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The Scriptures declare that all are the children of wrath by the first birth, at enmity towards God. When God turns their heart one way or the other (1Ki 18:37; Ezra 6:22; Ps 105.:22; Pr 21:1; Rev 17:17), I don’t think he turns them to anything that is contrary to their own nature, and so is in accord with their will. To the point, man has a heart that is filthy (Matt 15:19-20), and man is on a coarse that leads to destruction (Ps 90:3). Everything will play out as God has decreed. If a man comes to himself, and sees the condition of his heart and sees the end of his life, realizing all things are in God’s hand, realizing God will deal with him in mercy, or in justice, there is reason discovered for a man to turn to the Lord, and beg for mercy. There has never been a man that wanted to turn to the Lord in such a way that was refused and there never shall be. Never. Before man discovers the condition of their heart and the end of their life, they are in God’s face, refusing to have God rule over them. Even the ridiculous argument that is sometimes made, using election as if that were a reason for refusing to obey God, because they wouldn’t know if they are elect or not is evidence that one is still in their sin, still in the bonds of iniquity. I’ll tell you what, such a person has not come to their senses, and has not yet realized the gravity of the matter. If men saw the condition of their heart and the end of such things, he would not be as giddy and boastful of their own ways as many show themselves to be.

If one is to be saved, they must be born again (Ezek 36:26; John 3:6-7), and receive a new heart that they would see their sin and turn from it (1Cor 2:14). Such is of God, as the Scriptures so clearly show, therefore He is to be feared (2Tim 1:9; Rom 9:16, 18, 21; Phil 2:13; Matt 11:25; Luke 10:21; Eph 2:4-9). 

I’m not talking about simply misunderstanding something, but look about and see how many make it their practice to boldly and purposefully make false accusations about what another has said or what another believes, even on this forum. 

When one sees sin willingly practiced in their own life it should give them reason to fear if they have indeed come to their senses about sin and the life to come. Mercy or justice (Rom 11:22). One is turned from their sin, or continues in their sin. One either changes or they do not (Ps 55:19). God saves His people from their sin. Mercy or justice, and if it is mercy, the word declares let the man that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity (Pr 16:6; 2Tim 2:19). There are foolish ones that imagine grace is license to sin, imaging sin is of little significance if one is saved, but that is a false notion, for salvation is from sin, not in sin. The foolish have no fear of God, there is no changes with them, and so they continue in sin (Matt 1:21). 

It is easy enough to discover an attitude of rebelliousness, willing deception, purposeful sinning, even among some of those naming the name of Christ. Such a display is not becoming of the gospel of Christ, and indicates lack of fear towards God. What is so freighting, this sort of rebelliousness was directed towards the prophets and our Lord Jesus Christ, and the same sort of rebelliousness is found being directed to others by those naming the name of Christ (Neh 9:26; Matt 23:31-37; Luke 11:47-51; 1Thes 2:15; Acts 7:52-). Such a thing is not of God, and is to be repented of (Phil 2:3; James 1:19-20; Pr 10:19; 13:3; 18:13; Phil 1:27).

Out of the corrupt heart man imagines they will please God and come to Him, by the work of their own hands. Foolishness. Until such time as man sees that pit of vile wickedness, they will find nothing in Jesus that they would desire Him. The new birth is foolishness to the natural man. 

Matthew 12:34 (KJV) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 15:19 (KJV) For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

I say again, If one is to be saved, they must be born again (Ezek 36:26; John 3:6-7), and receive a new heart that they would see their sin and turn from it (1Cor 2:14). Such is of God, as the Scriptures so clearly show, therefore He is to be feared (2Tim 1:9; Rom 9:11, 16, 18-23; Phil 2:13; Matt 11:25; Luke 10:21; Eph 2:4-9; Ps 115:3; Dan 4:35; 1Cor 1:22-31). 

Psalms 115:3 (KJV) But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

By grace,
Bob Krajcik
Mansfield, Ohio
July 3, 2005

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