ACC ~ Revelation 2 v24 - 25

GOD WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE SINNERS. TYCONIUS: To be sure, the Lord speaks to those who kept their minds from the doctrines of the devil, lest they turn from the dogma of the truth of the church. For they were taught that they should follow no man but rather the truth of the faith, for the Lord said to those who had left the faith, “I never knew you, you evildoers.” For just as those who do iniquity do not know God, although they speak of him, so also God does not acknowledge the workers of iniquity, although he knows them all. In this way, the righteous do not know the teaching of Satan, although they might hear it and feel the attraction of his temptations. And so it can happen that the righteous do not hear evil things from which they abstain by righteous living, since it is written, “There must be heresies so that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.”And again, “Should they say to you, Lo, Christ is in the inner rooms, do not believe it.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 2.24.

CHRIST EXHORTS THE SIMPLE TO FAITHFULNESS. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: To the more simple, the Lord says, “Since on account of your simplicity you are not able to withstand those who are evil and have a facility with words,” namely, that you do not know “the deep things of Satan,” as you call it, I will not expect from you any war through words, but only that you preserve the teaching which you received until I remove you from there. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 2.24-25.

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