"In this example of pretzel logic, we are lead to believe that any believer who isn't really walking with the Lord at the present time and is indulging in the sins of the world and the lust of the flesh can still be considered a Christian. But not a Christian of the first class, no, no! But a Christian of the second class! Find THAT in the bible! A carnal Christian - here we have the case of the believer who doesn't believe. Oh, he still believes and quotes that God is God and there;s a heaven and hell and so on. But don't forget the devil believes all these things, too, according to James 22. And he's not going to heaven. ... He knows all the right things to say to convince Granny and the pastor and his Christian friends he's still hanging in there. He can sort of believe in himself.
Seems he's got everybody fooled. Everybody that is, except God! The bible is clear that if we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we LIE and do not practice the truth. It's what we PRACTICE, that proves who we serve."