Just read Gass' entire rant. He was never a Christian. He spoke of how he
tried to "fake it till I make it". He enjoyed keeping one foot in the Church,
one foot in the world. He focused way too much on what other people were doing
and his own personal misery instead of keeping focused on Christ and his teachings
and his comfort and salvation.
His entire self-centered rant was all about him, his wants,
his needs, his thoughts, his opinions, his problems, his difficulties.
He was never willing to "die daily to the flesh" or "pick up his cross and follow Jesus".
The self-pity was suffocating to read. Poor little him. He thought he could earn his way to
glory with perfect church attendance, reading the Bible cover to cover 18 times (as if it
was a school assignment or something), being a pastor, doing good deeds, etc. He evidently
thought he could buy off God with "good works" so he could get away with adultery, too.
He's lost. He simply needs to acknowledge his sin, repent and allow God to heal and save him
and begin a real walk with the Lord and understand that "in this world you will have trouble".
He may have been a mega church pastor, but he was no Christian.
"Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
1 John 2:18-19
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Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
Matthew 7: 15-23
