Soar Like and Eagle
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Romans 3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.It has ruffled my feathers because to the Christian who does not know the horrendous effects of the idolatry of the ancient world and thinks idolatry is just about any sin has no concept whatsoever of what God has done in the earth thus far. Thereby no concept of what he can or will do in the future. We are no different than ancient Rome. Hear it all the time on these threads.
Romans 3:11 (AMP) No one understands [no one intelligently discerns or comprehends]; no one seeks out God.
Romans 3:11 (NCV) 11 There is no one who understands.
There is no one who looks to God for help.
Romans 3:9 (MSG) So where does that put us? Do we Jews get a better break than the others? Not really. Basically, all of us, whether insiders or outsiders, start out in identical conditions, which is to say that we all start out as sinners. Scripture leaves no doubt about it:
There's nobody living right, not even one,
nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God.
They've all taken the wrong turn;
they've all wandered down blind alleys.
No one's living right;
I can't find a single one.
Their throats are gaping graves,
their tongues slick as mudslides.
Every word they speak is tinged with poison.
They open their mouths and pollute the air.
They race for the honor of sinner-of-the-year,
litter the land with heartbreak and ruin,
Don't know the first thing about living with others.
They never give God the time of day.
This makes it clear, doesn't it, that whatever is written in these Scriptures is not what God says about others but to us to whom these Scriptures were addressed in the first place! And it's clear enough, isn't it, that we're sinners, every one of us, in the same sinking boat with everybody else? Our involvement with God's revelation doesn't put us right with God. What it does is force us to face our complicity in everyone else's sin.
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