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Teen Challenge / Re: I personally escaped this Cult
« on: December 29, 2011, 04:31:33 PM »Quote from: "Wayne Kernochan"
So, why did God save you and forsake so many others?
Does he prefer you?
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10: 13) Everyone!
I just cried out to Him for help because I tried to leave the drugs behind so many times before, and...
"he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth" (Psalm 40: 1b-3a)
I would say that God has not forsaken anyone. Motivated by His immeasurable love and grace, He gives everyone the opportunity to make their own decisions. It's what we do with those opportunities that define our lives. But I can tell you from personal experience that, "He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentence." (2 Peter 3:9)