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the twelve. Balaam, by the way, may be thrown
into this category as well, because he professed
to know something about God, and we know
his story. John said, “They went out from us,
but they were not of us; for if they had been of
us” — Notice the "us"; we're going to see that
in Hebrews as well — “for if they had been of
us, they would no doubt have continued with
us: but they went out, that they might be made
manifest that they were not all of us.” Now,
when we come to the subject of apostasy, there
is a possibility of somebody making that
profession of faith and being numbered with
the people but being apostate in their heart,
and then it manifests itself later; it becomes
public later. Let me ask you this: When the
disciples walked with the Lord Jesus Christ for
three, three and a half years, Judas was among
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