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NASB | Luke 5:8 But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' feet, saying, "Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 5:8 But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!" |
Bible Question:
It seems like Jesus's apostles didnt have a choice when he called them. I dont see it as bad. I was thinking maybe he can call anyone like that when the time is right? Becouse it says that we are bought with a price? And isnt Jesus tying down the strong one so he can rob him? It just takes 1000's of years ? :P I just find it so hard to belive that people are going to be destroyed. And who can say no to God when he knows how amazing he is? Even the wisdome of men is foolishness to God. How is it just then to destroy people who simply didnt know better? |
Bible Answer: dear KumKum, I agree, I dont think they had a choice. To strengthen your question look at Jer 1:5. Isa 44:24, 49:1,5, and Eph 1:4,5. Here is the conundrum...... we must have free will to be able to be conformed into the image of God, because He has free will, otherwise He would not be God. But God binds Himself by His own laws by using His free will. This is exactly the path Jesus follows, he uses his free will to abrogate all the decisions to his Father. (John 6:38) He uses his free will to limit what he does to the things his Father has already stated. Because God is love and free will is the essential component of love, we need free will to be able to love. Those people who do not yet know God cannot love because they are in bondage to sin and are driven by their own desires and agendas, they cannot demonstrate true love because they are motivated by selfish lusts and do not emulate the divine nature. The only people I find in scripture who are free are those born of Him. ' the truth shall make you free' and the the 'freedom of the sons of God'. This is where legalism and orthodoxy separates itself from the Spirit. We have to rethink the meaning of 'sin' and 'salvation' in the ultimate plan of God. Was not everything He made good? What we might call 'evil' might be part of His creative plan and purpoose. What we call 'sin' may have been designed. Do we continue to eat of the tree of knowledge of ggod and evil? Pray about it, seek the Holy Spirit who brings us into all truth. (jOHN 16:13) Maybe there is a time when God chooses to call everyone to be reconciled with Him. That would make it fair. Christ came to save the world, do we believe He is going to do it, or fail? Yours and His, in Him, Paul |