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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: "It sounds like you and inhisname have found a point of agreement." Of course I agree with him on some points. I agree with you on some as well. "That sounds to me like somebody said something about being forced." No, being forced to do something implies a desire to do other than what one is forced to do. Sinners don't desire to follow God, but that doesn't mean that they are able to on their own, either (Romans 8:6-8). "I was persuaded and convinced by the word of God through which the Spirit works." I agree that the Spirit works through the word (see, told you we agreed sometimes!). What is the work of the Spirit through the word to which you are referring? What does He do? "God grants repentance? I thought God granted forgiveness when we repented." He does both: "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." --Acts 5:31 'When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life."' --Acts 11:18 "The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will." --2 Timothy 2:24-26 You wrote: "Peter told the crowd to repent... in order to receive the gift..." He certainly did. "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." Neither do I. Those who were not granted repentance were not waiting around for it. "Under your view we are mere robots waiting for God to grant repentance and give us the power to obey." I thought I explained that erroneous perception in my last post. By the way, whose slave are you? "It must be very pleasing for God to have created a people that will worship him when he makes them." It pleases Him infinitely to redeem for Himself a people for His own possession from the mass of sinful humanity that has rebelled against His authority and holiness. --Joe! |