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Matthew 7:21-23New King James Version (NKJV)
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Now consider properly the "context" of those verses.
Matt. 7:21-23............
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
The Lord Jesus is warning us about false teachers. The false immediately tells us that THEY are not saved people. They are NOT God's people. They are FALSE therefore no truth can be found in them.
Then Jesus says concerning those false prophets.......
"Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Now my dear friend, I just do not see anyway to understand those words other than to say that Jesus was talking about LOST PEOPLE. His exact words were....FALSE PROPHETS. How can that be thought to be anything else??????
It just can not be referring to believers because every believer, truely born again person will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air whether alive or dead. NO born again believer will ever here our Lord say....."Depart from me, I never know you".
Right, someone that is a false prophet, is someone that started out to decieve or someone that had gotten off track. A unsaved person can be a false prophet.
A advirtising for the "School of Prophets" come to mind where someone was raking in money, using the bible to teach folks how to be a biblical prophet. Anyone can do it, just pay the fee to learn how.
We have a newer Guy with a publication called School of Seers. Jonathan Welton has a book on how to see in the unseen realm, and teaches some good things that are scriptural, but closer examination reveals occult like doctrine.
Then we have one of the greatest. William Branham.
A powerful man of God, whose miracles are documented and teaching so humble and spot on in his first years. In fact, a photo was taken that is in the Library of congress that is real, and the negitives examined by the experts as real. (No photoshop in those days)
You can see the halo producing light on his hair from the actual photo and why it's in the Library of Congress.
While I was teaching the other week, someone said I had a glow and something standing behind me, but a real clear yellow/green light was around me.
I don't know what those things are, but when the Anointing is there, things happen.
Anyway........ William started to get into a serpent seed doctrine later on in his life, and started to study pyrimids.. He lost most of those who were following him.
God sent several folks to warn him to stop preaching and get back on the truth, seek God, get things back to what you first believed.
He ignored them, and kept on with his false teaching.
He and his wife were killed by a drunk driver I think in the early 60's.
So, Jesus warning are to those who have cast out devils, have operated prophecy.
Remember, Jesus did not say anything about their claim. He said you did not do the will of God and produced no fruit.
No question they were not teaching things scripturally, but a warning to those who stop doing the will of God..
Remember, Jesus said any man that will do the will of God will know right doctrine.
If someone gets off into doing their own thing, it effects what they believe. It soon gets twisted and they start to believe wrong things.
No matter if your a false prophet, You have no authority to cast out a devil if you are not saved.
If you are saved, have cast out devils by the free gift, yet later won't do the will of the Father. Then you using your "Free Gifts" are not going to cut it when it's time to rule with Jesus as a King and priest.
Kingdom just means to Rule with................. It's not a place. You already know that though.