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NASB | Matthew 10:33 "But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 10:33 "But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven. |
Subject: Is God's love really unconditional? |
Bible Note: Well, I guess you're not such a shallow guy afterall. Sorry if I offended you, it was not intended as such, but I should have known better. I was just surprised by such a short answer and a question at that. I guess I was looking for an indepth answer and you were interested in a dialogue. I enjoyed your second response and you sure gave some interesting insight. It did however prompt some more questions. If nothing ever does anything contrary to its nature, and I've been given a new nature through Jesus Christ, how comes I so often do things that are displeasing to Him? I really appreciated your reminder that we have to leave it to God's Spirit to draw men to faith and yes, it is all to God's glory. A very good reminder to spend more time in prayer for our unsaved friends. But, can't what I say or do be either a positive or negative influence on that persons life? You said the unbeliever is already turned away from God. That's true in the sense that they do not know God or have faith in Him, but I do believe that the conversion experience is not always a fast U-turn. That turn may be very gradual with many people having influence. In that sense people may be turning towards God even though they have not yet made a committment. And it would be possible to turn people even farther from faith in Him by what we say or do. I'm probably way over my head here, but either way it's been nice conversing. |