Christianity Not Imposable Upon Unbelievers

In the course of national debate and discussion of the proper role of religion in other areas of national life--most notably in politics--the Christian community has fallen victim from the atheistic secular Left to the accusation that Christians are trying to forcibly impose their religious beliefs upon unbelievers. I would like to clarify the truth of this matter to both Christian and non-Christian alike. The Bible scripture of John 6:44 quotes Jesus Christ to say, "No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up at the last day." So the entire question of who shall/shall not be a follower of Jesus Christ is completely out of the hands of any man to resolve. This prerogative belongs exclusively to God, He chooses His own people at His pleasure. Both Christian and non-Christian must understand this principle. How do we know if God has placed His loving hand upon our lives, to choose us to be one of His people? We know this when we have a continuous on-going desire to live our lives in such a manner as to please God. The author of this BLOG makes claim to this experience: Jesus Christ is indeed the paramount apex of my life, changing it as nobody and nothing else has or ever will. This is not to say I am a sinless saint, as I continue to spiritually grow and develop in Christ daily: this does involve making some stumbling mistakes into sin from time to time. But the difference between this and the unbeliever is the intended direction in which we are going: the unbeliever makes a deliberate point to go in the opposite direction in defiance of God's divine ordinances. Finally, a word about The Great Commission and the good news of Jesus Christ: the atheistic secular Left accuses that Christians are harshly judgemental and condemnatory to those who refuse to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ and trust Him for their salvation. The truth is just the opposite: the Bible indeed acknowledges that every human being is sinful, believers and unbelievers alike. But the Christian message is not one of condemnation, but of salvation, redemption and reclamation available to all who acknowledge their sins and repent of them. This is the good news of the Christian message. We serve a God of second, third, fourth etc. chance, Jesus did say to forgive other sinners as we would like to have our own sins forgiven. Matthew 7:1-5: With what measure we judge others, that same measure of judgement will return back to us. -LKM