GOSPEL ROUNDUP ... IS GOD ANGRY WITH UNBELIEVERS?
All people on the face of the earth that have not put their faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are guilty of the only sin that Jesus could not die for at the cross: Unbelief in Jesus.
However, contrary to popular belief, God is not angry with unbelievers for not accepting Him. At the cross more than 2000-years ago the sin of the whole world was forgiven and God extends His grace and kindness to all mankind.
God has already reconciled the entire world to Himself through Jesus and He has made provision for every single person in the planet to be saved.
God has already allowed all punishment against sin to be poured out on the body of Jesus and has also forgiven everybody's sin, but people have to believe in Jesus to receive this forgiveness.
Currently God is not in the punishing business anymore. In these days God is extending His goodness towards everybody on the planet because He wants them to see that He is good and that He loves them. It is the goodness of God that leads people to repentancd, not a fear of punishment. That is why atheists and sinners are not our enemies, but our friends, because if God loves them then how can we not? Our job is to show them love of God, not judge them.
On that one single day of judgment and not years and years as some say (Romans 2:5) these unbelievers will be judged for not believing in Jesus and they will face the dreadfull consequence of spending an eternity separated from God and not receiving forgiveness fod their sins, which is not God's will for anybody on the earth, because God koves all people!
Therefore since God loves unbelievers and wants all people to be saved, it is our mandate to extend this same love to our unbelieving neighbors, especially since we are God's hands and feet in the earth. Most unbelievers have hearts that have grown very hard, not necessarily against God, but mostly against Christians who have misrepresented God as being a harsh God who allows sickness, violence, injustice and punishment to reign on earth. And then on top of this, if an unbeliever wants to join the church they now have to start obeying countless laws as well and they had better make sure they change their lifestyle else they will be kicked out by the church of God will punish them. JP-Unmerited.
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