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To: jimmyray

What do you think God is telling us/you via the following vss:

“and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’”


135 posted on 05/31/2014 4:11:00 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter
"QUOTE: What do you think God is telling us/you via the following vss:"

That in spite of God setting up mankind all conditions that would enable them to seek him, Romans 3:11 confirms that "...there is no one who seeks God".
As Jesus said in John 6:44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them..."

I don't believe the scriptures are in error, or contradict, for there are many people who "seek" after a god of their own vain imaginings. We are told to "seek Him while he may be found" and "seek him earnestly", but these directives were to Israel in the first covenant times, or directed to Christians.

I am firmly convinced, based on the scriptures I posted previously in post 53 of this thread, that if God did not reveal himself to individuals, and direct the way to Himself through the sacrificial death of Jesus, NO ONE would worship Him in an acceptable way, or be saved, for that matter.

138 posted on 05/31/2014 7:41:57 PM PDT by jimmyray
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