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<blockquote data-quote="Thebrownblob" data-source="post: 6022527" data-attributes="member: 60485"><p><h3>Matthew 7:21-23</h3><h3></h3><h3></h3><h3></h3><h3></h3><h4>I Never Knew You</h4><p>21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’</p><p></p><p>So if everyone can have their own view and own ideas of what God is and is not, and what he wants, how can you possibly know his will? Sounds like you’re filling your own will. And if you can use your own understanding, how do you know what lawlessness or iniquity is?</p><p></p><p>How can you be sure you won’t be one of the ones he tells to depart from him if you’re not seeking his will only? Just calling him&nbsp; “Lord” is clearly not enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Thebrownblob, post: 6022527, member: 60485"] [HEADING=2]Matthew 7:21-23[/HEADING] [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [HEADING=3]I Never Knew You[/HEADING] 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ So if everyone can have their own view and own ideas of what God is and is not, and what he wants, how can you possibly know his will? Sounds like you’re filling your own will. And if you can use your own understanding, how do you know what lawlessness or iniquity is? How can you be sure you won’t be one of the ones he tells to depart from him if you’re not seeking his will only? Just calling him “Lord” is clearly not enough. [/QUOTE]

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