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UndeniablyLivid
You're right! I remember once he said to me, "Well you're saved and I'm saved, and that's good!" Funny thing. Since I've left TP I doubt my salvation every single day. It torments me and I'm in constant fear I'm going to die and go to hell. I beg God not to send me there. I tell him daily that I believe. It's not because I left and I'm afraid that's why I've lost my salvation. I don't have any fear over leaving that stupid church affecting my status with God. But, I don't know why I'm afraid of this all of a sudden. I've never doubted my salvation before. All I know is, since I left that church my emotions have been to hell and they're not back yet. Leaving a church has life-altering ramifications. At least for me. And how did Mike think he knew that I WAS saved? No one knows another man's heart.
We must tell the truth. If you are dishonest in your presentation of the gospel and of what service to Christ is, people will come to Him on false pretenses. What have you gained? That will only put more people on the broad road to destruction who are deluded into thinking they are on the road to salvation (Matt. 7:13-14). I know a man who was "saved" at Turning Point, but alas, there is no "evidence" of regeneration, his life and marriage are in shambles. You will be held accountable for that when you stand before Christ.You cannot continue to water down the reality of the gospel.
I think you will find the answers to your questions in your own posts. :)
"Your (TPWOC)gospel promises ease, comfort, riches, advancement, and ambition." -she might be skipping happily down the path to destruction
"But Jesus offers hardship and perhaps even death." -he might be taking the narrow path without her with a smile knowing that the evidence reads "for GODS eyes only"
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/2010 01:09AM by ostracizedone.