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——>We’ve only been trying to tell you for literally weeks that we can’t know if *someone else* is saved because only God knows the hearts of all mankind.

How do I know if Ravi, Billy Graham, ANDY WOODS, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, or anyone, initially accepted Christ and was saved by grace, AT THAT MOMENT? By their admission and public confession of their faith. Same as the Corinthians that Paul was speaking to in 1 Corinthians 6:11.

“And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”

Every one of those Corinthians professed faith. They were baptized, performed communion, openly professed their love for Christ (I’m assuming...I don’t know if that’s recorded or not). They did everything to show that they had accepted Christ by faith. They were saved by grace, at that moment. Did Paul ask God to give him the 411 on each individual Corinthian proclaiming the gift of Salvation, “because only God knows the hearts of all mankind”, to make sure they were genuine? Nope. They openly professed it.

OSAS says that the second a person accepts Christ by faith (believes), they are locked in (saved) forever, and NOTHING will ever change that. How many years did Ravi publicly profess to be saved by Grace? Yes, at the moment of his conversion, early in his life, Ravi was saved by Grace. Boatbums, Metmom, and MHGinTN say he was at that time a made man. HE COULDN’T BE TOUCHED. Any sin he committed after that moment would in no way affect his salvation. The bible very clearly says otherwise. It seems that Ravi didn’t love God enough to keep his commandments. Ravi chose poorly.

And, you need to get with your OSAS people and get your stories straight. They say Ravi was OSAS. THEY KNOW HE’S SAVED and will be in heaven. Paul didn’t seem to have any difficulty knowing that those Corinthians were saved by Grace.