FWIW, if you believe the Gospel accounts, that's exactly what happened in Jesus' day. His interactions with the Sadducees and Pharisees are mostly him lambasti

FWIW, if you believe the Gospel accounts, that's exactly what happened in Jesus' day. His interactions with the Sadducees and Pharisees are mostly him lambasting them for doing much what you describe. As he himself said, regarding eventual judgement: > Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A21-23&version=NIV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A21-...