Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!purdue!gatech!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!geneva.rutgers.edu!christian From: fibercom!lab@uunet.uu.net (Lance Beckner) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: thoughts on the recent exchange Message-ID: Date: 31 Jul 89 02:13:31 GMT Sender: hedrick@geneva.rutgers.edu Organization: FiberCom, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , bnr-fos!bnr-public!davem@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dave Mielke) writes: > > I do not > think we should take very lightly the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:22-23 > where we are told "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we > not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and > in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto > them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.". There > is no doubt in my mind that this is telling us that there will be > plenty of people who were so convincingly professing Christianity even > though God had never actually saved them. But you don't think there will be people who have TRULY accepted Christ as their Savior turned away, do you? This is not a flame, I am just looking for clarification. In Christian Friendship, Lance -- Lance A. Beckner "Jesus loves me, this I know, INTERNET: lab@fibercom.com for the Bible tells me so." UUCP: ...!uunet!fibercom!lab