In Reply to: Re: a few misconceptions here posted by Lyle on March 24, 2003 at 09:40:30:
For me I remember walking down the street and this guy with a mega phone was belting out "Jesus loves you" (probably a Jesus People) I actively rejected Jesus there. Just a little further down, this guy with a guitar looking deeply in my eyes, gave me come on Ma burn your Bra. This I accepted, and accepted that this guy seemed different. I was shocked out of my mind when they asked me to pray with them to 'recieve' Jesus.
It was a con from the start. If they had been up front with them, I would have rejected them, because I wasn't in the mood for Christ. But I don't think God is sneaky like that (as you can tell I joined in 74, when the message had been watered down, and 'love' was the first thing instead of preaching Christ.)
I really don't believe I was saved in the family. I don't believe I could have done the evil I did with such a feeling that I was on the right track if I had been saved. I know others disagree, but this is my own experience I'm talking about. It was the Holy Spirit telling me to go sleep with these men!
It says plainly in 2Peter 2 that false teachers beguile those who are newly come to the Lord. But it doesn't say those people that are beguiled are saved. Just the opposite. So we know that it's not God's will for any man to perish, so I can't see that God would have willingly let anyone join the family. It was just a deception.