(April 29, 2013 at 2:09 am)wwjs Wrote: What you describe as "preaching for years before realizing not knowing Christ as their savior" in many cases was preaching for decades just like any other clergy and then losing faith.
No these men realized they were preaching for a different reason than belief in Christ, they realized they had not accepted the Christ as Savior, they may have become a member of a church or something else and become emotionally excited about it and never realized they had left Christ outside of their lives. They were preaching for the emotional high, I've heard a preacher say this, I would think he knew what was going on in his life and made a change. These men gained a faith in Christ not lost one. How does one lose what one never had.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
