Unbelief (Unbelievers)

What will happen to the unbeliever immediately after death?

What do you recommend in situations where someone at the workplace blurts out inaccurate things (about the faith)? What should we do or say?

As I grieve lost souls, I ask, why do I get to go to be with God and they don't? I don't feel worthy. [Matthew 5:29-32].

How do we view the unbelieving Nation of Israel?

If a friend of mine says he doesn't want anything to do with Christians and doesn't want to be saved, is he "given over to a reprobate mind?" [Romans 1:28-32, Isaiah 66:3-4].

Does God have a different kind of love for unbelievers than for believers? [Luke 10:29, Jeremiah 31:3, 1 John 4:16, Matthew 22:37-39, Malachi 1:2].

Shouldn't we be able to prove there is a God? [Psalm 19:1, Matthew 7:6-7].

If there is no sin gene, are there genes that make one more susceptible to becoming a believer?

Do the unsaved have spirits, or only the believer?

Does God bless unbelievers? [Matthew 5:44-45, Luke 6:27-36, Romans 2:4, Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 18:15-35].

What is a good remedy for weakening faith? Rec: Topical lecture: "Foundations," lecture on "Faith." [Romans 10:17, 1 Samuel 17:37].

Do believers not know for sure they are saved, based on these scriptures in Matthew? [Matthew 7:21, Matthew 25, John 5:24, Galatians 2:20].

Could you give examples of how someone sealed with the Holy Spirit can still lose their salvation for all eternity? Rec: Topical Lectures: "Content of the Gospels," "Eternal Security." [1 John 5:11-12, John 3:16, John 3:36, John 15:1-6, Romans 11:16-22, 1 Corinthians 9:26-27].

Isn't it true that atheists can never prove the absence of God, but believers, if correct, can prove it forever (Pascals' Wager)?

Why do we never hear atheists ever call out to the "big bang" to save them?

How do I deal with someone who thinks they are "saved" if their parents are saved and they were raised in a Christian home? [Ezekiel 18:19-20, Jeremiah 31:29-33].

Are the Jews repentant or unrepentant that are to return to the land, and can Hibb's quote be backed up in Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel? [Jeremiah 25, Deuteronomy 30:1-4, Ezekiel 36-37, Isaiah 10:22, Romans 9:27, Hosea 2-3].

Regarding the tares, have you met some people who say they are believers but don't seem to be? Where do they come from? [Matthew 13:24-43, Matthew 7:21, 1 John 2:4].

Do you think there is more than one definition of sin? Isn't unbelief the only real sin? [1 John 3:4, James 2:10, 1 John 1:7-9, John 16:9, Ephesians 5:1, Matthew 5:44-48].

Are these the same Jews that continue to kick at Him ... the same ones He says believe in Him? [John 8:31, John 8:44].

Is "belief" a result of salvation? [Matthew 16:24, Matthew 1:21, Ephesians 2:10, Titus 2:14].

How can I grieve "in hope," if the loved ones I have lost were not Christians? [1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Ezekiel 33:11, Hebrews 9:27, 2 Peter 3:9, Titus 2:11, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Romans 2:6, John 3:16].

Are those who "are under the earth" those that are dead? [Philippians 2:9, Revelation 20:1-3. Philippians 1:21-23].

What are unbelievers judged on after they die? The Ten Commandments? [Ephesians 5:1, John 12:48, Romans 2:5-10, 2 Corintians 5:10, Matthew 16:27, 1 Peter 1:17, Romans 20:13].

What book would you recommend for an unbelieving friend who is dying? Rec: "Mere Christianity" by C.S.Lewis.

I am hung up on Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 14:23 which indicates that without faith one cannot please God. Can you help sort this? [Hebrews 11:6, Romans 14:23, Romans 10:17, Acts 10:4].

Can a sinner please God? [Hebrews 11:6, Acts 10:4, Isaiah 64:6].

Do you think that the unsaved can learn from the Bible, or does one need the Holy Spirit to learn from scripture? [John 20:30-31].

Could you help me understand the passage about the veiled eyes of the perishing? [2 Corinthians 4:2-3, 2 Corinthians 3:15-16, Hosea 4:6].

Caller recommends pointing the atheist to Acts, chapters 7-9. [Acts 7-9].

Steve talks about why he likes to talk with atheists in response to someone who suggested that Steve not let them on the air.

Why does Paul sound indifferent toward those who don't believe? [2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 3:14-16, John 3:19].

Where are the "lost" between death and the judgment? [Luke 16:19-31, John 5:28-29].

Do you think we should not have any non-Christian friends or relationships?

How do you arbitrate a discussion about whether one can lose their salvation? Recommended topical lecture; "Content of the Gospel" series, lecture on "Eternal Security." [Hebrews 2:3, Romans 10:9, Revelation 2:10, John 15:6, Luke 15:24].

If someone goes to hell, then it is because of their sin, not because they have not received forgiveness, right?

What happens after death for the unbeliever? [Luke 16:19].

What about those that are doing their best to do well, like the Jews, but get it wrong? Doesn't the Bible say that only Chistians will be saved? [I John 2:2, Acts 26:28].

What about the good people and God-fearers in other faiths? What will happen to them? [John 3:16, John 1:9].

Where do the unrighteous dead go after they die? [Luke 16:19-31]

Was this directed to only the people during Ezekiel's time or for every Christian, warning people to repent? Ezekiel 3:19-21]

How do we know that Jesus really lived because a lot of people don't?

Caller is having doubts about his faith after debating with a Muslim.

Is it possible that the unsaved people who do good works will be rewarded in this life?

Are people who aren't saved but who do good works rewarded at all? (Caller wonders in light of annihilationism.) [Matthew 10:42, Matthew 25:31-46]

What's going to happen to a young soldier who died out in the battlefield but wasn't a believer?

What is God's attitude to a person who is not saved, & what is His attitude to a saved person?

Who's going to hell?

Caller was wondering if we are ALL God's children or not even if we are not believers? Does God love everyone, even non-believers? [John 8, 1 John , John 3:16]

I just can't agree that getting a divorce means one forfeits his position as a believer.