Genesis

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NASB	Genesis 6:5 ¶ Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
AMPLIFIED 2015 2015	Genesis 6:5 ¶ The LORD saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.

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Bible Question: Why is it so hard today for people to accept the Lord Jesus.

Bible Answer: Charlo, i think that is a very complicated yet also very simple question. I will try to restrict my answers to a simple few guesses.

Firstly and most importantly, i believe that on the part of most Christians today we don't bear nearly enough of the responsibility to accomplish God's great work. In the early years of a Christians life much of the habits are laid down that will stick and this is where we are most formable as faithful Christians. Deut. 6:6 cautions us that we should be very diligent in teaching our kids the scripture and showing them the correct model for being a good example (disciple). We are after all the body of Christ: when He was on the earth, his body was doing a whole lot; we should also take the same initiative. The scripture makes it very clear in Revelation 3:16 that God has a distaste for lukewarm believers: this is why. Not only does it drag His name through the mud (but God is patient and that has been done many times before), this point has become cliche but is most definitely true: we are the most Jesus that some people will ever see/know. If we are not setting the good example and receiving the blessing or "selling" Christianity effectively, who will want it? Remember, God's plan was to prosper Israel to breed fear of God in the other nations hearts, and fear is where God's saving graces begin.

The first point feeds into the second: the Pharaoh concept. Even though we have been raised a different way, and we don't know all the details about God, when He reveals Himself to us (even in acts of judgement) we must at some point humble ourselves and come back to God (the idea of repentance). That is our first option; the second option and the thing that makes accepting God so hard for us today involves pride. This is the hard hearted approach; God wanting our surrender in a certain area but we clutch and he is forced to pluck that thing from our grasp; this is a painful process. At the end we surrender to Him or we surrender to ruin. Today's society, however, does not facilitate this humility (otherwise suggested as the idea of soft pottery in the hands of the Creator, the meek). We are all the masters of our destiny and you have to make yourself. We ultimately know what is best, we choose what seems right to us, and their is no absolution for that matter. This is a very tangled web. The grounds of accepting Christ in this age surrenders many hard held freedoms, it invites new types of persecution, it is anything but cool. We lie in the bed we make. God is love and even that is hard enough to find now.
2 chronicles 7 :14
The path back to God is this (and He could not state it any simpler) : "If My people, who are called by My name shall humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." I don't know about you, but that sounds exactly like what this nation needs. I believe the step by step instruction to this lies in the beloved sermon on the mount.

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