Are Unsaved People Unable to Respond to God’s Love?
Unsaved people are not like dead bodies. They are convinced either to receive or reject Christ.
Unsaved people are not like dead bodies. They are convinced either to receive or reject Christ.
Matt. 27:44 says that “even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him.” But, Luke 23:39-42 says that only one reviled Him while the other one believed in Him, saying, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” Is there any mistake in these accounts?
Due to David’s sin with Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:15-18 says that the child that Bathsheba bore to David died. God struck the child with illness and the child died. How can a loving God take the life of an innocent child as an act of punishment upon David?
In 1 Kings 11:4, it says Solomon’s wives turned his heart after other gods, and that his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God. It also says that the heart of David was loyal to God. How can David’s heart be loyal to God when he had committed the terrible sin of committing adultery with Bathsheba, killed her husband Uriah, and pretending as if nothing had happened when he did the sinful act?
In Isaiah 30:26, it says that the light of the heavenly light-giving bodies will be increased, whereas in Isaiah 24:23, it says that the sun and moon will be “ashamed” and “disgraced” before the light of the Lord. Is there a problem in these descriptions?
In Philippians 2:6-8, Paul says that Jesus “emptied Himself” of His divinity or “equality with God,” and that He became “a man.” Jesus Himself in His teachings, made claims to divinity (John 8:58; 20:28). How can Jesus be God if He emptied His divinity when becoming man?
In Gal. 3:17, Paul the apostle says that a time of 430 years passed between the time of God’s promises to Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3), and the giving of the Law to Moses. Is the time period 430 years? Did he make a mistake?
In John 9:31, it says “God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshipper of God and does His will, He hears him.” But in Luke 18:13, Jesus says that God heard the tax collector who prayed, “God, be merciful to me a sinner!” Is there a problem? Does God hear the prayers of sinners?
The Bible says that God is fair and impartial (Rom. 2:11; Gen. 18:25). And Jesus, as the Son of God, is the perfect moral example (Heb. 4:15). But in Matt. 13:12, why does Jesus say that more will be given to him who has; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him? Isn’t that unfair?
In Matt. 28:19, Jesus instructed His disciples to “make disciples of all the nations” and to be witnesses “to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). But in Acts 16:6, why did the Holy Spirit forbid Paul and his companions to preach the word in Asia?