keptandprotected
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It's common to classify people as either saved or unsaved, and that's a proper way to see things. But an unsaved person can either realize he's been called or not. Like Judas, he was called and he knew it. But he had no faith in God or in Christ. Or take Cain. After offering a sacrifice that didn't please God, God told Cain sin (which I think was unbelief) was crouching at his door, and he must master it. So Cain was called, but again he didn't have faith in God. I think it's proper to say Cain or Judas could have found a peace and salvation in God by asking God for faith (or to ask to help the lack of faith), since not all people have saving faith (John 6:64), and yet God isn't willing that any should perish. Similarly, Mark 9:24 with the father who asked Jesus to help his unbelief.
Sometimes I wonder where I am. Am I called or am I called AND saved? Have I responded in faith? I think the father in Mark 9:24 best suits me. I need help with my unbelief/lack of faith, yet I have enough of it to ask for help with my unbelief.
So my question, and I put it here in the theology section because it's so fundamentally theological.. when people don't have faith in God, a. what do they believe about God? b. if they have a seed of suspicion about God, what are they suspicious about, and c. is a suspicion something that can be overcome like in Mark 9:24?
Sometimes I wonder where I am. Am I called or am I called AND saved? Have I responded in faith? I think the father in Mark 9:24 best suits me. I need help with my unbelief/lack of faith, yet I have enough of it to ask for help with my unbelief.
So my question, and I put it here in the theology section because it's so fundamentally theological.. when people don't have faith in God, a. what do they believe about God? b. if they have a seed of suspicion about God, what are they suspicious about, and c. is a suspicion something that can be overcome like in Mark 9:24?