(because he has said that even the rocks would proclaim him if we didn't ) because he has determined that we should now reap what we have sown?
2006-10-10 05:06:31 · 23 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was once a none believer, now that all changed. He does turn some, but some; he keeps thier eyes shut, not to see, and thier ears closed, as to not hear.. I think that the first step is to stop believing in MAN.. If you see all the lies and continue to try pick one of MAN's lies to believe in your NEVER gonna see. God is truth! the whole truth and nothing but the truth, whether spiritual or carnal.
In Jesus Name
Jimm...
2006-10-10 05:19:06 · answer #1 · answered by dergooch 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
People have to make the choice to believe or not to believe on their own. Faith is not something that can be measured, touched or seen. Although we can see the effects of faith in the actions of those who believe.
Faith in and of itself is the belief in things not seen. To the one that chooses not to believe to them it makes no sense. Then it can not be explained away. To the one that needs facts and proof, the very proof you show them is not proof at all. It is silliness. Faith requires an understanding that sometimes there is more there than what can be seen. Proof of God is found only in the spirit and man is to tied up in self to see beyond his own understanding.
We educate or minds only to the things that we can see but even that fails to understand the things that make our soul and spirit live. The body is only a shell that the soul (our mind) and our spirit (our emotions, our essences) dwell in.
The fact that we are human is where our selfish nature comes in. Yet the essences of the spirit is of selflessness, while man is mostly not willing to be come. When we are willing to be selfless in our awareness then the things of the spirit can be seen. But that is very hard to do. Even by those who claim the faith.
We do reap what we sow and if we sow the ways of man then that is all we will ever understand, the ways of our own mind and left out that the existence of even our spirit. The spirit is not something that can be measured so we are unwilling to admit to its existence and why should we?
Only by faith are we willing to try and understand the things of the spirit. Therefore it is not something that can be pushed on someone, it is personal and very deep. One must choice for themselves by themselves what to believe or not to believe.
End the end we will all find out what is the real truth and then we will all know one way or the other.
Me, I have chosen to believe.
2006-10-10 05:30:42 · answer #2 · answered by Dead Man Walking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God tells in the bible that unbelievers are lost and blinded with the aid of devil to no longer be open to the actuality that God made us and would let us know the thank you to get to heaven. If we refuse to take heed to, then we don't bypass to heaven. If we don't desire to bypass to heaven then there is in basic terms another place we can bypass and that's the place God isn't.
2016-12-08 12:12:31 · answer #3 · answered by kleckner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure I understand the question but humans - unlike the angels - are given free will by God. He is not going to force anyone to love Him or call on Him. He wants us to make the conscience choice to choose Him and to love Him. The angels are beings created solely to worship God so it's not their choice. As a society we are definitely reaping what we have sown. He gave us fair warning about that. He gave us an instruction book - the Bible - and if we would just follow it our lives, our world would be a much better place to live in.
2006-10-10 05:12:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
This is why the notion of "free will" exists. It solves that problem. Even though there is no "wil"l that is "free".
I'm an Atheist, not by free choice, but automatically. I couldn't choose" to believe in something that I know doesn't exists. Neither can "believers" choose to not believe. Try it. See if you can freely choose. Not when you care. You can more freely choose between thing you don't care about.
2006-10-10 05:13:35 · answer #5 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that is a good question, I don't think so I think that God wants us to make our own decisions on what path we should go in this life. Remember when the time comes and all thoughs that have made there choices have done so then you will know the answer. Because he is coming back for his children who has not a spot or blemmish and that is really all I can say on that.
Another thing you cannot make a unbeliever believe anything unless he wants to. That is just like making you kill someone and you don't want to do it. It is there choice to what they want to do in there lives, it is not our place to judge or make anyone do anything that they don't want to do. It is just that simple!
2006-10-10 05:20:29 · answer #6 · answered by beagirl40 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, God does not influence our decisions/choices. There is a seed planted in man that causes us to seek, but the choice is ours. For God to influence our choices would defeat the entire integrity of His creation... that won't happen. The fact that even the rock would proclaim Him is in the context that if the rock knew what we have been shown, or what knowledge is available to us, it would attest to God.
2006-10-10 05:12:19 · answer #7 · answered by reformed 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There is no choice. God would have to exist to make a choice. The reason there are non-believers is because of the lack of any convincing evidence. No rocks have said anything about any god.
2006-10-10 05:23:19 · answer #8 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. People chose not to step in a life with God.
The Process of Christlikeness
Romans 8:28-30
You’ve heard the saying, Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, in the case of man and God, it’s true. We please and honor the Lord when we try to be like Him. In Romans chapter eight, the apostle Paul lays out the process God uses to transform believers into reflections of Himself.
Starting in verse 29, Paul writes about those the Lord foreknew.. Foreknowledge involves more than simply seeing events in advance. It also includes bringing to pass whatever the Lord desires for His children’s lives. Foreknowledge specifically involves conforming believers to His image. God has a plan for which He sees the beginning, middle, and end.
Paul also wrote that all believers are predestined. God knew before Creation who would choose to receive salvation and who would reject it. All those who are saved are predestined to be formed in His image.
Verse 30 tells us that believers are also called. God places on the heart a desire to know Him. The call goes out to every person because it is not the Lord’s will that any should perish. However, few will act upon His offer and seek salvation (John 3:16; Matthew 7:14).
Paul also explains that Christians are justified. Whoever hears God’s call and receives salvation is declared no longer guilty. The stain of sin is wiped away.
And finally, we learn that those made holy by the blood of Christ are glorified. Living believers regard themselves as becoming like Jesus. But the Father sees them in their future imperishable bodies — as perfect reflections of Himself.
Humans think of time in segments. But God doesn’t operate that way. That’s why He can foreknow His children in their glory. And everything He allows into a Christian’s life is designed to shape him or her into a glorious reflection of Himself.
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2006-10-10 05:08:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
If God chose not to change the minds of unbelievers, no one would be saved.
2006-10-10 06:34:46 · answer #10 · answered by Hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋