now he who obeys His commandments abides in Him, and He in him.”

So, whose slave do you choose to be? … “(a slave) of sin leading to death,
OR (a slave) of obedience leading to righteousness” (Romans 6:16)

To the grace-only believer
Don’t you care if Jesus “knows” (approves of) you or not?
Do you really believe that you’re going to heaven regardless?
Part of being “lukewarm” is NOT obeying Jesus’ commandments!
It’s all selfishness … not caring anything about the wishes of our Savior.
Jesus says: If you are a lukewarm believer, you think you are A-OK, but …
“you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” (Revelation 3:17).

 

I done did read it.
Did you? ... Prove it by answering a Galatians question ...
How many years was Paul in the desert places learning spiritual stuff?

 

Yes, the multitudes of warnings in the NT are for the express purpose of helping
God's elect (chosen ones) walk gingerly on that narrow path towards eternal life.
They are NOT for the non-elect because they are not going to be saved.

Jesus told me that both groups are to hear the true gospel ...
He doesn't want multitudes of non-elect complaining at the Judgment
that no one told them, warned them, etc.
But, IMO, He has to give faith to the elect (only) so they are able to believe.
Go figure!

Hey, the KEY is ...
(N ONE doesn't work) NOBODY is deserving of being with the Lord in Heaven.
That ANY of us can make it ... Praise the Lord ...
is just the result of God's free gift of grace towards those He chooses!
There are verses which explain WHO He desires to be with ...
those with humble and contrite hearts (and He knows who has 'em).

 

It's having the correct heart attitude.
Trying hard to obey Jesus' commandments.
Repenting when we mess up.

IMO, those who can know they are saved are
those who are being faithful, walking in the Spirit, etc.
How about PRACTICING RIGHTEOUSNESS?
Wouldn't that be nice!
There are about 8 NT verses for that one.
You can (and may) ignore these and multitudes more (at your peril).

 

This is all wonderful, of course!
Problem is ... there are a dozen or more obvious epistle verses which say:
Believers sitting in churches can lose their eternal life!
And then there are many more addressed to everyone in Jesus' Gospels.

 

This could easily mean ...
since the day you received My Spirit, you have continued to want to sin and did sin!

 

Sure, of course I do.

Believers who are involved in habitual (unrepented-of) sin are NOT living in Jesus.

Do you believe this?

They also are NOT practicing righteousness
which proves they are NOT righteous (in God's eyes).
Oh, they may be righteous in your eyes ... but, who cares!
etc. etc. etc.