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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: And God bless you. Your questions are honest and would be worth consideration IF man had free will. But man doesn't. Not since the fall of man. Without that free will means that God has to do it all. There is no other choice. About being a Robot. I wouldn't use that word. A robot is not flesh and blood. There is a "big" difference! So many people are talking about works when they know that salvation is by faith only until death. |