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Pursuit Driver
Genevieve said:But how would you explain Matthew 24:12-13 "Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved." If the one who stands firm to the end will be saved, what about the one whose love grows cold and who does not stand firm to the end? Do you believe that he also is saved?
Also, in the parable of the sower, Jesus explains that some receive the word with joy but then either Satan, or the cares of this world, or persecution thwart their growth, and they wither and die. Do you believe they receive eternal life even though Our Lord describes them as withered and dead?
My personal opinion is that their faith was never real. God disciplines His own, so if they were truly believers, He would work towards bringing them back into the fold.