Different types of believers/unbelievers

Dietrich Johnson

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I am making a list of different types of believers and unbelievers:

-Believers striving to be completely in stride in following Christ, growing & serving God with their whole being.
-Believers who are growing, but at a relatively limited degree, lacking fervor somewhat.
-Believers who are definitely backsliding, but have not fully rejected Christ.

-Unbelievers who have never believed in Christ.
-Unbelievers who once believed, but have forever fallen away (per Hebrews 6).
-Unbelievers who committed the unpardonable sin (per Jesus' description in the gospels).

Demonic possession could happen to all 3 kinds of the unbelievers (above).
Fake Christians who are actors and pretending, could be any of the 3 kinds of unbelievers.

Are there any other types of believers/unbelievers not on the above list?
 

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Your list is short.
Like Jesus' two commandments (the concentrated form) seemed to cover God wishes including the 10 commandments, likewise the list above seems to about cover all the sub-categories that may be there also. What seems to be missing?
 
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The key factor is the occult. Christianity doesn't have a fix for that, since it cannot quantify whether a spiritual transformation is of God or something occult.

Since this factor is an issue, there is no foundation for understanding, discussions of this nature tend to lead to division and no edification.
 
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The key factor is the occult. Christianity doesn't have a fix for that, since it cannot quantify whether a spiritual transformation is of God or something occult.

Since this factor is an issue, there is no foundation for understanding, discussions of this nature tend to lead to division and no edification.

Can you please clarify what you mean, in relation to the OP?
 
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Like Jesus' two commandments (the concentrated form) seemed to cover God wishes including the 10 commandments, likewise the list above seems to about cover all the sub-categories that may be there also. What seems to be missing?
I don't know. I just think it would be much bigger.:)
 
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I am making a list of different types of believers and unbelievers:

-Believers striving to be completely in stride in following Christ, growing & serving God with their whole being.
-Believers who are growing, but at a relatively limited degree, lacking fervor somewhat.
-Believers who are definitely backsliding, but have not fully rejected Christ.

-Unbelievers who have never believed in Christ.
-Unbelievers who once believed, but have forever fallen away (per Hebrews 6).
-Unbelievers who committed the unpardonable sin (per Jesus' description in the gospels).

Demonic possession could happen to all 3 kinds of the unbelievers (above).
Fake Christians who are actors and pretending, could be any of the 3 kinds of unbelievers.

Are there any other types of believers/unbelievers not on the above list?

I'm not sure that this is a beneficial or fruitful exercise to be engaging in. I'd avoid trying to do this sort of thing. People are messy and complicated. And God's mercy is big.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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I am making a list of different types of believers and unbelievers:

-Believers striving to be completely in stride in following Christ, growing & serving God with their whole being.
-Believers who are growing, but at a relatively limited degree, lacking fervor somewhat.
-Believers who are definitely backsliding, but have not fully rejected Christ.

-Unbelievers who have never believed in Christ.
-Unbelievers who once believed, but have forever fallen away (per Hebrews 6).
-Unbelievers who committed the unpardonable sin (per Jesus' description in the gospels).

Demonic possession could happen to all 3 kinds of the unbelievers (above).
Fake Christians who are actors and pretending, could be any of the 3 kinds of unbelievers.

Are there any other types of believers/unbelievers not on the above list?

What about Christ's Matt 13 list of types of believers and non-believers in the "sower and the seeds" parable? have you considered his list?
 
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