“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” Matthew 7.23
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Surprise, surprise!
My friend Mike Slay refers to this passage as the “scariest verse in the Bible.” (You can visit Mike’s blog here.)
And he’s absolutely right.
The setting is the final judgment. The peoples of the world appear before the Lord of glory to give an account of their lives. A troop appears insisting that they had done all manner of good works in the name of Jesus. “Look at all we have done in Your name, Lord!” And, of course, they are fully expecting some kind of gold star and a seat in the front row of heaven.
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