Please Lord, know us!

Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying…

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.

Not some...not a few, but MANY are going to say to Jesus when it is time for His people to enter the kingdom of heaven--  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.

Prophesied in Jesus' name.

We know this…

Mat_7:15  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Mat_24:11  And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Mat_24:24  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

2Pe_2:1  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

1Jn_4:1  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

FALSE prophets will be prophesizing in Jesus' name!

We know this…

Act 19:13  Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

Act 19:14  And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

Act 19:15  And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

Act 19:16  And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

These vagabond Jews - exorcists- tried to cast out devils using Jesus' name!

All the time people do wonderful works, many, many wonderful works and they do it in Jesus' name-  but they are NOT known by Jesus! They are workers of iniquity!

Yes, it is possible to be a false prophet, to even cast out devils, and do MANY wonderful works in the name of Jesus and NOT be KNOWN BY HIM!

It's NOT enough to know the name of Jesus.

It's NOT enough for people to do good things while touting the name of Jesus.

It's NOT enough to prophesize while claiming Jesus.

People love to hate Christians.  There is more Christian persecution today than ever before. People love to claim their own hatred of Christianity and they do it as they tout the scores of Christians that have been proven to be anything but Christ's followers. They'll point at the innumerable sex scandals and abuses  involving those claiming to be Christians and the financial schemes as well.  Great ministers who claim to be close to Jesus have been some of the greatest sinners, having led many into their false worship, their false beliefs, their deceptions. They were wolves in sheep clothing who went about truly devouring many, all the while appearing like sheep, not the wolves they really are.

Jesus wants us to know that He agrees with those people who point out the great apostasy, the immense hypocrisy among those who claim His name. He won't dispute that there are many using His name wrongly.  He has NO personal relationship with those people, they've chosen Satan as their leader.

It's important to comprehend that right up to the END, right up to the time when the wicked are still alive and fighting to enter God's kingdom, they will believe they are HIS, and they will try to convince Jesus that they are His. They are DECEIVED. Far from being His, they are in fact WORKERS OF INIQUITY.

Every single good thing, every devil supposedly cast out, every prophecy ever uttered by those unknown by Jesus will have been borne not of a true love of Jesus, but rather a self love, self preservation in action that is a work of sin because it is NOT selfless, NOT of JESUS' love at all!

Remember this…

2Ti 3:1  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2Ti 3:2  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

2Ti 3:3  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

2Ti 3:4  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

2Ti 3:5  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

And just how many of these people will claim Christ as their Savior without ever truly meaning it?!  They'll have a FORM of godliness! They'll seem godly! They say they believe but that belief stops far short of a real living, breathing spiritual relationship with the Savior.  I can believe in the Queen of England but I'll NEVER have a relationship with her because there is no opportunity for me to do so.  I can believe in Jesus but I'll only have a relationship with Him if I die daily to self and rise daily in HIS love, by HIS power, through HIM in a very real spiritual life. He's left me with all the instructions I will ever need to form this relationship with Him through FAITH. I can believe in Jesus and NEVER read the instructions, never forming a relationship, and without that relationship my belief in Jesus is nothing more than my belief in the Queen of England.  It's a true belief, but even devils believe.

Jas_2:19  Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Only those devils are not going to say LORD, LORD… trying to get into the kingdom of heaven on their own merit, they know better and they tremble.  People will say LORD, LORD, MANY PEOPLE, and they will be LOST all because they did NOT really know Jesus at all.

Please LORD, know us!