Many people think that Luke 15 is about evangelism, and how God brings
unbelievers into His family as believers.
In short, the bleating of divided congregations has turned
unbelievers into savvy consumers («What does your church offer me?»)
Attempts to smuggle the reverent
unbeliever into the kingdom by calling her an «anonymous Christian,» as Karl Rahner would, meet with opposition.
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.
It is odd that a person's faith tends to lock them
into a rigid answer and asking the question marks you (to some) as an
unbeliever.
Satan knows that if he can get a pastor to fall
into sin, he can keep people away from church, and ruin the reputation of Christians among
unbelievers, and sometimes even destroy that church.
# 5 is also the major source of Islamic vi - olence i.e. turning Mohammed's «fast, hunger - driven» hallu - cinations
into horrible reality for
unbelievers.
I believe this is the first place the
unbeliever goes but then all of Hell is cast
into the «Lake of fire.»
Personally, I think he now sits firmly astride the fence and it's only a matter of time before he falls (jumps)
into the
unbelievers back yard.
It has always astonished me that so many churches and individuals who are «missions minded» rarely engage in the mission of Christ that requires them to come face to face with an
unbeliever and love that person
into God's kingdom (p. 125).
Having once been an agnostic, I know most of the arguments
unbelievers use, I use most of them myself... I also know for a fact that you can not argue someone
into a belief in God, they have to get their on their own, with the evidence presented for Him...
And ready up whatever forces you have to strike fear
into the hearts of the
unbelievers and your enemies and also those who have taken them as allies.
innumerable years of indoctrination
into the belief that «
unbelievers» are tormented in eternity is difficult to overcome, but if fear and helplessness is what brings a person to «god» they are just as likely to cry to anyone for assistance.
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get
into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (
Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
If I'm an
unbeliever till my dying day and am punished (however you believe that punishment to be, whether its eternal hel.lfire or just barred access
into heaven) I can't exactly go back and redo my life believing in god because I know the consequence.
Yusuf Ali Soon shall We cast terror
into the hearts of the
Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority: their abode will be the Fire: And evil is the home of the wrong - doers!
Since you have believed in Jesus for eternal life, the Holy Spirit has ceased the work upon you which He performs on
unbelievers, and is now living within you to mold and shape you
into Christlikeness.
There will be a new heaven and new earth for believers (Revelation 21:1), and
unbelievers will be thrown
into an everlasting lake of fire (Revelation 20:11 - 15).
And if that does not satisfy them, they are obviously showing an unhealthy interest in controversy and disputes about interpretation of Scripture and are causing divisions and should be treated like an
unbeliever until they feel remorse (for being neglected) and repent of their waywardness and then you can invite them back
into the fold as a brother.
God appears to me in another form besides that of love; in the form of omnipotence, of a severe power not bound by love... So long as love is not exalted
into... an essence, so long there lurks in the background of love a subject who even without love is something by himself, an unloving monster, a diabolical being, whose personality, separable and actually separated from love, delights in the blood of heretics and
unbelievers, — the phantom of religious fanaticism.»
# 5 is also the major source of Islamic violence i.e. turning Mohammed's «fast, hunger - driven» hallucinations
into horrible reality for
unbelievers.
The death of the Prophet [may God grant him Peace] hailed a new era in which Muslims would have to develop an open - ended system of interpretation for issues and precedents for which the Qur «an and Sunnah did not have explicit experience with!The other aspect of your argument is that you compact all
unbelievers [kafiruwn]
into the same box.
Would it be convenient if God neglected true justice and just opened the gates of Hell for all
unbelievers to walk out and enter
into eternity to be with Him forever?
An example of translating that belief
into a public argument is «Observing the Sabbath is important enough to people of faith to outweigh the objections of some
unbelievers.»
If the Lord uses an
unbeliever to speak truth
into our life, so be it.
Quran (3:151)-- «Soon shall We cast terror
into the hearts of the
Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority».
When I was an
unbeliever, I loved for culture warriors and Christians who thought they could argue me
into the Kingdom of Heaven to engage me.
-- I will instill terror
into the hearts of the
unbelievers, Smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger tips of them.
The first thing people do around here is try to get them
into the various programs of the church or pressure them
into a Bible study group, or make it their mission to get the
unbeliever saved.
Ultimately, all Israelites who die as
unbelievers will be grafted back
into their rich Holy Olive Tree of Israel.
But the postliberal would respond that
unbelievers are not aided by our attempts to translate religion
into culturally acceptable categories — any more than one is helped to learn French by reading English translations of French novels.
That you have to contort words and phrase
into meaning the exact opposite of what they say in order to be comfortable with your beliefs is your problem, not the
unbelievers.
They will rise
into the sky leaving
unbelievers, those who are less devout, and sinners behind.
Even putting all the
unbelievers to death will not turn fantasy
into fact.
I mean really, if you can create the universe in the blink of an eye, surely you can fire lightning bolts at infidels,
unbelievers, and naysayers; cause a localized flood to wash
into a satirist's basement; turn heathens
into pillars of salt (or locusts!)