What has been said about happy unbelievers?
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To be sure, unbelievers can live in a certain state of fulfillment (happiness). However, that fulfillment would be limited to body and soul. A person may be very healthy and may have a great career, a great family and great relationships. Christianity would assert that fulfillment in these areas comes as a result of following the teachings of the Bible, whether knowingly or not. For instance, overindulging the flesh does not lead to fulfillment.
However, from a biblical perspective, we are not merely bodies and souls, but spirits as well. Just as our bodies need and enjoy and are satisfied with physical things, so too our spirits need and enjoy and are satisfied only within a relationship with God.
It should be noted, though, that many people who have never experienced a relationship with God really do not know or have no experience to understand what they are missing. Thus, they may feel completely satisfied, having no understanding that there is more to be enjoyed.
A person who has never tasted ice cream may assume that all that they have is all they could ever hope for. One stop at Dairy Queen, though, and they realize they were missing out and will never be satisfied again if they have to live without a hot fudge sundae.
So, there is a deeper spiritual fulfillment that can only be found in God that unbelievers do not experience.
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