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Not tempted by God
mmijares:
--- Quote from: Roy Martin on February 01, 2010, 01:01:05 PM ---I'm not by any means suggesting God tempted them, but it does appear that he set them up for it.
Roy
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"If I place a shiny toy or object in front of a child, then I am tempting that child. If I don't want the kid to touch it then I simply don't put it down in front of them.."
But your above analogy suggested that God tempted man, wasn't it?
mmijares:
--- Quote from: Dave in Tenn on February 01, 2010, 01:07:57 PM ---I reckon He did, Roy. We weren't created for ease in the garden. Thy will be done, Thy Kingdom come. That's the meaning of Life.
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Several times I heard Ray in his free will subject that God did not or will never tempt any man.
mmijares:
Arcturus and Mark,
Is tempting and deceiving one and the same thing?
Dave in Tenn:
--- Quote from: mmijares on February 01, 2010, 09:12:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dave in Tenn on February 01, 2010, 01:07:57 PM ---I reckon He did, Roy. We weren't created for ease in the garden. Thy will be done, Thy Kingdom come. That's the meaning of Life.
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Several times I heard Ray in his free will subject that God did not or will never tempt any man.
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My reply was to Roy's statement that God seems to have set mankind up, not that He had tempted man. I'll go a little further and say that God created ME too weak to resist temptation forever, not just Adam. I really have not needed much 'temptation' at all in my life--no matter the source. I know that there is nothing good in me, and if anything good ever does bubble up from the well of my heart, it's because HE is the water of Life.
If that's not what you were talking about, then we'll meet again. :D
Stacey:
--- Quote --- I really have not needed much 'temptation' at all in my life--no matter the source. I know that there is nothing good in me, and if anything good ever does bubble up from the well of my heart, it's because HE is the water of Life.
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Ain't that the truth! :)
Ray said this somewhere " We are sining machines" :)
No temptation required for the most part but none of it (temptation) or us is tempted by God.
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