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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." |
Subject: Robots? |
Bible Note: --Joe!, It sounds like you and inhisname have found a point of agreement. You say, "Who said anything about people being forced to do anything?" inhisname said, "Cain only did what he was made to do." That sounds to me like somebody said something about being forced. You say, "I was persuaded and convinced by the Holy Spirit." I was persuaded and convinced by the word of God through which the Spirit works. I ask "do you think questions" because I am trying to make a point of logic. You say, "If God didn't grant repentance,". God grants repentance? I thought God granted forgiveness when we repented. I thought repentance was an action on our part. I thought that was when a person changed his mind and turned from the old life. Peter told the crowd to repent... in order to receive the gift... I don't see him teaching the crowd to wait around until God granted repentance to some of them so that they could then obey. Under your view we are mere robots waiting for God to grant repentance and give us the power to obey. It must be very pleasing for God to have created a people that will worship him when he makes them. sniper |