God not moving all hearts to salvation.

[Sammy-San]

Many people never had a christian in their family or a person who chose to pray for their salvation. Why didnt God just move their hearts on his own? I know it pleases him for us to be a part of helping others, but since nobody was called or even thought about it, why didnt he just move their hearts on his own?

Its not hard to understand God using us, but God being so strict in using us he doesnt move a heart without us, is very hard to understand.

 

[Bobber]

Many people never had a christian in their family or a person who chose to pray for their salvation. Why didnt God just move their hearts on his own? I know it pleases him for us to be a part of helping others, but since nobody was called or even thought about it, why didnt he just move their hearts on his own?

What makes you think he doesn't. I didn't have any Christians in my family praying for me and God did lead me to salvation.

 

[Sammy-San]

What makes you think he doesn't. I didn't have any Christians in my family praying for me and God did lead me to salvation.

The workers are few, those who find the road to life are few.

Everyone is saveable within their free will. Many unevangelized unsaved arent in variables where they find the road to life. This person was.

 

[LovesOurLord]

Many people never had a christian in their family or a person who chose to pray for their salvation. Why didnt God just move their hearts on his own?

I'm sure God nudges everyone but not everyone is receptive. God doesn't want slaves, He wants believers who love Him.

My sister went through hell with psych issues and she became a very, very jaded and angry atheist. She would curse God on a daily basis and say she'd track him down and kill Him after she died.

Finally, the negativity got to her so bad she dropped it and let go. She even has decided that God probably does exist now, so she's going in the right direction. Her attitude due to her experience completely did a 180 and tanked down the toilet and she's finally clawed her way back up to the rim.

 

[Job3315]

Many people never had a christian in their family or a person who chose to pray for their salvation. Why didnt God just move their hearts on his own? I know it pleases him for us to be a part of helping others, but since nobody was called or even thought about it, why didnt he just move their hearts on his own?

Its not hard to understand God using us, but God being so strict in using us he doesnt move a heart without us, is very hard to understand.

I think every single human, and even creation, is naturally drawn to its Creator. Ever since I was a little girl I had a sense that “something” was calling me to worship. Unfortunately I got drawned into the wrong lifestyle. Eventually I came to Christ and realized the other lifestyle was a counterfeit, an exact replica but evil one, of worshipping. So, I do believe everyone is drawn to salvation; called by God. We are just missing the signs.

 

[com7fy8]

God does work individually with each person >

"God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (in James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5)

So, every person is constantly in personal communication with God > either we have how God's grace is effecting us in His love "in our hearts" (Romans 5:5, 1 John 4:17-18), or we have the personal communication of God's resistance.

But, yes, God does use family to reach people for Jesus. God our Heavenly Father started by sending His own Son Jesus. And now God does use His own children to reach people, to help people to become adopted (Romans 8:15) as children of God. So, He uses His own family people.

Because becoming saved includes becoming family with God and this in sharing with His people of His family caring and sharing love >

"with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love," (Ephesians 4:2)

This includes "examples" (1 Peter 5:3, 1 Timothy 3:1-10) of this, then, so sinners can know how God's correction has us become > Hebrews 12:4-11 < in the character of His love.

 

[Sammy-San]

God does work individually with each person >

"God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (in James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5)

So, every person is constantly in personal communication with God > either we have how God's grace is effecting us in His love "in our hearts" (Romans 5:5, 1 John 4:17-18), or we have the personal communication of God's resistance.

But, yes, God does use family to reach people for Jesus. God our Heavenly Father started by sending His own Son Jesus. And now God does use His own children to reach people, to help people to become adopted (Romans 8:15) as children of God. So, He uses His own family people.

Because becoming saved includes becoming family with God and this in sharing with His people of His family caring and sharing love >

"with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love," (Ephesians 4:2)

This includes "examples" (1 Peter 5:3, 1 Timothy 3:1-10) of this, then, so sinners can know how God's correction has us become > Hebrews 12:4-11 < in the character of His love.

Why doesn't God just save everyone? | CARM.org

If God so desires, He certainly has the ability to cause everyone to be born-again. After all, He causes people to be born-again (1 Peter 1:3, NASB) and He can move the heart of the King where He wishes it to go (Proverbs 21:1).

 

[salt-n-light]

Many people never had a christian in their family or a person who chose to pray for their salvation. Why didnt God just move their hearts on his own? I know it pleases him for us to be a part of helping others, but since nobody was called or even thought about it, why didnt he just move their hearts on his own?

Its not hard to understand God using us, but God being so strict in using us he doesnt move a heart without us, is very hard to understand.

We are his vessels, not only for our benefit, but to benefit those around us. We are the image of the creator, so we by nature are to create and build up and produce and bring fruit. He didn’t just build us to be stagnant in spirit.

That is the part of free will, that we are able to be influencer, whether intentional or unintentional, as oppose to being robots where God is the only person that can do anything. Make no mistake though, in terms of life itself, and the power to give and take, He has, so He’s never out of the picture.

 

[Sammy-San]

We are his vessels, not only for our benefit, but to benefit those around us. We are the image of the creator, so we by nature are to create and build up and produce and bring fruit. He didn’t just build us to be stagnant in spirit.

That is the part of free will, that we are able to be influencer, whether intentional or unintentional, as oppose to being robots where God is the only person that can do anything. Make no mistake though, in terms of life itself, and the power to give and take, He has, so He’s never out of the picture.

Thats why he doesnt move all hearts?

 

[salt-n-light]

Thats why he doesnt move all hearts?

Yes He does move all hearts, but not all hearts are softened to hear Him. That is why Jesus had to ask us not to harden our hearts. He speaks in many ways, through people, circumstances, nature, etc. But if people are not open to hear it, then truth will not reach them.

 

[Sammy-San]

Yes He does move all hearts, but not all hearts are softened to hear Him. That is why Jesus had to ask us not to harden our hearts. He speaks in many ways, through people, circumstances, nature, etc. But if people are not open to hear it, then truth will not reach them.

How do you make sense of the workers are few and Jesus died for all?

 

[salt-n-light]

How do you make sense of the workers are few and Jesus died for all?

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field-Matthew 9:38

We should be praying that more workers come to gather the harvest.

 

[Sammy-San]

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field-Matthew 9:38

We should be praying that more workers come to gather the harvest.

Why do you think the workers are few?

 

[salt-n-light]

Why do you think the workers are few?

Because people are more inclined to not work than to work.

 

[Sammy-San]

Because people are more inclined to not work than to work.

Not something Christians feel an urgency to pray for? I think the reason the workers are few is about the urgency, concern, many dont feel.

 

[Sammy-San]

Because people are more inclined to not work than to work.

Do you pray that verse?

 

[salt-n-light]

Do you pray that verse?

Yes I do pray that more come to work for the kingdom, that wasn't a verse though.

 

[Sammy-San]

Yes I do pray that more come to work for the kingdom, that wasn't a verse though.

What wasn't a verse? You don't pray the verse verbatim?

 

[salt-n-light]

Not something Christians feel an urgency to pray for? I think the reason the workers are few is about the urgency, concern, many dont feel.

That too, but I feel people put urgency to where their priorities lie. So if they are not prioritizing the work, it takes a back burner.

 

[Sammy-San]

That too, but I feel people put urgency to where their priorities lie. So if they are not prioritizing the work, it takes a back burner.

What about being in retreat?https://thomrainer.com/2015/02/fifteen-reasons-churches-less-evangelistic-today/

1. Church members are in a retreat mode as culture becomes more worldly and unbiblical.