I felt the opposite. Having difficulties does not mean you are not saved. I found it sad and insulting for them to assume that because I was sad, lost without my husband, and sort of treading water in this world meant that I didn't have a relationship with God. The only reason I was still standing after my hubby died IS because of that relationship with God.
Maybe it will be different for our new friend...especially if he has been out of touch with God during this time. I also found it difficult that so many people at church expected me to "help myself" when I was drowning in grief. There really is no verse that say that God helps those who help themselves. He promises to be there when we cry out in desperation. That I did find to be true though.
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