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Dec 16, 2021 · How God Views Unbelievers. God is loving and merciful, but it is a harsh truth that the spiritually dead will experience His wrath. Ephesians 2:1-5. God’s Word is always true, but sometimes it comes across as confrontational when it exposes our erroneous thinking.
- The Mind Set on The Flesh Does Not Submit to God (8:7B).
- The Mind Set on The Flesh Cannot Submit to God Or Please Him (8:7C-8).
- Conclusion
- Application Questions
Romans 8:7b: “for it does not subject itself to the law of God.” God’s law reveals who He is and how He commands us to live. While we’re not under the law of Moses (Rom. 6:14), we are under the law of Christ (1 Cor. 9:21). We are subject to the two great commandments, to love God with our entire being and to love our neighbor as ourselves (Matt. 22...
Paul does not stop by saying that those who are in the flesh do not submit to God’s law. He goes further by saying that they are not even able to do so, adding (8:8), “and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” Cannotis a word of inability. It goes back to the matter of a sinner’s fallen nature in Adam, which is incapable of obeying God or ...
The unbelieving mind is spiritually dead and hostile toward God. It does not and cannot submit to God or please Him. This means that salvation is not a matter of the human will, but rather of God’s imparting new life to those who are spiritually dead (John 1:12-13). This means that salvation is not even a joint project between God and sinners. Rath...
Why is it important to understand that lost people are not just spiritually sick, but dead? What are the implications of this?An unbeliever tells you that he doesn’t have anything against God. How would you help him see that he is hostile toward God? Why would this be important to do?Someone says, “If unbelievers cannot repent and believe, it’s not fair of God to demand that they do.” Your response?In the order of salvation, why must regeneration precede faith?People also ask
Do unbelievers defy God?
Can unbelievers please God?
Can unbelievers become believers?
Why do unbelievers suppress the truth in unrighteousness?
Jan 4, 2022 · “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6); therefore, unbelievers cannot please God. They are still dead in their transgressions and sins (Ephesians 2:1). Unbelievers still bear the full weight of all their sin, and the “wrath of God remains on them” (John 3:36).
Jun 30, 2020 · Simply put, your unbelieving friends are probably more “Christian” than they realize. That is, they embrace certain Christian ideals and beliefs, but these assumptions don’t make much sense within their current script. They need a better story.
- Joshua Chatraw
Nov 22, 2021 · You describe these five realities as “magnetic points.” In other words, they are inescapable aspects of living in God’s world and they are—or they ought to be—attracting us to Christ ...
Apr 14, 2024 · Sometimes, God responds to our sinful requests with a merciful no. But other times, he gives what we ask, brings misery with it, and then amazingly works good through it.
Dec 1, 2008 · God wants you to let your speech always be gracious with unbelievers, v. 6 Paul is asking the Colossians to be careful with their tongues. Careful when they speak in public and private, no gossip.
