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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Bible Question: Do we do the softening, or is it God? |
Bible Answer: brother searcher: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9. I do not think that we as fellow travellers to eternity cannot create one anxious thought in the heart of a lost sinner. However, I believe that God uses his people as instruments to provide the words which he will use in softing a hard deceitful heart. Paul writes "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase" 1 Cor. 3:6 In this verse we see that there is planting and there is watering, but it is only God who can give life. "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." 2 Cor. 4:7 I think the amazing thing is, that God has entrusted to us his word and his gospel message and he expects us to spread the word that he might bless it as he has promised. Robert |