The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Unpardonable sin

He is speaking about all those who have made a profession of faith and their children. These individuals belong to the visible church but not necessarily to the invisible Church. They are in "covenant" in an external way, i.e., they outwardly partake and receive those things which come through the Church, i.e., the means of grace; preaching, teaching, prayers, sacraments, etc., but they are not in possession of grace. Such were those of whom John spoke when he said "they went out from us but were not OF us."

In His grace,