Well, better to be honest now than pretend to be in the fold and deceive others.
but that is where faith comes in.....
It’s difficult to know what the Lord is doing at times. Sometimes He pulls away people’s self delusions before He shows them the truth, sometimes He gives people bound and determined to depart from any knowledge of Him their wish.
This guy is in a perilous time. Will he be restored or will we soon hear him rabidly standing up for homosexuality (which is a sign, like a canary dying in a coal mine)?
He needs prayers.