‘But he answered and said, “Truly I say to you, I do not know you.” '

The reply of the Bridegroom came back firm and strong, ‘Truly I do not know you!' Compare Matthew 7:23, and note there that He had  never  known them. This is not a case of the saved being lost, it is a case of people who have wrong ideas and so do not take the trouble to be properly prepared. They are not His elect (Matthew 24:31), and have never been so. For had they been so they would have had oil, and their lamps would have burned brightly. They would have been blessed by God in a life-transforming (Matthew 5:16), mind-enlightening (Matthew 11:25) way; they would have received the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11); they would have looked to Him in faith and trust (John 10:26). But they had not. Thus when it counted most they found that He did not recognise them. The lesson is clear. If your torch does not shine out brightly you are in danger of Him saying, ‘I do not know you'.

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