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When I say men naturally i mean the unregenerate man, in the flesh, never born again ? Can this person seek after the True and Living God ? The answer is NO !
Scripture makes that clear, that man naturally doesnt seek after God Rom 3:9-12
9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
The word seekth here is related to and joined with Faith here Heb 11:1,6
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Now the word seek here and the one in Rom 3:11 are the same greek word ekzeteo which means:
I seek out, seek out after, require.
to seek the favor of God, worship him
And believing Faith seeks after the True God. But because of our depravity by nature, we dont seek after God, nor have the ability to !
Scripture makes that clear, that man naturally doesnt seek after God Rom 3:9-12
9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
The word seekth here is related to and joined with Faith here Heb 11:1,6
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Now the word seek here and the one in Rom 3:11 are the same greek word ekzeteo which means:
I seek out, seek out after, require.
to seek the favor of God, worship him
And believing Faith seeks after the True God. But because of our depravity by nature, we dont seek after God, nor have the ability to !