Unbelievers in the Church

Name: Unbelievers in the Church
Uploaded: 2014-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
Channel: Erik Thoennes
Description: Well, Jesus tells us that in the church there will always be tares among the wheat, unbelievers present with believers. We can't always tell those apart, but we can assume that if someone's an unbeliever functioning in the context of the church, they will experience the common grace of God in powerful ways, and hopefully, those common ways of seeing God will lead to saving grace in their lives.

Do unsaved people benefit from involvement in God's covenanted community, the church?

Erik Thoennes

Well, Jesus tells us that in the church there will always be tares among the wheat, unbelievers present with believers. We can't always tell those apart, but we can assume that if someone's an unbeliever functioning in the context of the church, they will experience the common grace of God in powerful ways, and hopefully, those common ways of seeing God will lead to saving grace in their lives.

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