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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I would want to have something else clarified, since not everyone who has "left from among us" is a backslider. At least, not in my opinion.
Yes--in the sense that God leaves a lot in our hands. Case in point:
II Kings 13:18-19
18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. |
In your example, the work of God was not stopped. God began the work and finished the work, based on the response of the King of Israel.
The speaker of my quote was specifically speaking of people who once was said and or thought to be saved, only to be three of four years later not attending anyone's church, not living for the Lord in any identifiable way.
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