It's kind of confusing, but the Bible does STATE in this passage below from Matthew 7, that
You will know them by their Fruits
16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
So, in a way.... is this not telling us to at minimum, to beware of who makes claims to things... You will know the deceivers by their fruits bared?
and yes there are other passages in Scripture that tell us that we are saved thru Faith and not thru Works, but then it goes on to say, but without Works, Faith is dead.
I saw Trump say in a video 4 or 5 years back, that he's never asked God for forgiveness or prayed for it, basically because he hasn't done anything to ask God for forgiveness for...
now granted, the video I saw of the interview with him, was just a small clip of what he said, and I did not see it in full context, and maybe someone set it up that way, and out of full context so that those of us viewing it would think a certain way...
that in no way, shape, or form, is he a Christian... he's more like an antiChrist... he thinks he's above God.... that is what the shortened clip made me think... and likely, many others... I remember it made my husband think the same thing when he saw it...
BUT, now that I can see from a layman's view, that he does suffer from a Narcissistic disorder... and THAT is what could be what has prevented him for feeling sorry for his own sins and even recognizing them... so somewhere hidden, deep inside of him, someplace inside that he is unable to even recognize due to his disorder, he could be a christian?
