I'm wondering, does the belief in a singular God by an uncommitted person (one without a religion like Christianity) actually evidence that we are not as dead as predestination doctrine would have us believe? To me, the nonreligious belief in God at all would seem to show a semblance of wakefulness and Life even in those who are unconverted to Christ.
I ask because I talked with someone today and they told me that they DID believe in God. To me, I do not believe it can be said then that this person is completely spiritually dead, since his affirmation displays Theism, albeit, at its most fundamental level. Yet most Predestination Christians would believe that this counts for nothing and would say that he is still utterly dead and unregenerate since this is not a positive belief on Christ. They use verses from Romans 5:6 and Ephesians 2:1 and Colossians 2:13 and the like, to back up their take on the matter.
I find this interesting, don't you? What does it say about the state of those who have not fully come to saving knowledge of Christ as savior and Lord? Are they really dead in spite of acknowledging a Creator/Monotheism?
To me, this evidences at least the vital signs of Spiritual life.
God bless,
I ask because I talked with someone today and they told me that they DID believe in God. To me, I do not believe it can be said then that this person is completely spiritually dead, since his affirmation displays Theism, albeit, at its most fundamental level. Yet most Predestination Christians would believe that this counts for nothing and would say that he is still utterly dead and unregenerate since this is not a positive belief on Christ. They use verses from Romans 5:6 and Ephesians 2:1 and Colossians 2:13 and the like, to back up their take on the matter.
I find this interesting, don't you? What does it say about the state of those who have not fully come to saving knowledge of Christ as savior and Lord? Are they really dead in spite of acknowledging a Creator/Monotheism?
To me, this evidences at least the vital signs of Spiritual life.
God bless,
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