Originally Posted by MarieP
But there's a difference between "psychological manipulation" and conviction by the Holy Spirit. Sadly, there's a track record of not always being able to tell the two apart, both in conversion and in sanctification.
Marie,

Where do you think the "error in judgment" falls? Do you think it is on the side of presuming the genuineness of the conversion/sanctification (conviction of the Holy Spirit)? Or, do you think it is on the side of skepticism relegating things to "psychological manipulation? scratchchin

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simul iustus et peccator

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