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NASB | Genesis 4:7 "If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 4:7 "If you do well [believing Me and doing what is acceptable and pleasing to Me], will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well [but ignore My instruction], sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you [to overpower you], but you must master it." |
Bible Question:
inhisname, I appreciate that you are trying to correct error when you see it. I hope that I am big enough to admit when I am wrong, and I hope the same for you. Do you think that God would be pleased with people who loved him and obeyed Him only because they were forced to? Do you think that God would truly be happy with someone followed him only because He gave them the belief and obedience? Wouldn't that make us robots acting only in the ways in which God has programmed us? I believe that the Bible teaches the freewill of man, and that God is pleased when someone obeys Him because they chose to love Him. God bless you in youe search for truth. sniper |
Bible Answer: Hi, sniper. You wrote: "Do you think that God would be pleased with people who loved him and obeyed Him only because they were forced to?" Who said anything about people being forced to do anything? I was persuaded and convinced by the Holy Spirit. "Do you think that God would truly be happy with someone followed him only because He gave them the belief and obedience?" Why are you asking "Do you think...?" questions? Do we worship the God we would like Him to be or do we worship the God who actually exists? And you ask a loaded question. You are assuming that there exist people who are capable of belief and obedience apart from God granting that to them. If God didn't grant repentance, there wouldn't be any obedience to God at all. "Wouldn't that make us robots acting only in the ways in which God has programmed us?" Not at all. It makes us slaves to a different master, not robots. "Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?" --Romans 6:16 "But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life." --Romans 6:22 So which kind of slave are you? Are you enslaved to sin or enslaved to God? --Joe! |