Totally wrong!!!
If means both, exclusive and closed.
‘Except for the exceptions, there are no exceptions’ is just a fancy way of saying there are exceptions.
Notice how you don't have verses nor even statement from Him, and then how His sheep hear His voice.
You have a choice - and that is the exception that prevents people from being part of Him and His Kingdom. He doesn't exclude you, you do!!
And sadly people, and those religious people who are looking for the chief seats at a church, make. They choose to pretend obedience to Him. They choice to be exclusive. They choose to try and prevent other people from knowing Him, thinking they can hear from the King of kings and Lord of lords, and that because they choose to not listen to Him for themselves. Because they choose to be exclusive and shut others from hearing the Lord, the Lord has shut them out from knowing Him. Still, they too are "anyones", so if they repent from their ways and turn to listening to Him, so that they open up to Him, He will still come into them and eat with them and them with Him. Because He is soooo forgiving that He will still cover them in His blood. That is who much God loves all of us. So don't make an exception and you won't won't be excluded. Do pretend you are the chosen one, and you will be chosen. Do think you know it all, and you will know God who knows it all.
Yet just like the Pharisees and Sadducees, there are people like that, and you find them at church, or even posting as Christians. but let me give a few things He personally told me and verses that say the same things.
I already pointed out that just a few days ago He was telling me that "He is always the Lord of lords!"
You will note that is not an exclusive statement. There is of course a rebellion taking place against Him, but that never means that He is not still God, and the Lord or all lords, and the King over all kings (not exclusive!) - thus proving even those in the rebellion wrong! So a few verses to back that up:
Rev 19:14,15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may
strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
He is 'THE LORD', and that over all the nations - excluding none - so that He rules over all - none exclusive!! Yet we see the rebellion, but the rebellion didn't mean that He doesn't rule over all 'non-exclusive', but that some are rebellious. So those being rebellious, stubborn, and who are actually fighting against God, are all still rules be Him and what comes out of His mouth. Still, they are struck down by the words that He speaks!! And they would know this if they were hearing from Him!!
1 Cor 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
And interesting thing about the above verse, is the all-inclusive aspect of it. "Jesus is Lord", whether people want to recognize it or not! The person preaching exclusiveness, is not actually preaching "Jesus Christ is Lord", but rather is saying that He is only their Lord and missing the meaning behind the verse. So they are not saying Jesus Christ is Lord, but only their Lord, thus they are saying Jesus Christ is accursed and not over all things! So they don't even know Him as their Lord, otherwise they would understand that He is over all things!! They are in fact involved in a vain thing!
Psalms 2
Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?
The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
“Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!”
He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.
Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying,
“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the
very ends of the earth as Your possession.
‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”
Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth.
Worship the LORD with reverence And rejoice with trembling.
Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish
in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
Again - like in Revelation - we find the annointing and appointing Jesus Christ, the Son, King and Lord over all things, and that "rod of iron" in which He rules over all things!!! We find the nations and even the "very ends of the earth" are His possession (none exclusive), but we also find that some "Do homage" to the Son, but not all. It is their choice, but no matter what they choose they are not excluded from His rule!! So those claiming He is their Lord but not others, have shown they are of the rebellion!! They are only hopeful that they can not be ruled by Him, but that is a lie told them, and by them. They have tried to subject themselves to the prince of darkness, but that prince is also under the rule of the King of kings and Lord of lords, All are under His rule, non-exclusive.
Still, a day of judgement will come upon them.
He once told me, "KARL, ALWAYS REMEMBER; I AM GOD OF THE WHOLE WORLD, THE WHOLE WORLD, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, THE WHOLE EVERYTHING, BUT ESPECIALLY THE WHOLE WORLD. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT!
When you actually listen to Him, He gives you understanding, because Understanding is one of His names. You find out that He is not exclusive, but inclusive. He wants give everyone understanding of what is going on around them, but they prefer darkness and their own thinking over His. He gave them free-will, even the ability to deny Him, and they do it but pretend otherwise. And I am talking about "Religious leaders" who want to be God and tell you all about God instead of about God and point you to Him!
He once told me: "UNDERSTANDING IS UNDERSTANDING I AM UNDERSTANDING! UNDERSTAND?"
If we really know the Lord we point people to Him, without exception!
So I tell people to listen to Him, but do they have words from Him and provide Scriptures to back it up? NO! It is hard to find anyone posting what He tells them and that back it up. So, they don't testify about Him, but they will try and tell you all about Him, without proof of hearing Him. Writing that is not being exclusive, it is trying to get people to be included as His sheep who hear His voice. That is available to anyone, because all have sinned. All they have to do is believe in Him, which means they will seek Him and His words for them. Who doesn't want to hear what God has to say to them?