actually, i did, and i wasnt disappointed in the usual tired, same old same old excuses as to where this professionally trained minister, who was ‘draped with the cloak of faith alone, scripture alone, etc, etc’, somehow managed to go ‘off the trax, or tracts, if you will’.....
amazing when those who come home to his true church, even from protestant theological seminary grad schools, etc, all the sudden, they are declared to be ‘null and void’ as far as christianity...i find that hilarious...
I believe that there are true Christians in the Catholic Church and my comment did not say I think this minster's faith is "null and void". My observations from being a former Catholic, reading the comments of those here as well as knowing many fine Catholics personally, including my Mother who lives with us, cause me to ask that question. The verses from John 10 opened my eyes to the Gospel because Jesus plainly said we HAVE eternal life and will never perish or be snatched from his hands. From that point on, I knew I did not want to stay in the Catholic Church. It was not coercion nor force nor rebellion from God that brought me to this point. It was a movement OF God on my heart and I knew.
That's why I can ask a former Protestant this question. I'm not saying he lost his salvation - something I reject can happen - nor that he stopped being a Christian as a Roman Catholic, just how he could let go of the assurance of salvation that Scripture clearly teaches in favor of a religion that views such assurance as sinful. It's an honest question.