Following on the idea that faith is meritorious, and therefore impossible for an unregenerate person to do, Calvinists nevertheless recognize that there are scores of passages all over the New Testament which
call unbelievers to believe in Jesus for eternal life.
Not exact matches
On the contrary Crom, it will be the
unbelievers who will be jumping (or rather thrown) into the volcano
called the Lake of Fire.
Yet so -
called «loving christians» say worse than that regularly in these blogs against «
unbelievers», so don't act all offended and shocked.
(26) At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved will be the faces of the
Unbelievers, and it will be said (to them): «This is (the promise fulfilled) which ye were
calling for!»
Martin fails to help both believers and
unbelievers understand what the alternatives are for dealing with this issue of faith and history because, in a fashion now considered politically correct, he advocates what he
calls «multiperspectivism.»
«But if all prophesy, and an
unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convicted by all, he is
called to account by all; the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you.»
In the Scripture itself Allah defiantly stressed the impossibility of imitating the Qur» an when He said to the
unbelievers, «And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and
call your witnesses beside Allah if ye are truthful.
The verses which
call for war against
unbelievers were revealed when pagans were still putting obstacles in the way of the activities of Muhammad even after opportunities for reconciliation had been given.
The author of one recent article
called me a false teacher, a heretic, an
unbeliever, an apostate, and even a crank!
Both Quran and Bible have instances where they
call on the followers to kill «
unbelievers».
And we don't shun lawbreakers, unless you would
call the instruction to treat lawbreaking persons that claim to be Christians as
unbelievers shunning them.
Going to a building with lots of people inside, and
calling it church is no different than going to a Safeway store full of people... UNLESS... Everyone there is a true believer, and the
unbeliever is afraid to be in their midst.
Some may and do, but I would say most come to also chat about religion and ask the questions that believers don't, that's usually when the name
calling starts because believers get up in arms when they have trouble answering the tough questions and accuse any
unbelievers of being nasty and mean and trying to get them to stop believing in god.
For K.C., mission is not just what has been traditionally
called evangelism or the proclamation of the Gospel to the
unbeliever.
Similarly, Pastor Mark Driscoll has
called stay - at - home fathers «worse than
unbelievers» and has recently released a book claiming that men who fail to be the exclusive providers for their families are a disgrace.
Attempts to smuggle the reverent
unbeliever into the kingdom by
calling her an «anonymous Christian,» as Karl Rahner would, meet with opposition.
You just freed me from the bondage of tithe, I
call it bondage because it's a law and in this part of the world (Africa) where poverty reigns many churches tell you if you don't pay your tithe you can never prospers and while we see a lot of
unbelievers like Muslims etc becoming rich.
I have been
called an «
unbeliever» by Muslims, and my immediate thought was, «Hey!
«The end - time earthquakes in the book of Revelation are meant as
calls to repentance — to warn people who deny Jesus Christ that a day is coming when
unbelievers will cry to the mountains and the rocks, «Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb»
Surely as God's salt and light, we are
called to go among
unbelievers, live with them, and pray for them through their joys and sorrows in hopes of witnessing for Christ.
This use of human symbols in describing God
calls out the derision of the
unbelievers.
In the context of the trilogy, inner political Islam prevents Muslims from acquiring new knowledge to create a better future for themselves; external political Islam commands them to wage a religious war (
called jihad) with
unbelievers until the whole humanity is converted to Islam.
Is the issue then that believers are
called to a higher standard than
unbelievers and the governments of the world?
But no; this is not to go over to well with the
unbelievers, very few believed Jesus and the disciple's spoke forth as the Holy Spirit gave them the words to speak forth, and God is still the same today and they
call themselves Christians but they live in unbelief: They truly think that God has changed His ways:
busy with so
called ministry, busy doing outreaches to bring in the
unbelievers, yet still so lonely because most of us do not understand the true meaning of community, nor do we walk in it because it takes our time, a commodity that many of us don't want to give up.
Yes, preaching to crowds of
unbelievers often involves
calling them to repentance, which may bring you harm, or even death.
Atheists / evolutionists / satanists etc. etc. = Self imposed labels for what the Bible clearly
calls Fools,
Unbelievers and idolaters among other things.
These were not
unbelievers, they
called Him Lord and did works in His name — but they did not do the will of the Father.
PeterVN, it's
called FAITH, maybe you as an
unbeliever need to see something physical to even recognize that there IS A GOD, and you don't want to belive the bible because you are scared.
Jesus discipled
unbelievers, and let them follow Him, and taught them, and trained them, and
called them to an ever - increasing faith and obedience to Him and His way.
In the meantime the Quran makes a point to
call for the destruction / conversion of all Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hinduists (and all others who believe in multiple gods) and
unbelievers (atheists / agnostics).
Some are
called to write for
unbelievers, backsliders and seekers, and this means adopting a different style of writing.
Instead of such analysis, Gleick
called for a day of judgement on apostates, deniers and
unbelievers: