Mat 7:22-23 | KingComments | STEP | It’s not about what someone says, but what he does. Someone can explicitly confess that Jesus is “Lord” and even mention the word “Lord” twice. But if he does not accomplish God’s will in subjection to the Scriptures, the Lord will reject him. He calls such people “you who practice lawlessness”, they are people who do not recognize any authority, and certainly not that of God. False confessors acknowledge the authority of the Lord with their mouths, but in practice they do not act accordingly. Judas is a terrible example of such people. He undoubtedly spoke and did impressive things in the Name of the Lord, but there was no inner attachment to Him. He never repented and therefore had no new life. The Lord looks forward here through the ages to the last judgment. He will openly say of all those who confessed Him only with their lips that He never knew them. Of course He knew them perfectly. That’s how He arrives at this perfectly righteous condemnation. The fact that He never knew them means that there has never been a relationship between Him and them recognized by Him because they have not repented. Their own appreciation of their service will give way to His condemnation of it.

‏ Matthew 7:22-23

The Judgment of False Confessors

It’s not about what someone says, but what he does. Someone can explicitly confess that Jesus is “Lord” and even mention the word “Lord” twice. But if he does not accomplish God’s will in subjection to the Scriptures, the Lord will reject him. He calls such people “you who practice lawlessness”, they are people who do not recognize any authority, and certainly not that of God.

False confessors acknowledge the authority of the Lord with their mouths, but in practice they do not act accordingly. Judas is a terrible example of such people. He undoubtedly spoke and did impressive things in the Name of the Lord, but there was no inner attachment to Him. He never repented and therefore had no new life.

The Lord looks forward here through the ages to the last judgment. He will openly say of all those who confessed Him only with their lips that He never knew them. Of course He knew them perfectly. That’s how He arrives at this perfectly righteous condemnation. The fact that He never knew them means that there has never been a relationship between Him and them recognized by Him because they have not repented. Their own appreciation of their service will give way to His condemnation of it.