Would a non Christian have the desire to follow God?

[Animelover93]

Would someone who isn't saved find joy in going to church, hearing the preacher, and also have a deep desire to serve God? A friend of mine was wanting me to ask here. Thanks!

 

[Pavel Mosko]

Yes I think that is possible based on the fact that they are created in the image of God and can also be led by the Holy Spirit. We also can see this sort of thing even in the Bible when it comes to certain gentiles like: King Cyrus, the Magi, and the 2 Roman Centurions that attended the Jewish synagogues mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and the book of Acts.

 

[sandman]

I they have a desire, they have interest ....even if it's just curiosity....From that point it depends how well the presentation is and how receptive that person is.
With most people there is that yearning to be complete ...to fill that emptiness...

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Would someone who isn't saved find joy in going to church, hearing the preacher, and also have a deep desire to serve God? A friend of mine was wanting me to ask here. Thanks!

Welcome to CF! Curious why they think they are not saved. Afterall, serving God is the goal for a true Christian. There are plenty of people who claim to be Christian and do not serve Him at all.
Blessings

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Would someone who isn't saved find joy in going to church, hearing the preacher, and also have a deep desire to serve God? A friend of mine was wanting me to ask here. Thanks!

Our churches are full of them every time the doors open.

 

[tturt]

Believe they can be drawn to the spiritual atmosphere. Before we become believers, God draws us according to John 6:44. Seems to be a process.

However, they can get sidestepped such as some people look at creation and that becomes their god instead of the Creator (Rom 1:20).

Plus
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (I Cor 2:14)

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

There are Atheists and non Christians who are deeply sympathetic to Christians and Christianity. Even if they cannot bring themselves to believe there is a desire in them to want to believe, as they agree with the morality and code of our ethics/way of life. They just haven't been able to make that C.S Lewis like jump into Christianity.

I would encourage anyone who feels this way to go a Church, to read theology and philosophy.

 

[Jonaitis]

Would someone who isn't saved find joy in going to church, hearing the preacher, and also have a deep desire to serve God? A friend of mine was wanting me to ask here. Thanks!

Yes, I have even met unbelievers who attend, read, and pray consistently hoping that they would arrive at an understanding of the gospel that would lead them to salvation. They say that the religion is beautiful, but it is hard for them to be convinced that it is true.

Matter of fact, you will have many people in every religion who love to hear their religion's sacred text, attend their religion's regular gatherings, and doing acts of religious services without being fully committed to the religion itself. It is not common only to Christians.

 

[Blade]

Would someone who isn't saved find joy in going to church, hearing the preacher, and also have a deep desire to serve God? A friend of mine was wanting me to ask here. Thanks!

HAHA praise GOD sure.. that desire or what ever one wishes to all it comes from Him. Its will they answer that call so to speak.