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NASB | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth." [Ps 104:30; Heb 1:2; 11:3] |
Subject: So...what is your theory? |
Bible Note: Dear Zerotheory, You wrote: "Don't you think the ones who don't "worship Him as He is" is because they don't truely believe?" They don't worship God because they are dead to spiritual things pertaining to the God of the Bible. Their eyes are blind, their ears are deaf, their hearts are wicked and they are in active rebellion against God. They are the "children of wrath" just as we were. What they need is not human philosophy but a miracle of regeneration. You said "FORCED" can never replace love. To truely accept God it must come through the heart and mind from love and understanding, NOT FORCE." Please...don't read things into what I wrote which are not warrented by the context. You can force some one by the irrefutable logic of your arguement to concede to your point. What you can not do is change their hearts. That is the work of God alone. You went on to say: "Isn't intellectual debate or "internal" debate the way we all learn to love?" No! People argue all the time to no avail. We learn to love by the power of God operating within us. Our minds are renewed through study of His Holy Word. Isn't intellectual debate or "internal" debate the way we all learn to love? Why did God give you a mind if he didn't want you to use it? God has given us our intellectual powers so that His saints may be in awe of His wisdom and majesty, to the worldly wise their intellects will prove to be a curse. You asked: "How is it a waste of time to help someone discover the will of God. If they are a non-believer then they are searching for true, proof, understanding. It is actually these people who need the most help and are the most willing to accept help if it can be done at their level." If you want to help them discover the will of God then give them the "Word of God" and not fancy theorys designed to expose their erroneous logic. If they are unbelievers it reqiures God's action upon their hearts to bring thm to a desire for Christ. I think that you are a well-meaning christian and your love for the lost is a gift from God. I have spoken as I have in the hope that you will place Scripture foremost as you seek to carry forth the "Great Commission". If you want to see the lost come to Christ, learn to present the gospel. It has the power not us. God Bless, John |