Depart from me, I never knew you, was said to people who claimed they cast out demons in Jesus’ name, and all kinds of other things you’d think would be sure acts of God, but Jesus said He never knew them. So they weren’t rebuked for lying, which would have been very bad on judgment day, so it wasn’t denied that they did them. If Jesus said He never knew them, then they could not have been Christians, yet they did those things in Jesus name nonetheless.
When speaking to the Corinthian Church, Paul said many things could be done but were meaningless without love; that supports the claim that people without a relationship with Christ could and would do good works. Those who do good works and count on their efforts should know that we are made right with God not by our efforts, but by God’s grace alone through faith.
@KellyJay saidWell said; these people clearly go to Church or a group gathering in the Name of the Lord; however, it is in Name only, without the Love of God in them.
Depart from me, I never knew you, was said to people who claimed they cast out demons in Jesus’ name, and all kinds of other things you’d think would be sure acts of God, but Jesus said He never knew them. So they weren’t rebuked for lying, which would have been very bad on judgment day, so it wasn’t denied that they did them. If Jesus said He never knew them, then they co ...[text shortened]... uld know that we are made right with God not by our efforts, but by God’s grace alone through faith.