mailmandan
Well-Known Member
Yes.
"until" being the key word there. I already stated that we choose to believe ONLY after we are drawn and enabled. (John 6:44,65)Nobody can choose to believe until they are called to by God.
So we don't choose to believe and Jesus fatalistically determines who will and won't believe?Nobody chooses Jesus, Jesus chooses us.
Jesus NEVER knew these many people which means they were NEVER saved. Period. There are false prophets who prophecy in the name of Jesus and even make false prophecies. In Matthew 10:1, we also see that Jesus gave His 12 disciples power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. This would include Judas Iscariot, yet Jesus referred to Judas Iscariot as an unclean devil who would betray Him! (John 6:71; 13:10-11). Apparently, Judas believed that Jesus' name has the power to cast out demons but did not truly believe in His name (John 1:12) and become a child of God, but instead was the son of perdition (John 17:12).Jesus said that nobody can cast out demons that is not a believer. Therefore Matthew 7:23 is speaking of believers that were living in sin. (workers of iniquity)
I once knew a Mormon woman who claimed to cast a demon out of a teenage boy and said the demon started to attack her, but then in a very eerie voice said, "you are a child of God!" and then departed. She was very boastful about how that demon knew not to mess with her because she was a child of God! You can always trust a demon to tell you the truth, NOT! Demons can easily put on a show to make you think that you casted them out. This experience caused her to be even more convinced that she was secure in her false religion, which was obviously the plan of the demon.

Mostly eisegesis on your part.All Biblical.
Just the opposite.Your entire view on Salvation is twisted and all out of order.