2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
2Ti 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2Ti 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
The Lord knoweth them that are his.
How amazing is this, how comforting. Combine that with this--
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
-- and we can see how important it is that God knows us, that we are known by Him. Doing *works* isn't what it is all about because preceeding that last verse is this--
Mat 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?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
If people are prophesying in the Lord's name and if they are casting out devils, and doing many wonderful works they ARE going to believe they are doing the Lord's work so it will be a shock to them when He says He doesn't know them.
2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
2Ti 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2Ti 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. If we claim Christ as ours, if we claim Christ in our life, if we claim to have Christ in our actions doing these marvelous things then we can't sin at the same time, rather we can't sin willingly, knowingly.
That verse above goes on to say that in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but of wood and earth, some to honor and some to dishonor. Our lives have to be to the honor of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Our lives have to be dedicated to Him fully for His honor. We can't sin willingly, knowingly, wantingly and expect Christ to know us. We will be Christians among others that claim they are Christians and not all of us will be preachers, prophets, healers, and such, but we are all Christ's. Some preachers, prophets, and healers won't be to Christ's honor, they will be to His dishonor, it will be those that He professes 'I never knew you, depart from me, yet hat work iniquity.' We have to examine our lives, our hearts and surrender all to God for His honor willing to let Him work in us the righteousness of Christ because we have none of our own. We have to live for Christ in all that we do and while the world with Satan at it's helm pulls out all the stops to get us to dishonor God, we have to cling to Christ all that much more and pray for an indwelling of the Holy Spirit living in us to will and to do of God's good pleasure now and forever, this is my prayer.
Amen.
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