Cee,
The word
knew is not found in Vs 7.21 it is found in Vs 23, right?
[SUP]21 [/SUP]“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven
will enter.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ [SUP]
23 [/SUP]And then I will declare to them, ‘I never
knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
The greek is
ginōskō and is is used over 200x in scripture and it means:
- to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel
- to become known
- to know, understand, perceive, have knowledge of
- to understand
- to know
- Jewish idiom for sexual intercourse between a man and a woman
- to become acquainted with, to know
The take away from Matt 7-21-23 is not that they did works, it is the fact he did not
know them.....
Knew them here means to be understand and know someone to the point you are one with them....
In truth, Jesus will say depart from me because were not one with me and I was not one with you....
This is about relationship post salvation and nothing to do with salvation or refuting works to obtain salvation....and everything to do with intimate relationship...Matt 7.23 rightly divides with Rev 3.20, which has been used by the church for years as a salvation scripture, but it is furthest from the truth....it is all about relationship post salvation...
It seems to em you guys have a real hard time interpreting the difference between per-condition sinner and post-salvation saint on the walk to sonship...