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NASB | Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 17:11 Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. |
Subject: No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? |
Bible Note: Jestified (or is it Justified?): If, as you say, "faith activates God," and if by faith you presumably mean human faith, or "creature" faith, if you will -- then who do you suppose "activated" God to do what He did in Genesis 1:1 and following, inasmuch as this was a time in the history of creation that predated the creation of human beings whose faith, in your economy, acts as a catalyst to activate God? I've tried, to no avail, to find some scriptural allusion to God's need to be jump-started by man's faith or by any other stimulus outside Himself. Perhaps it exists and I missed it. Can you lead me to it? --Hank |