[boatbums]

While we always hold out hope that a sinner will be brought to the recognition of the depths of their sins and will be made to truly sorrow for their transgressions against a perfect God and repent and obey and believe and evidence the new birth by good fruit instead of evil fruit, the overriding reality is that there are two and only two types of people in this world - the acquitted and the condemned; the redeemed and the reprobate; the sheep and the wolves.

Whew! Woe to the wolves in sheep's clothing.

I also agree that there is no sin that God will not forgive when true repentance is shown - and he sees the heart. My main point is here we have people who, for all practical purposes, appear to be servants of God. The world looks up to them and holds them in high esteem yet inwardly they are full of dead men's bones, whited sepulchers. My gut feeling is they have never had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Whatever "religious" experience they have had has been superficial and has NEVER gotten into their soul. They are those whose consciences have been seared with a hot iron - nothing but unfeeling scar tissue.

They are truly ravenous wolves devouring and destroying other's souls. They WILL answer to a just and holy God and it will NOT go well for them.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Amen!

"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." -- Matthew 7:22-23