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Proverbs 30:5-6, Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

 

Two thousand years of Christianity disagrees with you.

The context of Romans 3, and much of the rest of Romans, is that all of humanity are under condemnation for sin, they serve sin as a master, they are thoroughly unable to seek God and yet need a Savior.

Romans means what it says. None seek God, no not even one, they have all rejected God and serve the creature rather than the Creator. This is a statement of absolute truth that applies to every person

To qualify such absolute statements of truth by adding “while they are sinning” completely undermines Paul’s argument and God’s Word.

Yes, you added to scripture to make it fit your errant beliefs.

Now, go claim I’m attacking you personally for pointing out your error.

peace to you

 

“You shall seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.”

“There is none that seeketh after God…”

Paul quoted Isaiah. Isaiah and Paul both appear to have been speaking specifically of Israel.

 

No matter how many times you post it, it remains error because you are literally adding words to the text to make it conform to your errant beliefs.

Just believe what scripture says, you will find peace and happiness.

peace to you

 

Yep. That's what it means. The natural man, void of the Spirit, never ever desires the things of the Spirit of God.

14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Cor 2

 

It means, no one seeks after God. If you change it to mean "some people do seek after God," you are making Scripture some sort of verbal blancmange.

 

The text reads, 'There is none who seeks after God.' It is you who has decided that you don't like the verse as it is written, and have taken it upon yourself to try and change it to make it mean what it does not say, and suggest that sometime people do seek God.
Let me put it another way. Lazarus is dead. He's been in his tomb four days. It is no use his sisters coming weeping to his tomb and imploring him to come out. Nor will it help for his friends to come and tell him how much more fun he would have if he were alive. Nor will a preacher do any good warning him of the severe consequences of being dead. He's dead, you see, and he can't hear them. And there's another problem: Lazarus is a bit of a stinker (John 11:39). He's dead in trespasses and sins; he doesn't deserve to come to life (Ephesians 2:1-3).
But when the Lord Jesus Christ, in the fullness of His power and mercy, comes and calls, "Lazarus, come forth!" It is then that Lazarus will receive new life, hear, and obey the Divine summons.

'Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature's night.
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray;
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light.
My chains fell off, my heart was free;
I rose, went forth and followed Thee.' Charles Wesley

The new birth is (John 1:13)
'Not of blood.' Being born into a Christian family is great, but it can't save you.
'Nor of the will of the flesh.' Your own fallen will or intellect cannot help you.
'Nor of the will of man.' It is not in the urgings of the preacher, nor in the incantations of the priest, nor the ministry of the social worker
'But of God.' "Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb" (Revelation 7:10).

 

@Van, you change the meaning of the verse “no one seeks God, not even one” when you add the words “while they are sinning.”

The very big problem you have is that when you change this verse to fit your beliefs, you are forced to change many other verses to reconcile the passages.

You are literally rewriting the Bible with every thread with the theme, “let’s change the meaning of this passage.

How many have you done? Dozens?

Wouldn’t it be easier to change your beliefs in the Light of God’s Word?

Peace to you

 

The definitive statement on seeking God is in the King James Bible. If your Bible leaves you wondering about the answer after reading it, you either have a bad Bible or you are willfully blind or you are a plain unbeliever and a denier of truth.

Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

That is all that really needs to be said.

 

You did change the meaning by adding to the plain reading “none seek God, not even one” the words “while they are sinning”.

The only conflict is in your mind because you refuse to accept the clear teaching of scripture.

Your denial is a falsehood. Your personal attacks are falsehoods.

peace to you