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NASB | Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them publicly, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME [you are banished from My presence], YOU WHO ACT WICKEDLY [disregarding My commands].' [Ps 6:8] |
Subject: What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? |
Bible Note: John, I agree it is a good article and it may be true. But our only alternative is to walk in the light that we are given. The light that I have been shown says that we have been misled in our theology; prophecy predicts it and scripture is full of examples. If we operate from the premise that YHWH is all-knowing and all-powerful, by His foreknowledge we could say He causes things to happen by not acting. From what I understand that is the Hebrew mindset. So when the Bible states YHWH did some action it may just be passive. Take the events with Pharaoh. Did YHWH actually harden His heart or by not intervening did Pharaoh’s pride hardened his own heart? “…and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy (Exodus 33:19). Could this be election? YHWH knows that you have a questioning mind and makes Revelation 3:4 ‘catch your eye’ as you are reading. You take the initiative and pursue it and become curious which leads to other discoveries. Whereas the majority of people may erect a mental block and rationalize the verse away or seek some convoluted explanation. Have not both classes of people made an election? YHWH in His foreknowledge knows whom has closed his heart. “For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes THEY HAVE CLOSED; (Matthew 13:15). YHWH will not be mocked (Galatians 6:8), one way to do that is to bury revelation in scripture and only reveal it when one sincerely seeks Him. Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:” Proverbs 25:2 “It is the glory of God to CONCEAL a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.” I would encourage you to read all of Proverbs 2, especially 2:4. It basically says, revelation is directly proportional to desire and effort. The pride of most has closed their minds. They seem to think that only the Pharisees can be blinded by tradition. We must realize that our Savior walked this earth as a Jewish rabbi, kept all the festivals, memorized the scriptures and did not break any commandments of Torah. Why did He do this? “…I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me”(John 5:30). “wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?” (Luke 2:49). The Father’s Will has not changed, it cannot (Malachi 3:6). We have been given a “renewed” covenant whereby Torah is written in our hearts and the Blood of Yeshua is our covering sacrifice but it is still Torah. In truth, Greg Boone |