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1 | Are mortals altogether ignorant? | Obad 1:7 | Reighnskye | 130527 | ||
Are not all those born into sin merely operating by a vain psuedo-consciousness from the start? Although the evidences of God's divine existence are clearly displayed in the creation, to any who would choose to see spiritually, yet humanity is fully blind from birth, no? It is only by ignorance that any of us continue to desire to live in sin, no? |
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2 | Are mortals altogether ignorant? | Obad 1:7 | royfish306 | 130538 | ||
Romans 1 goes further then to say that the Knowledge of God is observable in creation. It is also 'manifiest' in all men, so that they are without excues. Romans 2 goes on to say 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) Even without a Law they had a conscience in them convitcting them to do good. Ephesians 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. It is by the desires of the lust of the flesh that humans continue in sin. James 4 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. James isnt talking about any ignorance in sin here. Him who KNOWETH to do good and doeth it not... ROYFISH |
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3 | Are mortals altogether ignorant? | Obad 1:7 | Reighnskye | 130692 | ||
Indeed, the Holy Spirit often works upon the consciences of human beings, but are not people's consciences often rather skewed and unreliable for purposes of ascertaining God's moral will? People often call good evil and evil good. I suggest that our own human conscience is an insufficient barometer to judge how morally well that we're doing, apart from the active presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives (which not all have). For example, there are murderers who lack any sensation of conscience when they do wrong, due to their profusely hardened state, often originating in childhood. Still other people are overly-sensitive in conscience, and will condemn a person for having a glass of wine or wearing the wrong clothes to church. Again, we may call good evil or evil good. Are there not those who don't know enough to do good, if only due to the state of their own skewed conscience? Does not the sinner require the Law of Moses (lacking the conviction of the Holy Spirit) to restrain the sinful passions, when human conscience falls short? ---- For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, (Romans 2:14-15 NAS95) Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. (James 4:17 NAS95) |
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