My brother is always telling the rest of the family that there might be a God, there might not, and he will find out when he dies.
This is NOT the right decision he is making! How do I get him to build a relationship to God when I am only 13?
2007-11-04 01:43:28 · 28 answers · asked by ♫Melinda 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When he gets ready, he will. Until just pray that he will find his purpose in life just like we all have. It's his free will given by God. No man cometh to Father unless the Spirit draws him. He is just where he is supposed to be at this given time in his life. There are no accidents. God's time is not always our time.
2007-11-04 01:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
You Are Asking Him to Live Your Life Of Belief Without Cause.
Let Him Belive What He Wants, No 1 Is Stoping You From Beliveing A 2000 Year Old Myth.
If He Doesnt Like God, Dont Pressure Him Into Making a "Relationship" With It, quite Frankly, Having A Friendship With An Imaginary Friend Is As Plausable As Having A Relationship With God, Nobody Knows If He Really Exists.
2007-11-04 01:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
How do you know it's not the right decision? What in the world makes you think, at 13 years old, you know everything about G-d and religion?
Leave your brother alone. He is a lot more likely to come to a decision if you let him come to it by himself than by you making him--if you try to push him, he'll just work against you.
2007-11-04 02:17:21 · answer #3 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My friend, the best place to start would be in the church. I am sorry about people judging you about being gay and all-- they are just trying to help you see the truth. If you really want to follow God you will want to pray to Him to help you and help you find a man not a woman. It really is a sin punishable by death to be gay. I do not say this to hurt you-- I had to find out on my own for a friend of mine. She has now come to Christ and loves Him dearly-- she is no longer gay. She found a way to deal with her sexuality through prayer. If you really believe what God's Word says then you will see that being homosexual is against God. Timothy 1: 8-11-- "8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me." My friend-- get right with God! Would you really want to keep living without Him?
2016-05-27 07:21:20 · answer #4 · answered by lanell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You stop presuming you have all the answers at the age of 13. Let him make his own decisions, and don't be so presumptuous as to think that you're making the right decision. Maybe instead of relying upon your assumptions, you should sit down and discuss both your beliefs...you might actually learn something.
2007-11-04 01:46:56 · answer #5 · answered by nobody important 5 · 13⤊ 0⤋
If your cousin is not interested, then there is no love for God in Him. It doesn't necessarily mean that he will never be saved, but only that the time is not right for him. He hasn't learned yet.
Consider God's word along these lines:
. 44"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me."
( John 6 )
God decides who is capable of responding to Him. And everyone who is considered by God has the choice of responding. So be patient, continue with prayer for him, and let it go - let God have him.
One of the things that Christians ought to do is discern the will of God. Where there is disagreement with the Gospel message, there ought to be a need to go on, and preach it to someone else.
2007-11-04 01:05:24 · answer #6 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Honey, it might not be the right decision in yóur opinion, but that doesn't mean it's not the right decision in hís opinion!
Every person on this planet has his or her own truth. For you the truth is that god excist. For him it's different.
I think you need to accept that. Who says that your truth is THE truth? No-one knows, not you, not him, not anyone.
He has an open mind at things. That is really beautifull actually.
2007-11-04 01:50:04 · answer #7 · answered by Bloed 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
You may learn as you get older that you cant force God on people, you cant convince people. Their beliefs are as strong and stubborn as yours are. You have to let God mind his own business as you learn to mind yours. I know you are concerned out of love for your brother, but all you can do is love your brother and accept him as he is. What goes on between your brother and God is their business.
2007-11-04 01:57:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Let your brother make his own decisions - you can't say whether his decisions are right or not. He seems good at thinking for himself. Perhaps you could take a lesson from him.
2007-11-04 01:48:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
Don't try to convert your brother until you think you can out debate him on the subject. From the looks of questions, that won't be for a long time.
2007-11-04 01:57:24 · answer #10 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Dear, you are not going to persuade him to build a relationship with a being that he thinks is imaginary.
Think of it this way. How can I get you to build a relationship with the tooth fairy? If you don't believe then it doesn't work.
Peace
2007-11-04 01:48:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋