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NASB | Romans 1:18 ¶ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:18 ¶ For [God does not overlook sin and] the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who in their wickedness suppress and stifle the truth, |
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Bible Note: You throw out passages many of which are taken out of context which means they are a proof text for you belief. This is the problem I have with Systamtic Theology: It usually starts off with an idea, pulls out the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, completly ignores the passage context and moves on to the next point he/she is trying to make. Is 46 will be answered in another post...In context. Rom 8:28. What is God's purpose in context? To be shaped and fashioned into the image of God. Not to fulfill some eternal decree where we act out some cosmic script in the sky. Please read teh remaining verses: verse 29. Whom he FOREKNEW (notice this comes first in Paul's mind), He also predestined (pre-determined something. What could that be?) to BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON (emphasis is obviously mine :-) It wasn't some cosmic script that he created before time to determine who would be saved and who wouldn't. He has pre-determined that each believer that he forknew would accept his plan would also be Christ-like! "So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing WHAT I DESIRE, And without SUCEEDING IN THE MATTER FOR WHICH I SENT IT." --Isaiah 55:11 Of course when God declare that Israel will be judged for forsaken the covenant It will come to pass. I have no problem with that at all. The problem I have is that Israel's rebellion wasn't written down in a cosmic play for them to act out before time began. The plan laid forth in the law was simple: You obey me and I will bless you...YOu disobey and I will judge you. That is far fetched from saying that God has micro-organzied every detail of our lives. Exodus events. Does not prove that God dictated every event of PHaroh's life just the event that he determined would happen--the Exodus! God prophesied to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that he would give them the promised land. In order for God to fulfill His purpose he would have to act in the affairs of man; However, it is a far stretch to say off of those passages that God orchestrates every minute detail of every persons life--even pharoh! I believe he moved on pharohs heart enough to fulfill his purposes and that is all. How can I word this? God has determined certain things to happen--Look at Bible Prophesy the Birth of Christ etc., in those circumstances, God will move in the affairs of men to ensure that his word will "Not return to me void (Is 55:11)." That does not mean he has scripted all of creation! To try to suggest such by using any of the above verses would do damage to the context of scripture. |