I've been reading and reading here. Some day's I find great comfort, others I find more to be worried or upset about.
Please help me understand this:
Here is a quote I read off another post:
("I understand what you're saying in both of your posts. There is no doubt that God's will is being carried out within everyone's life and deeds. However, I'm not sure how far we can take the idea of a person not being held accountable because of God's sovereignty. For example, aside from missionaries - what about murderes, atheists, fornicators, etc. Of course their deeds are all a part of God's sovereign operation, but it does not mean that they won't be judged harshly.")
I've been told time and again from others here that the scriptures say that everything is going according to God's Designed Purpose and According to Plan (no matter how difficult that may be for some of us to comprehend, I mean that even the really horrible things are in the plan I mean) and that People who Do Not know or accept god/jesus "Athiests" are as they are because they have Not been called by God Yet so they are not to blame for this state of being and are not at fault for not believing.
It's hard enough to accept the fact that someone you love does not know God and living with them when you are a believer yourself and they think You are Nuts is even more difficult, but then you come here to find out the truth and feel somewhat comforted by God's mercy...only then to see them (non-believers) compared to murderers...even fornicators..compared to murderers?
A non-believer is someone who is hard to live with if you Believe and they have Not yet been Called, and if I am not mistaken a fornicator is someone who has extra-marital sex (with someone other than the person to whom they are wed or pledged their commitment to), which is a terrible thing to be/do, no doubt, ...but compared to a Murderer...someone who purposely/maliciously takes a human life?
Man that's harsh isn't it? WHy are non-believers (Athiests) talked of as if they are Evil? Is it thier fault that God has not dragged them to him yet? I know "traditional" Christians treat non-believers as if they were horrifc and evil, but being married to one for nearly 20 years I KNOW that they just cannot Connect to God because they think of Him as a Myth.
Alternatively, when someone is a murder or fornicator they are choosing (according to God's plan) to do so...even if they think they are choosing it for themselves.....Well come to that maybe the Athiests are "choosing" to be as they are, but in any case...I don't know. It just felt like a face slap somehow, even though I'm not an athiest, THank God, and I wish with all my heart that my loved ones were not either, but that's up to God. I do know however that they'd never intentionally physically hurt another human being.
I don't know. It's just very sad/distressing for me, being married to an athiest and having found so much comfort here as to the facts that God WILL SAVE ALL, even Athiests and to just go on with my learning with God...only to find them compared to Murderers, a sin of which I always think of as one of the most horrific sins ever.
I have found so much to hope for here. Can someone clear this up for me?
Thank you
M