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NASB | John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him [giving him the desire to come to Me]; and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day. |
Subject: Is the quote presumptuous? |
Bible Note: Zsuzsi: You say: "If we live by this Spirit, we will be "in" but not "of" the world - this is what Jesus prayed for in John 17." That "IF" is very important, and the crux of my argument. "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." Satan wants us to be lured back into the world, and will not quit until he is abyssed when the judgement of those living at Armaggedon comes. He tempted the perfect men Jesus and Adam in an attempt to thwart God's loving purposes, and will do it again to each privileged to be alive when he's released from the abysss after the thousand year reign. (Rev 20) Luther carried his complaint against the church's greedy indulgences to far. The trap of misinterpreting God's undeserved kindness is just as dangerous. Thanks for your comments. |