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NASB | Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap. |
Subject: Retribution? |
Bible Note: Thanks everyone for your feedback. I was just about to complete a rather lengthy response back when my computer bugged out on me and shut down leaving me to start from scratch. I will keep this one short as it is getting late. I'm going to tag on here since it's currently the last post. I'm sorry that my question lead to some apparent conflict and also that the thread has taken on a different focus than I had intended (but that is sometimes unavoidable on the forum). Keeping it short, and hopefully simple, let me start by agreeing with you Val. Thanks for encouraging me to do my own in-depth study. Sometimes that is an appropriate response. In this case, yes, I have done the study and have a sound, biblical understanding regarding the answer to my question (before I posted it). With that said, let me respectfully encourage you to respond with more than a single verse that in and of itself does not answer the question. I can’t speak for WOS but I believe that he was at least in part trying to make that point and not to offend. It wasn't a trick question by any means, but instead, one asked to encourage thought on the subject. When I read the note at work I instantly knew the statement was not based on biblical principal. My problem was that I was not expediently prepared to answer from which philosophical persuasion the idea originated. Interestingly enough Doc (if your reading along) your response to me was very close to word for word how I responded in my own typed response to the poster at work. So the purpose of my posting the question was to call attention to how these seemingly right statements infiltrate even the thinking and theology of Christians (consider the whole “eye for an eye” misconstruction); and to encourage thought on how we as Christians might handle them when confronted with them in our day to day business (1Peter 3:15). Finally, to address my own original question I’ll just call attention to a couple of points. Vengeance belongs to the God (Deut. 32:35, Ro 12:19, Heb 10:30). God is just (Deut. 32:4). Thanks again to all who responded. Jeff |