Oh, I know Louis, that there are 'False Fruits" and that not all who name the Name of the Lord are saved. That's not at issue here.
What is at issue is that you (the OSAS preacher) told this fellow that he was saved and nothing would ever change that. Now, however, you look at his life and judge that he has never been saved. Now, he believes he is saved and nothing could change that because of your teaching.
Now, when you witnessed to him while he was in the ditch, he told you he was saved. He believes it. You shake your head sadly and think, "What a loser. He's never been saved. It was all fake."
Your teaching is sending this fellow to hell.
See, you don't believe he is saved.
I don't believe he is saved.
Yet you told him he was saved and that that would never change.
You've lied to him then, since now that circumstances have changed, you've changed your doctrine.
Which do you believe, then? That a person who gets saved is saved forever? or that a person gets saved until circumstances belie that they were ever saved?
(recall, please, that "you" is the feller from church who witnessed to the once-saved-drunkard. It's not personal.

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Have a Jesus-filled day!
Karen