What do you guys tell unbelievers who never were believers? How do you (if you do!) try to get them to believe as you do, and to do what they need to do to be saved?
I don't look at it like trying to get anyone to believe as I do. In my opinion, it's God's choice to begin drawing people to Himself when and how He desires to draw them. I'm to simply respond with sharing the Gospel when the time comes, as He leads.
Throw the seed out there, and some will fall on shallow ground, some stony, some thorny but some on good ground! We cannot change the ground. We just throw the seed.
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"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
I don't look at it like trying to get anyone to believe as I do. In my opinion, it's God's choice to begin drawing people to Himself when and how He desires to draw them. I'm to simply respond with sharing the Gospel when the time comes, as He leads.
So God has chosen me not to believe. Awesome.
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Throw the seed out there, and some will fall on shallow ground, some stony, some thorny but some on good ground! We cannot change the ground. We just throw the seed.
That's really how all religions work, far as I know.
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hmm, one loses their religion by the same route, more or less. They either abandon God in the process, or come to a more personal understanding of him...actually, religion requires a cult~ivator, it seems to me, that the parable does not allow for!
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Originally Posted by Timmy
So God has chosen me not to believe. Awesome.
Wake up, Timmy!
Surely it is God that leads a person to His son, and to repentance, etc.
But had God not cared about YOU...well, you would not be on this
forum trying to dissuade Him!
If God has chosen you not to believe, you'd not be here discussing this. I believe you're kicking against the goads.
Right, since Timmy did believe at one time. He sadly fell departed due to circumstances in which he did not find the escape God provided (1 Cor 10:13).
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"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
Right, since Timmy did believe at one time. He sadly fell departed due to circumstances in which he did not find the escape God provided (1 Cor 10:13).
Oh, so that's what happened!
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