What does God's ways aren't our ways even mean?

[Kevin Snow]

God could show himself to all humanity if there was 900 quintillion souls with no person sharing the gospel. He obviously has the ability to move the hearts of all so that nobody perishes.

He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. ~Matthew 15:14

So it stands that those who do not come from God have no chance. This is the reality of predestination. We either come from God and are going to him or we don't.

 

[Sammy-San]

He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. ~Matthew 15:14

So it stands that those who do not come from God have no chance. This is the reality of predestination. We either come from God and are going to him or we don't.

Does that verse refer to a harvest of souls?

 

[Sammy-San]

That's not what I said. You seem to be looking for something different, or multiple things at once. First you ask about the substantiation of truth indirectly through comparing other religions as "more logical" or not. Now you are asking about the justification that God's judgment has against those who don't get saved.

What do you really want to know? Stick with one idea and we can make progress, keep digging straight, neither turning to the right or to the left.

Is this what God's ways aren't our ways mean?
Christians who dont search for why its true.

 

[Kevin Snow]

Is this what God's ways aren't our ways mean?
Christians who dont search for why its true.

No

Does that verse refer to a harvest of souls?

If I get what you mean, yes. You could read the context to find out if you want.

 

[Halbhh]

God could show himself to all humanity if there was 900 quintillion souls with no person sharing the gospel. He obviously has the ability to move the hearts of all so that nobody perishes.

Forcing everyone's hearts to change would be controlling, like a puppet master. But changing hearts of those who pray to Him for aid is the way. He wants people that trust -- 'faith' -- an ability to believe in the Good, even though we can't know the reasons why for all things. That trust is very good for a relationship. By trusting that ultimately this is all for the best, in ways we don't always understand, we can follow Him who commanded us "So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you" and "love one another". We can keep the faith, like Job even. Faith is a powerful support for love that lasts.

 

[Sammy-San]

Forcing everyone's hearts to change would be controlling, like a puppet master. But changing hearts of those who pray to Him for aid is the way. He wants people that trust -- 'faith' -- an ability to believe in the Good, even though we can't know the reasons why for all things. That trust is very good for a relationship. By trusting that ultimately this is all for the best, in ways we don't always understand, we can follow Him who commanded us "So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you" and "love one another". We can keep the faith, like Job even. Faith is a powerful support for love that lasts.

No, it would be showing light to them.

 

[Halbhh]

No, it would be showing light to them.

Indeed. The Light has come John 1 NIV and anyone can choose to go towards the Light, if they will, if they like Light better than evil John 3 NIV

 

[Sammy-San]

Indeed. The Light has come John 1 NIV and anyone can choose to go towards the Light, if they will, if they like Light better than evil John 3 NIV

God's ways are hard to wrap our head around. He wants none to perish, yets only calls a few to be laborers of the harvest of souls, and the rest of them that dont have laborers, he doesnt annihilate or give second chances.