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NASB | Revelation 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice]. |
Subject: Whose will causes a believer to sin? |
Bible Note: Dear Tim "But, seriously, did Adam and Eve simply follow their fallen nature when they sinned? They did not yet have a fallen nature. So, where did the 'desire' to sin come from?" We know that the desire to sin absolutely dominates the human heart since the fall of Adam. we also know that Eve was decieved by the devil and that Adam freely participated in her sin. But I have not found in my study of the Bible where the desire to sin originated in the pre-fall hearts of Adam and Eve. We might as well ask why God made them that way (of course we know Paul's response to that question in Romans 9): "does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?". On second thought, I would say the desire came from God (the potter). I don't mean to say that they were created with a flaw, for they were perfect pots from the hand of the Perfect Potter. Rather, the Potter made them as he did for a particular use; To ultimately cause everything in Heaven and upon the Earth to freely and from pure hearts give Him all praise and glory for the things that He has done. I will leave it to other to vainly attempt to drag Him into court. Do you have an answer other than Paul's? John |