We have prophesied
Yet as clearly as he had declared this, as frequently as he had repeated, That none who have not this kingdom of God within them, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: our Lord well knew, that many would not receive this saying, and therefore confirms it yet again: Many, (says he; not one; not a few only; it is not a rare or an uncommon case) shall say to me in that day: not only, we have said many prayers; we have spoken your praise; we have refrained from evil; we have exercised ourselves in doing good: but what is abundantly more than this, We have prophesied in your name. In your name have we cast out devils; in your name done many wonderful works. We have prophesied: we have declared your will to mankind; we have showed sinners the way to peace and glory. And we have done this, in your name, according to the truth of your gospel. Yes, and by your authority, who did confirm the word, with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven. For in or by your name, by the power of your word and of your Spirit, have we cast out devils; out of the souls which they had long claimed as their own, and of which they had full and quiet possession. And in your name, by your power, not our own, have we done many wonderful works: insomuch that even the dead heard the voice of the Son of God speaking by us, and lived. And then will I profess even to them, I never knew you: no, not then, when you were casting out devils in my name. Even then I did not know you as my own: for your heart was not right toward God. You were not yourselves meek and lowly, you were not lovers of God and of all mankind: you were not renewed in the image of God. You were not holy as I am holy. Depart from me, you who notwithstanding all this, are workers of iniquity; You are transgressors of my law, my law of holy and perfect love.
1771 text
5. Yet as clearly as he had declared this, as frequently as he had repeated, That none who have not this kingdom of God within them, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: our Lord well knew, that many would not receive this saying, and therefore confirms it yet again: Many, (saith he; not one; not a few only; it is not a rare or an uncommon case) shall say unto me in that day: not only, we have said many prayers; we have spoken thy praise; we have refrained from evil; we have exercised ourselves in doing good: but what is abundantly more than this, We have prophesied in thy name. In thy name have we cast out devils; in thy name done many wonderful works. We have prophesied: we have declared thy will to mankind; we have shewed sinners the way to peace and glory. And we have done this, in thy name, according to the truth of thy gospel. Yea, and by thy authority, who didst confirm the word, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. For in or by thy name, by the power of thy word and of thy Spirit, have we cast out devils; out of the souls which they had long claimed as their own, and whereof they had full and quiet possession. And in thy name, by thy power, not our own, have we done many wonderful works: insomuch that even the dead heard the voice of the Son of God speaking by us, and lived. And then will I profess even unto them, I never knew you: no, not then, when you were casting out devils in my name. Even then I did not know you as my own: for your heart was not right toward God. Ye were not yourselves meek and lowly, ye were not lovers of God and of all mankind: ye were not renewed in the image of God. Ye were not holy as I am holy. Depart from me, ye who notwithstanding all this, are workers of iniquity; ἀνομία. Ye are transgressors of my law, my law of holy and perfect love.
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Sermon 33 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 7:21-27.
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