The difference is that Paul really did repent. He spent the rest of his life serving those he had once persecuted. Berg, on the other hand, spent his whole life coming up with "prophecies" that would excuse the wrong he REFUSED to repent of. He died (yes, DIED) still insisting that what he'd said in the letters was a revelation of God's will for the endtime.

I have personally spoken to those who were caring for Berg at the time of his death, and who were involved in arranging his burial (in a grave marked with a fake name). It is futile to expect any future fulfillment of the things he wrote. Whether or not it's still possible for him to repent, I leave in God's hands. But it is certainly possible for us to repent for having placed Berg's words on a par with God's own words. Thank God for His mercy!

HIMSELF in #109:13!

> "These churchy people are really the
> babes of all babes! They can't even begin to
> stand as strong meat as the kids on the
> street! You really have to baby them along,
> hold 'em by the hand, keep a bottle in their
> mouth, and constantly be comforting their
> wailings, and answering their complaints!
> They are horrible, really sick, and the
> slightest little morsel of meat or solid
> food sticks in their craw, or terribly
> upsets their extremely weak spiritual
> stomachs! They just can't take anything--and
> sometimes I wonder if they are worth the
> trouble!

> Now we go into "the sprit of
> prophecy":

> 13. BUT LET'S FACE IT, I WAS ONE OF THE
> WORST OF THEM--A PHARISEE OF THE
> PHARISEES--a Jew of the Jews--a Hater of
> Hippies--a Curser of Commies--and so damn
> sanctimonious and self-righteous in my
> narrow little doctrines and exclusive little
> religiosity, that you couldn't have touched
> me with a ten-foot pole! I thought I really
> had it made, like the Apostle Paul! I would
> have held the coats for those who stoned any
> different Stephens and would probably have
> tossed a few bricks myself!--Until the Lord
> had to strike me down with direct light and
> voices from Heaven, before He could wake me
> up! And even then, it took me years to learn
> all the facts, the whole truth, the awful
> truth--So that now sometimes I even shock
> myself, and am shocked with what the Lord is
> doing--absolutely awed by the radicalism of
> His Spirit, and the Revolution of His Truth!

> 14. IT'S BEEN A REAL MIND-BLOWER FOR ME, AND
> HAS TOTALLY FREAKED ME OUT, AND NEARLY BLEW
> ME AWAY--if it hadn't been for the
> persistent patience of His Spirit, the
> faithfulness of His Word, and the Love of
> others. Thank God, I believe I'm making it.