Matthew 7:21 - I never knew you

I never knew you

Ten Virgins and a Bridegroom

[Matthew 25:11-12 ESV] Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

Spiritually Awake

[Matthew 25:13 ESV] Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Excluding Judas

[Matthew 7:21-23 ESV] “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

[John 12:6 ESV] He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

Chosen and Known

[Amos 3:2 ESV] “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

[Genesis 18:18-19 ESV] seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I have chosen (known) him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Called to Love God

[Galatians 4:9 ESV] But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

[1 Corinthians 8:3 ESV] But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.

Keep Watch

[2 Timothy 2:19 ESV] But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

From Desiring God