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NASB | 2 Samuel 12:11 "Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 12:11 "Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will stir up evil against you from your own household; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. |
Subject: Does this mean God is the author of sin? |
Bible Note: I was not focusing on good works getting into heaven at all, since we are saved not by our rightousness or our works or the things we have done, but SOLELY by the mercy of God through the righteousness and perfect works of Jesus Christ (Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 5:6-8; Romans 4:2-5; Romans 3:28). My point of disagreement with you is precisely on the nature of humanity apart from Christ. The Bible says that that humans by nature are "children of wrath" (Ephesians 2:3). We do not want to serve God. We have all gone astray. There is no one good; not even one. There is no one who seeks God. St. Paul made that abundantly clear in Romans 3:10-18. We are NOT good. We do not desire to please God. We are God's enemies until regenerated by the Holy Spirit: "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life." (Romans 5:10) We in our own nature do not please God at all (Romans 8:7-9). Our natures are morally corrupt, not basically good. The whole of Scripture demonstrates that tendency in humanity. I do agree that it is important to present the truth to a child. The Holy Spirit works through the proclamation of His truth, and God uses the Word of God to draw His own chosen ones to Himself. However, the difference between us and the terrorists is not a matter of non-evil versus evil. The terrorists were undoubtedly misguided, but what that misguidance fed is the evil that already exists in all of us. It didn't corrupt a "good person." --Joe! |