Recently a freinds husband and i were having a discussion about god and the bible(she is a christian and only recent and he is an athiest until proven otherwise).He was angry at the thought that god might give her a passion and vision which would lead to her being asked(by god)to leave him and said "oooh i would love to have a convesation with him and give him a run for his money;-)
My response was that god would not only not be suprised by anything he had to say whether positive or negative but would actually love to hear from you and he should give it a whirl.He then made a joke and proceeded to smoke his cones.I decided to leave it there.
30 minutes later he brought up the subject again and was concerned that god wouldnt answer and that would just confirm for him that god doesnt exist and wouldnt want to talk to him.
I encouraged this guy in his own time to simply talk to god like he would to any1 in a normal conversation and ask him to reveal himself and that god would do just that in some way.Since then he has said he has spoken and asked god at least twice to tell him or show him that jesus is real and he has heard nothing and i continue to pray
Can we say with confidence that god will answer in some way if a non believer is seeking him out?
Is there anything else we must say when we are encouraging some1 to seek god out and ask him to reveal himself?
Are there many verse's to back us up with this and what about other verses especially like- gods ways are not our ways that could get in the way of our faith?
I would love to hear peoples responses as i dont just want to be a plastic witness but a witness with a faith that believes he can say something like this to a non believer and know God is da boss and will do something.
thanx
My response was that god would not only not be suprised by anything he had to say whether positive or negative but would actually love to hear from you and he should give it a whirl.He then made a joke and proceeded to smoke his cones.I decided to leave it there.
30 minutes later he brought up the subject again and was concerned that god wouldnt answer and that would just confirm for him that god doesnt exist and wouldnt want to talk to him.
I encouraged this guy in his own time to simply talk to god like he would to any1 in a normal conversation and ask him to reveal himself and that god would do just that in some way.Since then he has said he has spoken and asked god at least twice to tell him or show him that jesus is real and he has heard nothing and i continue to pray
Can we say with confidence that god will answer in some way if a non believer is seeking him out?
Is there anything else we must say when we are encouraging some1 to seek god out and ask him to reveal himself?
Are there many verse's to back us up with this and what about other verses especially like- gods ways are not our ways that could get in the way of our faith?
I would love to hear peoples responses as i dont just want to be a plastic witness but a witness with a faith that believes he can say something like this to a non believer and know God is da boss and will do something.
thanx