Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’ Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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The same thread1 Corinthians 13:2
Prophesying, knowledge, and mountain-moving faith are nothing without love; accuracy in His name is not the same as knowing Him.
“If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
In parallel withJames 2:19
Accurate belief about God is not saving trust in God; even the demons have the former.
“You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”
The same thread1 John 2:23
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either: the person you are trusting and the words you confess cannot be separated.
“Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.”