Written by: Damien Powell
“I never KNEW you, depart from Me!” Part 1
Peace be to you in the Name of our Father YHWH and our Adon The Son of YHWH, YESHUA ha’Mashiach!
Due to the rise of lawlessness and false doctrines being spread, some believers in the faith believe they are following YESHUA in truth. But if you are going against His written living words, then are you truly following Him or men? Do you really know YESHUA? How does the Scriptures define knowing our Messiah and Savior?
Mathew 7:21-23
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens. Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Adonai, Adonai, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name? And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never KNEW you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!”
So YESHUA was speaking to those who were professing to follow Him and they had to believe in order to cast out demons and prophesy, yet YESHUA says “I never knew you.” So how do we know YESHUA?
1 John 2:3-4
“And by this we KNOW that we KNOW Him, if we guard (keep) His Commands. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His Commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
What happens to those who do not KNOW YESHUA?
2 Thessalonians 1:8
‘In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who DO NOT KNOW ELOHIM, and those who do not obey the Good News of our Adon YESHUA ha’Mashiach, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Adon and from the esteem of His strength…”
YESHUA said He will tell those believers who thought they were following Him their entire lives that He never knew them. Why? Because they were lawless by breaking His commandments. Then John says that if you believe in YESHUA and follow Him, yet you don’t keep His commandments, then you are a liar and there is no truth in you. I’m sure no believer wants to think they knew Him and thought they were walking in truth, but the whole time you were a stranger in His sight. Who wants to hear the words “depart from Me” knowing that hell’s fire is waiting? That is exactly what Paul said about those who don’t Him; that YESHUA will take vengeance on you. That day will be a day of wrath because believers have rejected the free gift of atonement and chose to live for themselves and not live for the One who died for them.
In other words most believers today say The Torah, the laws are done away with, changed the 10 commandments to the 9 commands by rejecting the Sabbath Day. Most of the world has rejected His Holy Days like Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles are only for the Jews when this is not true.
Believers don’t want to have to do anything on their part. It’s a form of fast-food faith where people believe they can just go to church for an hour and the pastor delivers them the message contrary to the truth; therefore, it’s not authentic which causes problems spiritually just like fake food does physically. Studying the scriptures and meditating on The Word of YHWH is like a home cooked meal used with real ingredients, which is better for your body, just like the truth is better for you spiritually. The world has been taught that YESHUA did it all and it requires no sacrifice on their end; therefore, following lawlessness which makes them a slave to sin. Paul himself in Romans 12:1 “Present your bodies a living offering-holy and well pleasing to Elohim.”
Majority of the world has chosen to follow lies, false doctrines and the traditions of men, which means they have rejected the commands of YHWH, yet they still proclaim to be Christians. YESHUA is saying I don’t know whoever does this!
Know YESHUA and what He did for us! All Holy Days point to Him!
YESHUA is The Lamb of YHWH who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29) and He is our Passover Lamb. Is there a meaning to this? During the last plague YHWH passed over Egypt and killed the first-born of the Egyptians but spared the Israelites that had the blood of the lamb without blemish on the doorposts, the same way when He sees us marked with the blood of The Lamb without blemish in His Son YESHUA on those who know Him, then sin and death pass over us. How can you fully know Him, when you aren’t observing Passover which reminds us of the atonement He made for us on the execution stake? YESHUA crushed the head of Satan so that we can be restored to the favor of YHWH and be redeemed by His blood. How is this victory being given to an Easter egg? That egg cannot save you! The modern church has changed the esteem of the incorruptible Elohim into corruptible virgin Mary statues, bunnies, X-mas trees, Halloween masks, turkeys, and birthday parties.
1 Corinthians 11:24
“For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup (Passover), you proclaim the death of the Adon (Master) until He comes.”
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
“Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Messiah our Pesach (Passover) was offered for us. So then let us OBSERVE the Festival (Passover), not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
See how Paul mentions observing Passover and then mentions unleavened bread as well? Paul knew the importance of following YESHUA in truth in order to fully know Him.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately follows after Passover. YESHUA was crucified on Passover, rested on the first day of Unleavened bread in the tomb (A commanded day of rest), then resurrected as First-Fruits on the 3rd Day coinciding with when the priest would wave the sheaf before YHWH to accept the future crops (1 Corinthians 15:20 “But now Messiah, has been raised from the dead, and has become the first-fruit of those haven fallen asleep), then 50 days later would be Shavuot/Pentecost which is the beginning of the harvest, when the Ruach ha’Kodesh was poured out on the disciples in Acts 2, just as He is poured The Ruach on all of us who believe in Him as He promised.
Then The Feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled when YESHUA returns to reign on earth for 1,000 years according to Zechariah 14, which is why Paul says in Colossians 2:17 that the Festivals, New Moons, and Sabbaths are a shadow of what is to come. Now we can see why YESHUA says He didn’t know those who did not obey Him because they rejected keeping His Sabbaths, Holy Days, and commandments that point to Him.
DO His desire not just HEAR it!
Notice how YESHUA also said in the same passage of Mathew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens.
Part of the desire of YHWH is to believe in His Son:
John 6:40
“And this is the desire of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him should possess everlasting life. And I shall raise him up on the last day.”
So, we know that we must have faith in YESHUA because by His blood, He has restored us to the favor of YHWH and redeemed us. But as I pointed out, you must believe in Him and obey His commandments. YESHUA only spoke the Words that YHWH told Him to speak; therefore, nothing about His commands have changed.
John 3:36
“He who believes in the Son possesses everlasting life, but he who does NOT obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Elohim remains on him.”
The world is familiar with John 3:16 about the faith portion, but 23 verses later we can see John the Baptist is saying believe in YESHUA and obey Him or the wrath of YHWH will be upon you.
Joel 2:11
“And YHWH shall give forth His voice before His army, for His camp is very great, for mighty is the DOER of His Word. For the day of YHWH is great and very awesome, and who can bear it?”
James 1:22
“And become DOERS of the Word, and not HEARERS only, deceiving yourselves.”
Romans 2:13
“For not the HEARERS of the Torah are righteous in the sight of Elohim, but the DOERS of the Torah shall be declared right.”
Luke 11:27-28
“And it came to be, as He was saying this, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You nursed on!” But He (YESHUA) said, “Blessed rather are those hearing the Word of YHWH and KEEPING (DOING) it!”
Conclusion
YESHUA will say to millions of believers who say that He is their Master and Savior “depart from Me, I never knew you!” Why doesn’t YESHUA know them? Because the only way that we can know Him is by keeping His commandments. And in John 14:21-24 YESHUA says that by keeping His commands shows our love Him; because we are showing it through our actions by being DOERS of His word and not HEARERS only!
Romans 2:8
“But wrath and displeasure to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness”
Let us all stand up today and follow YESHUA in truth, by not only believing in Him, but obeying His Words and Commands so that way He will know us. HalleluYAH!