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is often an expression of self-love, desiring to

preserve family relationships for one’s own

pleasure and one’s own enjoyment of family

get-togethers. And rather than consider the

possibility that a worldly and sin-loving

family member is unsaved who once made a

profession of faith in Christ as Savior, many

Christians will label that family member as

“backslidden” or a “carnal Christian,” never

questioning or considering the possibility that

he or she has not been genuinely regenerated

by God’s Holy Spirit and therefore does not

have the power of the Holy Spirit living

within to give victory over sin. In fact, it

seems to be “taboo” in Christian circles to

ever question a person’s salvation — no

matter how worldly and sin-loving that

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