Christ’s sheep will not walk away. He has promised not to let go of them.
It’s a real shame Roman Catholics don’t have that assurance.
Sure there is hope for all of us. The young man was sincere as a teen. What happened to him DEFIES what the Protestants claim is possible. HE WALKED AWAY. It happens all the time. It’s easy to claim that he didn’t mean it at the time. Do you know divorced people? Did they marry with the intention of divorcing?
According you the Protestant theory it doesn’t matter what he does. He had his altar call over half of his life ago, he’s good to go no matter how he acts, his choices now are meaningless, he has a hall pass.
We actually think we have to MAKE the effort, to SEEK to do God’s will on a daily basis. To put aside our own will EVERY DAY. We don’t believe in switchin’ to glide.