The bible describes unbelievers as wolves in some instances and lost sheep in other instances. Are they the same thing or are they different?
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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
wolves and lost sheep
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childofGod31
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Lost sheep are unbelievers (who don't believe and don't live like Christians, don't go to church...)
Wolves are those who are SEEMING believers (they are members of the churches, but they actually pervert Bible teachings and teach heresies)
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12voltman
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The Bible doesn't describe unbelievers as wolves. It describes false teachers and false prophets who come into the church to preach another Gospel as wolves.
Unbelievers are generally just called sinners, unless they're in the church, in which case they're called goats.
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A wolf is one who maintains that they are a believer.. but are in reality one who seeks to destroy from within and are not of the church.
A lost sheep is a believer who is out of fellowship with God and the term also refers to one who was at one point counted as being a child of God and would have refered to the house of Israel where spoken by Christ.
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