God loves us, correct? He made us, he is our parent. We have so many Atheists and Non-believers nowadays. Theoretically they are going to Hell for Not believing. So if god Loves us so much wants us all to worship him, why doesn't he guide us or appear to all of us in such a way that it makes EVERYONE believe?
Clearly his methods are not working. He is our parent, shouldn't he guide everyone in a more Obvious matter?
2007-01-23 11:06:36 · 27 answers · asked by Mark_Magnetic 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If he loves us, why pick and choose? Would you do that to Your children?
2007-01-23 11:08:41 · update #1
True, he gave us free will. But if he loves us so much and we are his children, surely he would NOT want us all going to Hell? Correct? So why not Guide EVERYONE?
2007-01-23 11:12:50 · update #2
He did show us. He sent his son,Jesus. Read the history of Jesus in the bible. Jesus is God incarnate. But the people of His time didn't accept Him anyway. So what makes you think you would accept Him if He showed up today? You'd probably think He was some religious kook, just like they did. Should He appear for every generation? He appeared once, that should be enough.
2007-01-23 11:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by zomal44 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm sure that he is guiding us and trying his best at all times without violating our free will to get us to believe in him and get close to him. He is with each and every one of us all the time and he does prove his existence in his own perfect way to everyone. We either choose to believe or not. Even though so many don't believe they will one day. I believe that even after one is dead and probably even in hell they can all be saved. Everyone will definitely believe in God after they die because we will all meet God on the other side. He has a perfect plan to save all men, not some but all.
2007-01-23 12:30:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
(1 John 4:12) At no time has anyone beheld God. If we continue loving one another, God remains in us and his love is made perfect in us.
the reason why we are not able to see him is....bec we are sinners
and thats why we needed a mediator which is christ.........1 tim 2:5
so now we are believing in him because of our faith
His invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable.” (Romans 1:20) Though God is invisible, all around us there is abundant visible evidence of a Master Designer, a superhuman intellect, a Creator with unmatched power.
Our faith, though, must go beyond mere belief in God if it is really to benefit us. (James 2:19)
This faith should be based, not on mere emotion or early religious training, but on a knowledge of the many features of the Scriptures that point to divine authorship. The Bible itself encourages its readers to “make sure of all things.”—1 Thessalonians 5:21
2007-01-23 11:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by dfg q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forgive me for my confusion. some say Jesus is the son of God. Others say that Jesus is God. Since little, i've always wonder how Jesus can be the son of God and the God at the same time. If Jesus is God, then God was baby who was born with blood all over him, need to be feed, and have to learn. And later, the great God was murdered by some weak human? God should be better than that. And now some people say that he have child. So, that baby would be like the grandchild of God and also the child of God? So much confusion. Who have the final say then? God-father, Jesus-God or baby-Jesus God? lets have some critical thinking about that. i'm going to convert to religion with only one God. life should be simple. simple is good, but not any simpler.
2007-01-24 02:32:19 · answer #4 · answered by alexis christian 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe Christ answered this question. Remember the rich man in hell who had refused to help the leper. During his torment he begged to be allowed to go back and warn those still alive. Christ said they would not believe him..
When it boils right down to it, even proof would not make you believe. It would only more fully condemn you for failing to live up to what you knew to be true.
If God makes everyone believe, that defeats the whole purpose of his plan. He gave us free will. We can choose the path but we cannot choose where the road leads.
2007-01-23 11:14:52 · answer #5 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all i want you to think about about this for minute. God gave his only son, so we could live forever, and have forgiveness for our sins. Can you even fathom giving up your only child, to see nails in his hands and feet, everything that Jesus suffered on the Cross for us. God did this for us his only son, you must see how much he loves us. The other part of the question is that God does not pick and choose people, I do not care what anyone has told you. People choose not to listen to God. He is always there. He never ever leaves us.
2007-01-23 11:15:52 · answer #6 · answered by cowgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
but the reward of going to heaven is like finding your way out of a burning house, if you want to live, you will find help or your way out, and God is the way out. if you want to wait for help, well the savior is standing infront of the atheist THE WHOLE TIME! with His hand reaching for them, they simply say "you're not God, he doesnt exist!" almost as if saviors arent real even though they are right there.
for an atheist to see ANYTHING dealing with Christianity, and if he turns that golden opportunity to live forever in heaven away, eh, he had his chance but he blew it. he will then stand before the throne and come up with excuses. those wont work.
you either catch the bus or miss it. God does want everyone to follow Him, but why keep someone in such a good place when they deny of your existence?
2007-01-23 11:14:04 · answer #7 · answered by Alexial Jastire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a. Yes, God loves us.
b. I personally do not believe in heaven or hell but I believe that God does show up in everyone's life everyday. It is personal choice whether you choose to identify God as "luck" "faith" "blessing" etc.
c. I do not believe in a God as a parent-type role, but I do think that the ways that I see Spirit in my life are very obvious. BUT if I weren't looking for them, I might miss them completely.
If you believe in God as a father and a heaven and hell then I would imagine that if God was very "obvious" then everyone would believe and be happy all the darn time and then wouldn't earth be heaven? So what would be the point of heaven? Don't you need trials and tribulations to test your faith, to learn lessons, to show you why you should strive to be a person more "God-like" ?
2007-01-23 11:12:52 · answer #8 · answered by leos_mama 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God's wisdom is much greater than ours.
And he did appear then man hung him on the cross and he died and rose again. Even when he was here many people didn't believe what makes you think it would be any different today?
When he died he gave you the choice to believe by faith.
We are not saved by anything we do if we were all has fallen short of his glory. but Jesus said if we just have faith and ask him he will forgive us of all our sins after all his laws we broke what more can you ask for than his grace
2007-01-23 11:24:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All people are accountable to God whether they have “heard about Him” or not. The Bible tells us that God has clearly revealed Himself in nature (Romans 1:20) and in the hearts of people (Ecclesiastes 3:11). The problem is that the human race is sinful; we all reject this knowledge of God and rebel against Him (Romans 1:21-23). Apart from God's grace, God would give us over to the sinful desires of our hearts, allowing us to discover how useless and miserable life is apart from Him. This He does for those who reject Him (Romans 1:24-32).
In reality, it is not that some people have not heard about God. Rather, the problem is that they have rejected what they have heard and what is readily seen in nature. Deuteronomy 4:29 proclaims, “But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.” This verse teaches an important principle: everyone who truly seeks after God will find Him. If a person truly desires to know God, God will make Himself known.
The problem is, “there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God” (Romans 3:11). People reject the knowledge of God that is present in nature and in their own heart, and instead decide to worship a “god” of their own creation. It is foolish to debate the fairness of God sending someone to hell who never had the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Christ. People are responsible to God for what God has already revealed to them. The Bible says that people reject this knowledge, and therefore God is just in condemning them to hell.
Instead of debating the fate of those who have never heard, we, as Christians, should be doing our best to make sure that they hear. We are called to spread the Gospel throughout the nations (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8). The fact that we know people reject the knowledge of God revealed in nature must motivate us to proclaim the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. Only through accepting the Gospel of God’s grace through the Lord Jesus Christ can people be saved from their sins and rescued from an eternity apart from God in hell.
If we assume that those who never hear the Gospel are granted mercy from God, we will run into a terrible problem. If people who never hear the Gospel are saved…we should make sure that no one ever hears the Gospel. The worst thing we could do would be share the Gospel with a person and have him or her reject it. If that were to happen, he or she would be condemned. People who do not hear the Gospel must be condemned, or else there is no motive for evangelism. Why run the risk of people possibly rejecting the Gospel and condemning themselves – when they were previously saved because they had never heard the Gospel?
2007-01-23 11:31:57 · answer #10 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋