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NASB | Matthew 11:28 ¶ "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 11:28 ¶ "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation]. |
Subject: Paul had problems? No one acts good? |
Bible Note: Hi Atdcross. Thank you for your post. Would I be right in concluding that you do accept that Paul's words in Rom 7:14, and following, refer to problems that he had after, and not before his conversion. That this same problem is also universal with all christians as confirmed at 1st John 1:8-10, which is written to christians, and not the unconverted. Refering now to your 2nd paragraph. In no way am I sugessting any such thing, in fact I am supprised that you should even put forward such a possibility. Jesus is sinless, is Devinely inspired, and is incapable of arriving at a wrong conclusion in respect of a man's deeds, in fact if you look at Luke 11:13, you will see that Jesus says that thoes who know how to give good gifts, are in fact evil. Not that good deeds make you evil, we are all of us evil regardless of what we do, or do not do. When the rich young ruler called Jesus "good master", he had no idea that he was speaking to God, he thought that he was speaking to just another man like himeself, even if that man was in fact a Teacher. I is not supprising therefore to find that our Lords reply is in keeping with this young man's assumption, and in no way can His answer be taken as indicating that Jesus was denying His Devine nature. As far as I can se we do not appear to be in disagreement, I do hope that the above clarifies the situation, and explains my position. May the Lord bless you. Edwin. |