"Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity." (Matthew 7:22-23)
The uppermost thought in the minds of these is, "We and our works."
This was the thought they had when they were professedly the zealous servants of Christ, and so completely have they been deceived by it that they even present it as a reason for their admission into the kingdom of heaven, and then, with horror and consternation, they learn that they are cherishing something of no value.
Not, "We and our works," but "Jesus Christ and Him crucified," is the passport that will secure admission there. "For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." (1 Corinthians 2:2)--Present Truth, October 18, 1894--Timeline: IV-15 (Sermon on the Mount)--Matthew 7:22-23.