Hank Hanegraaff, also known as the “Bible Answer Man,” tackled a question from a radio listener who said he fears Jesus’ warnings that not all who claimed to follow Him will enter Heaven.
The listener spoke of Matthew 7: 21-23 in the Bible, where Jesus says:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'”
Another passage the listener was concerned about was John 15, where Jesus talks about how those who do not remain with Him are like a branch “thrown into the fire and burned.”
Hanegraaff, who regularly answers listeners’ questions and posts the responses on Facebook, told the man that he should not be fearful in wondering if he could be among those that Jesus is talking about.
He explained that Matthew 7 is specifically “a warning against false prophets.”
“That’s the context of the passage,” he noted, and referred to the verses proceeding the…
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