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NASB | Genesis 1:22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." |
Bible Question:
Ok, I've got a good question for Discussion. But before I ask it, let's not get into the unanswerable Calvinism Armenianism thing OK. OK here we go, this ought to be fun. I asked a Calvinist one time... "Do you have Kids?" He said "3". I said "Why would you have kids if God might choose one of them to go to hell?" Do you think a true calvinist would ever have kids, because what if God chose one of them for eternal damnation? |
Bible Answer: In the Andes -- For some reason I've always had a rather jaundiced view of these 'what if' questions. They can encompass almost everything under the sun. What if a child should be born with serious and irreversible birth defects? What if a child should contract terminal cancer at the age of five?..... And, "I'm not going to fly to the west coast to visit my family -- what if the plane should crash? I'm not going to drive to the grocery store -- what if I were involved in a fatal car accident? I'm not going to take a bath -- what if I slipped and cracked my skull on the bath tub?".... No, friend, the Christian walk is a walk of faith in the providence of God. It should never be characterized by giving counsel to our fears or by playing the 'what if' game with our lives. "Therefore I say to you," said Jesus, "do not worry about your life .... but seek first the kingdom of God." (cf. Matt. 6:25-34). --Hank |