They may have externally done them in Christ's name (just like Benny Hinn and other false teachers) yet Christ NEVER knew them which means they were NEVER saved/not genuine believers. Allow that to sink in. So anyone who has ever prophesied in the Bible or cast out demons etc.. was not doing the "works" that God foreordained for His people to walk in? In Matthew 10:1, we see that Jesus gave His 12 disciples
power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Works of God or works of man?
The key point is they "THOUGHT" they were saved based on their works. Trusting in their so called wonderful works for salvation is NOT giving Christ credit for all their deeds. It's giving themselves credit. Either we are trusting 100% in Christ as the ALL-sufficient means of our salvation or else we are 100% lost no matter how many so called wonderful works that we set out to conjure up through the flesh in a vain effort to obtain eternal life.
None of these scriptures sting me. You really sound full of yourself.
No deflection at all. You keep focusing on the effect but fail to see the root cause of the problem. UNBELIEF. You can condemn Mainstream Preachers all you like, but SDA's/Hebrew Roots/misguided teachers of the law are no better. Same judaizing religion, different century.
Sounds like a cult to me. False religion kills and ONLY Jesus saves.
I don't brag about my works. I brag about CHRIST.
Galatians 6:14 - But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. I do not reject God's Commandments. I reject your perverted gospel of salvation by "grace plus law, faith plus works." (Galatians 1:6-9)
Christianity is not a man made religion. I don't falsely preach that Christ did not save these many people in Matthew 7:22 because they were not "good enough." I told you that prior to my conversion, while still attended the Roman Catholic church several years ago, that's how I saw it then, but as a believer now, I don't see it that way. Your interpretation falls more in line with not "good enough" - did not obey all the right commandments to obtain eternal life - works salvation.
What works like me? I have not done those works in Matthew 7:22 and my motivation for doing good works that pertain to living God and loving my neighbor as myself is LOVE, not pride and expectation. You remind me of the Jews in John 6:28 who asked Jesus, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” (works salvation) In verse 29, we read - Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
God's instructions do not make me blind. Mixing law and grace keeps you blind. The god of this world had blinded the minds of those who DON'T BELIEVE the gospel (2 Corinthians 4:3,4). Believers have already been saved (from the PENALTY of sin) through faith (Romans 5:1 - justification). Yet believers have not yet been saved (from the PRESENCE of sin - glorification).
It sounds to me like you are bitter and maybe felt like you never fit in with mainstream churches, so you withdrew to your house church with 15 angry cultish people.
These were NOT many "Christians" in Matthew 7:22. You need to get that straight! Jesus
NEVER KNEW THEM. Too bad they did not do the will of God (John 6:40) and place their faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. Then they would have been born again, received the gift of the Holy Spirit and became new creations in Christ (Acts 10:43-45; 11:17; Ephesians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 5:17).
I agree with Paul and it's you who is judging me in regards to the Sabbath day. Turning keeping the Sabbath day into a legalistic prescription for the Church under the new covenant is not obeying the Lord. You are really mixed up and bitter.
In the analogy, leaven represents sin, and Paul says that just a little leaven is sufficient to leaven the whole lump of dough. In contrast to the OT Passover feast celebrated annually, believers continuously celebrate the feast of the new Passover -- Jesus Christ. As the Jews in the OT celebrated Passover with unleavened bread, believers celebrate their continual Passover with unleavened lives.