Many of us have known friends or family members who seemed for all outward appearances to have made a genuine profession of faith. We thought their profession was credible. We embraced them as brothers or sisters, only to find out that they later repudiated that faith. What are we to do in a situation like that? I recommend at least two responses: first, pray like crazy, and second, wait. We don’t know the final outcome of the situation, but God does, and only God can preserve that soul.
