Corlove13
Active Member
Why does Paul say:It is not about a "FAKE BELIEVER", and I said nothing about a "fake believer".
Observe the Disciples.
Observe ANY beginner FIRST Hearing about God, about Christ Jesus.
They don't hear "A" Sermon and hoot and holler....I believe, I believe.
There is a TIME for BABY's to hear an learn ABOUT EVERYTHING.
There is a TIME for Children, Young adults, Adults, to Hear AND Learn.......ABOUT God,
ABOUT Christ Jesus....they Believe, they Doubt, they Wonder, they Deny, they Believe.....don't you SEE?
Remember the Disciples?
Remember Judas?
Recognize the DIFFERENCE?
All of the Disciples questioned and wondered.
SO WHAT?
11 .... did the ONE THING THAT MATTERED...
......THEY CONTINUED HEARING.....
......THAT IS A MILESTONE.....
THEY BECAME SAVED....BECAUSE, dispite of their unsuredness....THEY CONTINUED Hearing, Believing, Hearing, Believing, Hearing, Believing......even WHEN THEY were "UNSURE"...!!!
Because they CONTINUED Believing....CONTINUED Following....CONTINUED
THEY BECAME ... CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO ....
MAKE A "HEARTFUL COMMITMENT" OF BELIEF to Jesus Himself.
ANOTHER MILESTONE....
Thereafter.....NEVER AGAIN DID THEY DOUBT.
Thereafter....THEY WERE KEPT IN BELIEF, BY THE POWER OF GOD.
A man who HAS NOT BECOME Converted...
IS WARNED to KEEP their BELIEF .... keep hearing, keep believing, keep hearing....
A man who IS Converted IS Kept IN BELIEF by the POWER OF GOD.
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection?