1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
God allows these things to happen so we know who are true believers. This is a warning to the rest of us.
12 posted on 07/21/2017 3:31:22 AM PDT by HarleyD
(Ecc 10:2 A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.)