When Jesus says, “I never knew you,” he means, “I don’t recognize you as my disciple, as my follower. You are a spiritual stranger to me.” We close the week with a good question from Singapore, from a listener name Jia. “Dear Pastor John, I would like to ask a question following up on episode 1304 about the parable of the ten virgins. In Matthew 25:11 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. –12, Jesus says: ‘Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, “Lord, lord, open to us.” But he answered, “Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.”’ Do these two verses imply to us anything about salvation? Particularly so when the bridegroom said, ‘I do not know you’?” Episode 1316: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/what-does-jesus-mean-by-i-never-knew-you Related Resources: “Did Jesus Endorse Polygamy in the Parable of the Ten Virgins?” https://youtu.be/9ojvlQfjW84 “Does God Predestine People to Hell?” https://youtu.be/S0Ry0yEhhOw “Universalism Is ‘Alive and Well’ — How Do We Oppose It?” https://youtu.be/5pcv7pEf-ko “Should Hell Motivate Our Missionaries?” https://youtu.be/cE92NxDJ2A0 Ask Pastor John Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKvMOJ1T8T4&list=PLFF7F6AE365DA3564 Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes, http://desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john