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8:33) he was not addressing a Christian but a disciple (Luke 22:31-32), who was
not in any event possessed (Mat 16:17-19, Luke 22:31-32).

Christ is always the Lord of a Christian, as well as the Saviour despite the sins of
the Christian (Acts 10:36, Rom 10:12, 1 Cor 12:5, Eph 4:4-5, 5:29, 1 Thes 4:17).
He can never be only the Saviour without being also Lord of that Christian's life
and acknowledged as such in spirit (Rom 8:26, 1 John 3:9) As long as a Christian
remains a Christian, whatever act that is a sin for those under the Law, he commits
of omission or commission does not detract one iota from the fact that for that
Christian as well as from Christ's view, Jesus Christ is acknowledged as Lord by
that Christian (Mat 22:43-45, 24:42, 26:22, Mark 12:36-37, Luke 2:11, 20:41-42,
John 13:9, 13-14, Rom 8:26, Phil 2:11, 1 John 3:9). Even if the behaviour of the
Christian is compatible in our eyes with Christ being no longer their first love (Rev
2:4 ‘left’), he remains so in fact until or unless that Christian ceases to be a
Christian (Rev 2:4 ‘thy first love’, 5 ‘candlestick’). Indeed someone can call Jesus
Lord, without being a Christian at all (Mat 7:21-23), and indeed not a Christian up
to the Last Judgement and beyond for a finite time (Mat 7:23).

Christ is Lord of all anyway (Acts 10:36, 1 Tim 6:15) and is known as such (Rom
1:20). The false 'believers' of Matthew 7:23 were never actually Christians (Mat
7:23) although they did perform 'wonderful works' (that is good supernatural
deeds) and 'cast out devils' through the power that vests in the name of Jesus
irrespective of the status of the speaker. The good works were performed by Christ
through His name and not by Satan (Mat 12:25-28, Mark 3:26). They went through
some of the supernatural motions of Christianity without ever being Christians
(Mat 7:15-18, 23, 12:26, Mark 3:26, Luke 11:18, 1 Cor 4:20 'Kingdom of God').
This teaches us to be wary of those who make extravagant supernatural claims in
Christ's name, they may wolves in sheep's clothing i.e. not even Christian (Mat
7:15).

Spirit And Flesh

All the spirits of men, animals and plants (Eccl 3:18-21, Job 12:10) and all angels
and devils, the last two being made spirits (Heb 1:7), have this understanding of
salvation (Romans 1:20). All these spirits whilst they know this may not glorify
God (2 Pet 2:4). As for men and animals, their flesh has no understanding of God
nor wishes any but is at enmity with God (Eccl 3:18-21, Rom 7:23-25). The flesh
of man has a mind as does the spirit (Rom 8:5). To the extent that a man's
consciousness expresses the mind of his basic spirit, to that extent he will be
consciously aware of God (Jer 3:20-21, Rom 8:5-8). A man's mind before death is