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NASB | Luke 5:20 Seeing their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 5:20 When Jesus saw their [active] faith [springing from confidence in Him], He said, "Man, your sins are forgiven." |
Bible Question (short): Does God look for faith? |
Question (full): I realize that in order to be born again that salvation is a work of God and that he draws us to himself by his Spirit. However, when we look at examples of people who came to Christ it would appear that he looked for desire on their part. In Luke 5:20 we see faith demonstrated by a group of people resulting in a man having his sin's forgiven. Does this example not underline the need for those who already know Christ to do everything within their power to bring others to Christ? In the example given would we say that the Spirit of God was already drawing them to Christ even though they thought the idea was their own? In Luke 5:20 we have the case of a man who was brought to Christ by his friends. In fact they had to overcome great obstacles by climbing up on the roof, removed tiling and let the paralyised man down before Jesus. "When he saw their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you." |
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Robert Nicholson | ||
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Robert Nicholson | ||
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