Respekterer Gud å bli avvist?

En bibelteologisk analyse

Abstract

This article discusses various aspects of how God according to The new testament reacts when he is rejected. A number of biblical texts tell about individuals or groups of people who turn down God – or more directly Jesus. Several of these texts do indeed leave the reader with an impression of God accepting this kind of rejection, while at the same time he keeps working for their conversion. This article picks up terminology from The human rights and asks whether or not we may say that God “respects” being rejected by people during their lifetime. We do not think that the question may be answered by a simple “yes” and “no”, but we try to reflect upon several aspects of the question.