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John said they were never saved period. And are now antichrist (reject Christ)
Your confusing true saving faith with mere belief.
Your confusing true saving faith with mere belief.
Job was a righteous God fearing man highly spoken of by God:
“Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”"-Job 1:8
Yet he did not 'know' God until he suffered and was trained by his suffering.
“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You"-Job 42:5
It is the 'knowing/seeing', mature believer who will not fall away into unbelief again and be lost when Jesus comes back. Some of us believers will get to this mature place where the word of God is deeply rooted in us and we can 'see' and 'know' God intimately. And there are some of us believers who will not get to that mature place of 'knowing' and will reject the word and return to unbelief. 'Once saved always saved' is a place you grow up into. Strive through seeking and longing for God and growing up in his word to be in that secure place.