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Originally Posted by bearbear
I agree faith is actually gifted to us by God but it comes when we fully surrender to him. I can look at all the miracles God has done in my life and use that as a basis of his perfect integrity to trust him in the future.
At what point do you become born again? Is it by mere credence that Jesus is the son of God and he died for our sins? How do you arrive at this from the scriptures?
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You become born again when you initially truly believe and the Spirit comes in and makes you alive in Christ. I'm not going to quote the verses because you know what they are.
I don't know this person or really know anything about him. I don't even know if he is truthfully representing anything.
In general, I try to not comment on whether someone I've never met and know little about is truly a believer or not. In fact, I don't actively try to discern whether someone is saved or not. If someone tells me they believe in Jesus I give them the benefit of the doubt until I get enough evidence to think they really don't.
In general, however, I doubt that anyone who has truly tasted the Spirit could become a Satanist. Though I do believe that a nominal Christian could.