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How could a Christian do something like this and if they did were they ever actually saved to begin with? I think about the mother that murdered her 5 children in Texas. Everyone around her had said she had been a good Christian and that mental illness related to pregnancy and the medication she was on caused her to go crazy. Rationalizing, maybe? Or another example. Someone is a born again christian when they are young but for whatever reason turns away and gets into drugs and ends up killing someone in college while stoned. I hear lots of stories where people were saved after they committed crimes but I can't remember any professing they were a chrisian when they did so. Have you?

Almost makes you want to re-examine your paradigm that we are "saved" by a one time declaration of faith. It is quite obvious that this young person who gets "born again" can follow one of two paths. If he commits a heinous crime later in life he can either repent or not. In the first case, the sin can still be forgiven. In the second, the sin and lack of repentence call into question the "validity" of the earlier "born again" experience.

It's almost like we have to persevere to the end.

Almost makes you want to re-examine your paradigm that we are "saved" by a one time declaration of faith

. Not really, old wise one :'). Just making two comments here. 1. There are always exceptions, King David being one, but there are signs if someone is really saved but only God knows the heart. 2. We should be very careful that what we put into our bodies is not going to affect our walk with Christ.