Subject: eph 1:4-5 what is predestination, chosen |
Bible Note: Hello ebrain Am I right in thinking that you are arguing that Paul's statement in Romans 3 to the effect that "no one seeks for God" only applied to those who opposed Israel at the time the psalm he quotes was written? Surely the whole point of Paul's argument in Romans 1-3 is to show the universality of sin and that the whole world is guilty before God. He quotes Psalm 14 to back this view up. Whatever the original meaning of the statement in the psalm, Paul clearly believed it to be true of the whole human race when he used it as part of his argument in Romans 3. Because all are dead in sin and at enmity with God, no one seeks for God until God graciously changes his heart. Apollos |