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Note the word "[HAD]" in the first two words. Note the word "[WAS]" in the second sentence. Note the word "[DIDN'T]" in the last sentence. All past tense, and all part of an account of C.S. Lewis concerning his international trips. John Newton WAS a slave trader. Zaccheus WAS a tax collector. ALL commit sin, and without Christ are damned. God is the author and finisher of our faith... the one who determines who is chosen for His eternal glory.