[metmom]

Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Jesus never denied that mighty works were done.

If Jesus never knew those people who cast out demons, then by what power did they *cast them out*?

[tired&retired]

Your words in red are excellent and true words.

As I recall from my memory, which is not as good as it used to be, Jesus said, Not everyone who casts out demons in My Name knows Me. Lessor dark spirits will fear and tremble merely by hearing the Name of Jesus, but stronger dark spirits can only be removed by prayer and fasting.