Sounds like he was under conviction. How many times have well meaning people interjected themselves into this kind of situation and thereby told a LOST man, You're OK Jesus Loves you, You believe in Jesus don't you?
1 JN 5 These things have I written that YOU MIGHT KNOW that you HAVE ETERNAL LIFE Something inside that man was bearing witness of his LOST condition. --- David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judy wrote: > > How terribly sad - did somebody counsel and pray > > with this man who was obviously under conviction > > of the Spirit? ... > > A born again person who is right with God knows > > they are born again and right with God. If they don't > > know this it is a huge red flag - and this man was crying > > out for help..... > > For what it's worth, I had kind of the same reaction to reading this. > I > hear of long term Christian men growing up in the church but never > having > had experienced being born again. I read a pastor's testimony once > who had > pastored a very large traditional church. He suddenly experienced > the new > birth, and did not know what to do. He told his congregation from > the > pulpit that he had been a Christian all his life, earned a doctorate > in > theology, pastored for many years, but he had never been born again. > He > gave his testimony. It completely split the church. Many could not > fathom > how such a scholar of the Bible, such a good man, could not have been > born > again. Many actually believed that he had lost his mind and gone > insane. > About half the church stayed with him, but the other half just could > not > understand. > > I don't know this man that Bill mentioned. Bill did. That means > Bill has a > better foundation from which to speak on this issue, but it does seem > to me > that the Lord was dealing with him. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you > may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you > have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
