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NASB | Luke 4:8 Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 4:8 Jesus replied to him, "It is written and forever remains written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE ONLY HIM.'" [Deut 6:13; 10:20] |
Bible Question:
Very wise words. I liked your answer. One question.. how can it be that if you reject God, it forsekes you forever. I mean, God is not affected if you reject or accept him, because he needs nothing. So, why the terrible punishment if you reject him. Seems very cruel. His greatest gift to us was free will, but if you put the rules like that, there isent much room left for free will. Mainly, you have 2 free choices, either accept God and go to heaven, or dont and go to hell, but God is not afected either way. So, seems to me theres only a smart or good choice and a stupid or bad choice, so theres no room left for free will. Its kind of a spiritual suicide, you can choose to keep on living, or die forever.. not much of a choise. What do you think?. |
Bible Answer: Greetings! Yes, God is affected by our choices! God loves us (John 3:16) and His desire is for none of us to live apart from Him (2 Peter 3:9) - He grieves that we reject His love.(Gen 6:6) He is a jealous God;(Ex 20:5;34:14) He longs for us to return His love - a love that is focused upon Him alone.(Mt 22:37) The human relationship of marriage is a picture of the type of relationship that God desires from us - a union that is characterized by mutual love and faithfulness. We were made made by and for God - for our mutual love and enjoyment. When man rejected God in the Garden, sin entered and spoiled our relationship with Him. God has sought to restore this relationship with man since that day! Because of sin, man could never meet God's standard of holiness that was required for our restoration. So until Christ, man has lived an alienated existence with his Creator. Those who God accepts into His eternal rest are those who have believed Him. They can DO nothing to earn this grace; it is a free gift. (Eph 2:8-9) Nothing has changed, we are still saved by grace on the basis of our faith - faith in God and what HE has and done and promised. Read Hebrews 11. Abraham believed God and it was creditied to him as righteousness - this means that God gave him "right standing" (even though he weas a sinner)on the basis of his faith. Abraham had a choice: he could believe or reject God. He had free will just like we do. God's greatest gift to us was not free will - it is Jesus Christ and His gift of grace, God's unmerited favor toward us. (See Romans 5; 2 Cor 9:15) We can either accept Christ's substitutionary death on the cross for our sins or we can try to please God in our own way. Please read 1 John. (the whole book!) Indeed we have the freedom of choice! I agree, when we know the terms or the consequences of our choices,it sure seems to be a no-brainer, so why do so many people reject God's awesome offer of salvation? Romans 1 gives some insight into this. The problem for man is pride - this ugly choice remains the same to day as it was in the Garden. We have a choice: God's Way (John 14:6) or our way . . . there is a way that SEEMS RIGHT (emphasis mine) to man, but the end thereof is death!(Prov 14:12) I can appreciate the questions that you have, but I also want to remind you to not let the volume of your thinking drown out what God is saying to you through His Word. Please read the references that have been provided and ask God to reveal Himself to you. "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS." Heb 4:7 "Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near." Is 55:6 Blessings, mommapbs |
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