Featured Seeking God?

Romans 3:10-12
as it is written:
“THERE IS NO RIGHTEOUS PERSON, NOT EVEN ONE;
THERE IS NO ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
THERE IS NO ONE WHO SEEKS OUT GOD;
THEY HAVE ALL TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME CORRUPT;
THERE IS NO ONE WHO DOES GOOD,
THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”​

Romans 3:11 makes this statement and some read this as saying "there is none who seeks out God at any time." However the intended contextual message might be "there is none who seeks for God all the time,. Or, option three, "there is no one who seeks out God when sinning. Thus we are all under sin.
Contextually, since Paul is saying "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) our third choice is most likely the inspired message.

Ask yourselves, what were they doing before they "turned aside?"
Ask yourselves does scripture teach the lost are able to give "good" gifts to their family?
Thus at any time is clearly precluded by the context as a viable interpretation.

Scripture has many examples of lost people seeking God such as the rich young ruler. Or many try to find the narrow way that leads to life.

The the premise that the lost never seek God unless enabled by irresistible grace is obviously invalid.

 

The case is made, it is a lock. If minds are not changed, I have presented truth.

 

I have made the case, nothing more needs said.

 

I disagree, we are all under sin because none seek God when sinning, is the reason God gave His unique Son so that everyone believing into Him would not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

Here again is what was actually said:

Romans 3:10-12
as it is written:
“THERE IS NO RIGHTEOUS PERSON, NOT EVEN ONE;
THERE IS NO ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
THERE IS NO ONE WHO SEEKS OUT GOD;
THEY HAVE ALL TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME CORRUPT;
THERE IS NO ONE WHO DOES GOOD,
THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”

Romans 3:11 makes this statement and some read this as saying "there is none who seeks out God at any time." However the intended contextual message might be "there is none who seeks for God all the time,. Or, option three, "there is no one who seeks out God when sinning. Thus we are all under sin.
Contextually, since Paul is saying "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) our third choice is most likely the inspired message.

Ask yourselves, what were they doing before they "turned aside?"
Ask yourselves does scripture teach the lost are able to give "good" gifts to their family?
Thus at any time is clearly precluded by the context as a viable interpretation.

Scripture has many examples of lost people seeking God such as the rich young ruler. Or many try to find the narrow way that leads to life.

The the premise that the lost never seek God unless enabled by irresistible grace is obviously invalid.​

I asked questions which were not answered. Just the usual 'taint so".

 

In Matthew 7, verses 7 to 12, Jesus teaches "crowds" that they can give "good gifts" so either we were not giving good gifts "all the time" rather than at any time, or we were not giving good gifts when we were sinning. No one doing good when sinning makes sense, whereas no one does good at any time is nonsensical.

Doctrine based on taking verses out of context is unsound.

 

Does scripture teach the lost sought the God of the Bible, Yahweh? Yes, so the claim all were only seeking a god of their own invention is unstudied.

 

Exodus 33:7 NASB
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.
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In the NASB, when you see Lord all in CAPS, the actual term found in the Hebrew is a shorted form of Yahweh.